The Port of Rotterdam, a Smart Region Connected to the Randstad

The Port of Rotterdam is Europe's largest port and a major supplier of the entire continent. Almost 200000 people work in this area, yet it has no public transport network whatsoever. This report focuses on possible public transport solutions for this region, keeping in mind the geological challenges of the area. With the use of a python script, a flexible train network was designed. This network is capable of transporting over 50% of the total employees of the port to their workplace within 3 hours. When commuters reach the port, they can make use of the multimodal hubs to use their preferred mode of transportation to travel the last kilometres of their trip. This will all neatly be integrated in the existing Dutch public transportation network, allowing the use of the OV-chipkaart when taking any of the available modes of transport. This solution provides a much cleaner and environmentally friendly way of transporting commuters around the port area.