TREMOVE economic transport and emissions model

TREMOVE is a policy assessment model to study the effects of different transport and environment policies on the emissions of the transport sector. The model estimates the transport demand, modal shifts, vehicle stock renewal and scrappage decisions as well as the emissions of air pollutants and the welfare level, for policies as road pricing, public transport pricing, emission standards, subsidies for cleaner cars etc. The model covers passenger and freight transport in 31 countries and covers the period 1995-2030.

The first of the TREMOVE model was developed in 1997-1998 by K.U.Leuven and DRI as an analytical underpinning for the second European Auto-Oil programme.

Since 2002, Transport & Mobility Leuven is further developing the model for DG ENV. TREMOVE was recently used for the evaluation of the new emission standard proposal (EURO standards), and several other policy evaluations, as road pricing, NOx abatement of maritime ships, and CO2 policies. This first version included 9 countries until 2020.

In 2006-2007 the model was thoroughly reviewed and renewed. The regional coverage was extended to 31 countries and the time horizon was extended to 2030. Moreover, new calculation methods were applied in the emission module.

Recent projects (f.e. TREMOVE SCP-CAR) contain the impact of environmental taxation and a scrappage subsidies on transport emissions and economy. TREMOVE was extended with a new module that covers the material flows (production and waste) of road transport. The most recent version TREMOVE v3.1 is available at the JRC of the European Commission.

Currently there are 2 TREMOVE development projects ongoing, to update the input data of TREMOVE.  These will lead to versions v3.2 and v3.3 end of 2009.

Parallel to the European model, we also developed a Belgian and a Flemish version.

publicly available software and documentation

TREMOVE v2.7b (February 2009)

TREMOVE v2.7 short description (8 pages): TREMOVE_Short_Description.pdf

Download model code: v2.7b_model_code.exe (7-zip self-extracting archive)

Model manual: TREMOVE_v2.7_User_Manual.pdf

Excel database with all TREMOVE v2.7b baseline data:

  • DEMAND: Transport demand (million pkm, tkm, vkm), occupancy rates, load factors per country, trip purpose, trip distance, region, period, network, vehicle category, fuel type, vehicle type, year.
  • STOCK: Road and rail stock (# vehicles) per country, vehicle category, fuel type, vehicle type, vehicle technology, vehicle age, year.
  • EMISSIONS: Emissions and fuel consumption (ton/year), marginal external costs (euro/vkm), apparent emission factors (g/vkm) per country, region, network, period, vehicle category, fuel type, vehicle type, vehicle technology, year, pollutant type

TREMOVE v2.52 (July 2007)

TREMOVE v2.52 full documentation: Final_Report_TREMOVE_9July2007c.pdf

Download model code: v2.52_model_code.exe (7-zip self-extracting archive)

TREMOVE maritime model

TREMOVE maritime model documentation: tremove_maritime_model_and_runs.pdf

training sessions

A TREMOVE training session takes 2 days and has 2 teachers. On both days sufficient time is foreseen for questions.

On day one the TREMOVE model structure, its history and its applications are presented as well as the working of the modules. There will be a strong focus on the input data.

On day two the participants are shortly introduced in the (technical) software structure of the model and the procedures to run the model. The remainder of day two is dedicated to the specification and running of simple and more complex scenario simulations.

papers

Conference paper 2005

Conference paper 2006

Conference paper 2007

recent projects

CO2 and carsCO2 emissions limit values of passenger cars
iTREN-2030Integrated transport and energy baseline until 2030
TREMOVE SCP-CARA TREMOVE development project adding a waste module and introducing endogenous scrappage decisions
PremtechEvaluation of new car technologies with TREMOVE
Climate plan FranceClimate plan for the transport and residential sector in France
LGV in the road transport marketLight Goods Vehicles in the Road Transport Market of the European Union
GhG-TransPoRDReducing greenhouse-gas emissions of transport beyond 2020
Study on LPG cars penetrationBenefits estimation of increased shares of LPG cars in the EU car-fleet
TREMOVE runs on Euro 5 standards for carsCost-benefit analysis of several scenarios on Euro 5 standards for cars and vans
TREMOVE runs on CO2 and carsCost-benefit analysis of several scenarios on further reductions of CO2 emissions in cars and vans
TREMOVE USTREMOVE training for Duke University of North Carolina
Road PricingRoad pricing analysis of trucks in Flanders
Transport sector evolution 2050Prospective study of the transport evolution by 2050
GLADYSTETransposing the structure of the TREMOVE model into a system dynamics coding
TREMOVE BelgiumEmissions of road traffic in Belgium 1990-2030
TREMOVE updateUpdate and further development of transport model TREMOVE
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions Quantitative analysis of EU greenhouse gas reduction objective and proposed policy measures in the transport sector
FUNDINGScientific research on the funding possibilities for large transport infrastructure investments in the EU
EcoscoreAnalysis of the planned Flemish reform of the circulation taxes
ASSESSAssessment of the contribution of the TEN and other transport policy measures to the mid-term implementation of the White Paper on the European Transport Policy for 2010
Economic effects 80 km/hAnalysis of economic effects of a speed limitation to 80 km/h for trucks on Belgian motorways