The EVA model developed by Lohse at Dresden Technical University constitutes an alternative approach to the first three stages of the classical traffic planning model (Lohse 1997).
In the EVA model and Standard 4-step model, productions and attractions are calculated similarly, namely based on demographic (number of inhabitants) and structural (jobs, size of retail sales floor…) parameters as well as on mobility rates (taken from statistical surveys on traffic behavior). It is performed separately for each demand stratum, which means for each activity pair and its major person groups.
