**3. Analyses**

In Step 3, new land use decisions are taken based on SG strategies under Scenario-II. Then residential area densities are modified by considering the land use plan of the city. At the evaluation process, economical, social, spatial and cultural factors can be considered. Afterwards, O-Ddemand matrix isupdateddirectlyproportionalto the new landusedecisions and then a SUE assignment is carried out to calculate link traffic volumes for projection year. As it was done in Step 2, the traffic is simulated on the road network and the performance

In Step 4, Scenario-I and Scenario-II are compared in terms of the network performance

Denizli is an industrial metropolitan city which is located at the Aegean Region of Turkey with a population of over 600,000 in central district. It is also a tourism city and consists of 80 traffic analysis zones which were the administrative neighborhood districts before new governmen‐ tal regulations. The transport demand consists of mixed traffic which is supplied by private car, bus, minibus, service vehicle and taxi modes. Traffic problems increase in recent years in Denizli due to the high density of private car use [19]. The car ownership rate is about 22% which is about two times higher than the average car ownership in Turkey. The peak hour trips (07:00–09:00 a.m.) represent about 30% of the total trips which has been obtained by

household surveys. The traffic analysis zones of the city are given in **Figure 3**.

indicators are calculated for Scenario-II.

**2.2. Study area**

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**Figure 3.** Zonal layout.

indicators, and the new land use decisions are evaluated.
