Physarum Inspired Bicycle Lane Network Design in a Congested Mega City

TL;DR

This paper explores Physarum-inspired algorithms to optimize bicycle lane network design in Dhaka, aiming to improve urban mobility in a complex, congested mega city through bio-inspired modeling.

Contribution

It introduces a novel Physarum-based approach specifically tailored for bicycle lane network design in an unplanned mega city context.

Findings

Physarum-inspired models effectively optimize bicycle lane placement.

The approach improves mobility by bypassing primary roads.

Potential for cost-effective urban transport network enhancement.

Abstract

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.