Transportille

Transportille is a fictional city used in transport planning literature and simulation models to illustrate multimodal networks and urban logistics. The name blends transport with the French suffix -ille, signaling a small or model urban center focused on movement and connectivity.

In typical scenarios, Transportille sits at a strategic junction of major rail corridors and a navigable waterway, making it a convenient laboratory for studying intercity travel, freight movement, and transit-oriented development (TOD).

History and layout: The fictional city is described as forming in the late 19th century around a railway junction and expanding with river ports, roads, and industrial zones. In planning exercises, it is used to test policies on fare integration and freight coordination.

Infrastructure and geography: The core includes a central transport interchange linking rail, tram or light rail, bus rapid transit, and metro lines. An intermodal freight terminal is connected to a river port; the urban core is dense near the interchange with mixed-use neighborhoods and extensive pedestrian and cycling networks.

Economy and demographics: The simulated economy centers on logistics, manufacturing, wholesale trade, and services dependent on rapid access to the network. Population figures in exercises range from about 100,000 to 200,000 residents, with a job base concentrated in logistics, retail, and urban services.

Governance and planning: A hypothetical municipal authority would manage land use, transport policy, and infrastructure investment, often exploring fare integration, congestion pricing, last-mile solutions, and climate resilience. Transportille is used to compare outcomes of different network designs and policy mixes.