Physarum Inspired Bicycle Lane Network Design in a Congested Mega City
This work addresses mobility challenges for residents in congested mega cities like Dhaka, but it is incremental as it applies an existing Physarum-inspired method to a new domain (bicycle lanes).
The study tackled transport mobility in Dhaka by designing a bicycle lane network using a modified Physarum-inspired optimization method, resulting in a proposed network that bypasses primary roads to enhance urban mobility.
Mobility is a key factor in urban life and transport network plays a vital role in mobility. Worse transport network having less mobility is one of the key reasons to decline the living standard in any unplanned mega city. Transport mobility enhancement in an unplanned mega city is always challenging due to various constraints including complex design and high cost involvement. The aim of this thesis is to enhance transport mobility in a megacity introducing a bicycle lane. To design the bicycle lane natural Physarum, brainless single celled multi-nucleated protist, is studied and modified for better optimization. Recently Physarum inspired techniques are drawn significant attention to the construction of effective networks. Exiting Physarum inspired models effectively and efficiently solves different problems including transport network design and modification and implication for bicycle lane is the unique contribution of this study. Central area of Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, is considered to analyze and design the bicycle lane network bypassing primary roads.