Transport Planning and Modelling tools

Non-Motorised Traffic
Multimodal Network Modelling

Transport Modelling
Software
Public Transport Planning

PTV Vissim
Multimodal Traffic Simulation

PTV Vistro
Simulation on Intersections
PTV Visum

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 Table of Contents

1 TRANSPORT PLANNING AND MODELLING TOOLS ....................................................... 1

1.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................ 1
1.2 PTV VISUM ......................................................................................................................... 2
1.2.1 PTV Visum Use Cases ........................................................................................................ 2
1.3 PTV VISSIM ........................................................................................................................ 3
1.3.1 PTV Vissim Use Cases........................................................................................................ 3
1.4 PTV VISTRO ....................................................................................................................... 4
1.4.1 PTV Vistro Use Cases ......................................................................................................... 5
1.5 PTV VISWALK .................................................................................................................... 5
1.5.1 PTV Viswalk Use Cases ...................................................................................................... 6
1.6 PTV VISUM SAFETY .......................................................................................................... 6
1.6.1 PTV Visum Safety Use Cases ............................................................................................. 6
1.7 PTV VISTAD ....................................................................................................................... 8
1.7.1 PTV Vistad Use Cases ....................................................................................................... 9
1.8 PTV OPTIMA ...................................................................................................................... 9
1.8.1 PTV Optima Use Cases....................................................................................................... 9
1.9 TRAFFIC DATA .................................................................................................................. 9
1.9.1 Map Data ............................................................................................................................. 9
1.9.2 Transportation Models ....................................................................................................... 10
1.9.3 Historical Speed Data ........................................................................................................ 10

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 1 TRANSPORT PLANNING AND MODELLING TOOLS

1.1 Overview
Traffic Software Solutions H.P. Gauff Ingenieure GmbH & Co. KG -JBG- has partnered with the PTV
AG, the world leader in traffic software development. PTV AG
headquartered in Karlsruhe Germany and with activities worldwide,
develops Traffic and Logistics software solutions. Gauff has specifically
partnered with PTV in the Traffic Software segment that provides solutions
for transport planning, traffic engineering and traffic simulation.

H.P. Gauff Ingenieure GmbH & Co. KG -JBG- is therefore the sole
Distribution and Training
services distributor in the Eastern, Southern, Central and West African regions for
PTV Traffic Software products. Other than distribution, Gauff also provides
capacity building in transport planning and modelling through strategic
partnerships with users of the traffic software, software trainings, seminars
and conferences.

Available products
The software products include the following among other software products
products by PTV AG- http://vision-traffic.ptvgroup.com/en-uk/products/;
Vision Traffic Suite
Name Application
PTV Visum Strategic Transport Planning
PTV Vissim Traffic Simulation and Traffic Engineering
PTV Viswalk Simulation of Pedestrian Flows
PTV Vistro Traffic Analysis and Signal Optimisation
PTV Visum Safety Road Safety
PTV Vistad Traffic Accident Data Base
PTV Optima Real-time Simulation and Traffic Forecasts
Traffic Data & Content
Maps For use in PTV Vision Traffic Software products
Traffic Data Tailor-made traffic modelling data

The partnership extends in the following countries in Africa in the first

phase;
Burundi Djibouti Eritrea
Ethiopia Ghana Kenya
Malawi Nigeria Rwanda
Somalia Sudan South Sudan
Tanzania Uganda Zambia
Zimbabwe

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Traffic flow macro- The software tools for three-dimensional modeling, GIS applications, traffic
simulation;
simulations, transport planning and organization available are described in
more detail in following pages.

1.2 PTV VISUM

Traffic flow macro-simulation; Integrative and modelling software to
demonstrate, plan and operationalize the analysis of transport systems; it is
possible to consider all transport modes and enables intermodal planning
on different planning stages; it forms the basis for traffic forecasts and
scenario development. PTV Visum helps you to model transport networks
and travel demand, to analyse expected traffic flows, to plan public
transport services and to develop advanced transport strategies and
solutions.

Figure 1-1 PTV VISUM Output Impression

Result of a Private assignment: Link bars correspond to volumes by
user class Car and HGV, respectively

1.2.1 PTV Visum Use Cases

 Transportation master plan
 Public transport, planning and operations analysis
 Construction and development of roads
 Analysis of traffic engineering applications
 Economic efficiency analysis
PTV Visum Functions
 Network modelling
 Demand calculations
 PrT assignment procedures
 PuT assignment procedures and operations
 Traffic engineering

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  Create analyses and reports
 Interfaces
 COM: interface for script-based applications
 PuT interfaces to timetable systems, e.g. Google Transit
Feed, HAFAS, VDV 452, DIVA, railML®
 Export interfaces, e.g. Shape files, SVG
 Import interfaces, e.g. Shape files, OpenStreetMap,
SATURN, TransCAD, Emme, CUBE

Traffic dynamic micro- 1.3 PTV VISSIM

simulation Traffic dynamic micro-simulation; software to calculate and model traffic
demand; it enables the integration of socio-demographic data. PTV Vissim
is the microscopic simulation tool for modelling multimodal traffic flows. It
provides ideal conditions for testing different traffic scenarios in a realistic
and highly detailed manner before final implementation (see figure 1.2).

Figure 1-2 PTV VISSIM Output Impression

1.3.1 PTV Vissim Use Cases

 Junction Geometry
 Multimodal Systems
 Motorway Traffic
 Active Traffic Management
 Public Transport
 Emissions Modelling
 Mesoscopic and Hybrid Simulation
 Virtual testing of autonomous vehicles

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Detailed intersection
analysis/ optimising signal 1.4 PTV VISTRO
timing Traffic Impact Analysis software and detailed intersection analysis, a
corridor or an entire network and analyse traffic operations, evaluate new
development impacts and optimise signal timing. PTV Vistro optimises
signal timing, evaluates development impacts, seamlessly manages
multiple scenarios and produces report-ready figures and tables at the push
of a button (see figure 1.3, 1.4).

Figure 1-3 PTV VISTRO Output Impression-Traffic Impact Assessment

Figure 1-4 PTV VISTRO Output Impression-Signal Optimization

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Detailed intersection
analysis/ optimising signal 1.4.1 PTV Vistro Use Cases
timing  Traffic impact analyses (TIAs)
 Unique Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) network structure
 Development trip tracking
 Mitigation analysis
 Development scenarios
 Efficient network set-up

 Signal optimisation
 Intersection optimisation
 Network optimisation
 Route optimisation

Simulation of pedestrian 1.5 PTV VISWALK

flows
PTV Viswalk assists you in simulating and analysing the walking behavior of
any number of pedestrians in a realistic and reliable manner (see figure
1.5).

Figure 1-5 PTV Viswalk Output Impression

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 The advantage of using the above software in an integrated format is that
they are compatible and cross linked to each other and allow for export and
import of data and analysis results from one software to the other as shown
in figure 1.6.

Figure 1-6 PTV Vision Suite Software Interaction

1.5.1 PTV Viswalk Use Cases

 Modelling railway stations, route choice and interaction between
pedestrians and public transport
 Interaction between pedestrians and motorized modes of transport
 Urban planning Designing pedestrian-friendly cities
 Capacity planning and alternative concepts for buildings
 Validating event concepts in terms of safety
 Evacuation analysis - Planning escape routes

1.6 PTV VISUM SAFETY

Integrated Road safety
Management system
PTV Visum Safety is the tool for analysing crash data. Now it is possible to
integrate aspects of traffic safety into strategic transport planning decisions
from the very beginning. The software clearly visualises the crash data
collected by the police and identifies black spots and high-risk sections.
Detailed information about each individual crash allows users to find
similarities and contributing factors to draw conclusions about causes and
develop, plan and optimise effective and cost-efficient mitigation measures.
(see figure 1.7, 1.8).

1.6.1 PTV Visum Safety Use Cases

 Black Spot Management (BSM)
 Network Safety Management (NSM)
 Road Safety Impact Assessment (RSIA)

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Integrated Road safety
Management system

Figure 1-7 Crash Data and Road Network Integration-Black Spots

PTV Visum Safety integrates crash data and identifies black spots in
the road network of the PTV Visum transportation model.

Figure 1-8 Network wide crash rates or densities

PTV Visum Safety’s network safety management functionalities
allow for an analysis of network wide crash rates or densities.

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Integrated Road safety
Management system 1.7 PTV VISTAD
The traffic accident database PTV Vistad is a state-of-the art software
system for the collection, validation and analysis of accident data. The
software visualises accidents on a map in seconds with just a mouse-click
and nearly any detail information can be used as filter criteria. Even the
digital schematic accident sketches can be called up directly in the system
and visualised appropriately. In addition, the accident data can be filtered
geographically and according to numerous characteristics of the accident
dataset.(see figure 1.9).

Figure 1-9 Crash data entry with automatic rule-based data validation

Figure 1-10 PTV Vistad Displays

PTV Vistad displays the accident data on the digital map according to the
current filter options

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Integrated Road safety
Management system 1.7.1 PTV Vistad Use Cases
 Accident data collection and validation
 Statistics and reporting

1.8 PTV OPTIMA

PTV Optima is the key to successful traffic management. This model-based
Realtime Traffic solution offers precise, real-time traffic information for the entire traffic
Management
network and produces reliable forecasts for the next 60 minutes. Thanks to
PTV Optima, traffic management centres can provide current and future
traffic information to their teams and road users automatically. To achieve
this, PTV Optima combines proven offline traffic modelling with real-time
data and algorithms.

1.8.1 PTV Optima Use Cases

 Current traffic state. PTV Optima produces a coherent and detailed
picture of the current traffic condition by collecting, comparing,
validating and combining traffic data from various sources.
 Support for the decision-taking process. PTV Optima is in a
position to calculate several combinations of strategies
simultaneously and faster than in real time, so that the best possible
strategy can be implemented quickly.
 Real-time traffic forecasts. PTV Optima delivers traffic forecasts for
a time period of up to 60 minutes, allowing the simulation of future
traffic condition and the effects of various combinations of traffic
management measures.

1.9 TRAFFIC DATA

Excellent data is the best basis for excellent transportation models. A wide
Traffic Data range of cost-effective and tailor-made traffic data – specially developed for
use with PTV software products.
Includes:
 Map data
 Transportation models
 Historical speed data
 Live data

1.9.1 Map Data

Map data is the basis of every transportation network and it strongly affects
the quality of a transportation model. The more precise and wide-ranging
the mapping data is, the better the opportunities for differentiation will be in
the model. The PTV Group provides you with pre-attributed maps tailored to
your needs, which are ideally suited for immediate use with PTV Visum.
PTV products use high-quality commercial map data from TomTom© and
HERE©, as well as freely available OpenStreetMap data.
Use cases: The use of complete network models as:
 a basis of data on which to create transportation models
 a foundation for GIS-based data collection

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Traffic Data
1.9.2 Transportation Models
Validate: Transportation model and provider of traffic data. At present,
Validate is one of the world's largest transportation models. The calibrated
model, with the capacity to make forecast calculations, contains information
on car and truck volumes across the entire German main road network and
also shows the rest of Europe. Validate lets you extract a desired part of the
model, providing the ideal foundation for local or regional analyses which
would usually be too costly or time-consuming if an individual transportation
model had to be purpose-built
Use cases:
 The creation of sub-models to enable the fast, low-cost production of
regional or local transportation models
 Use in traffic analyses and forecasts, for example when evaluating
infrastructure measures or predicting toll revenue
 Location analysis and evaluation, as well as accessibility analyses,
e.g. for industrial parks
 Provision of traffic congestion data, e.g. for environmental analyses
such as noise and emission mapping
 Realistic calculation of travel times for dynamic route planning

1.9.3 Historical Speed Data

With a database of over 9 trillion anonymised GPS measurements, we can
offer users of our software products in the PTV Vision Traffic Suite access
to historic traffic data, provided by TomTom. The database contains
empirically measured speed data for a total of over 40 countries worldwide.
For a reasonable price, PTV can provide users with this information for your
pre-selected regions, for immediate use in PTV Visum and PTV Vissim.
Individual database queries with TomTom Stats. The web platform
offers direct access to historical travel times. As such, you can
request data for any time on any specific day in the past years starting
from 2008. The results can subsequently be imported directly into
PTV Visum. You can make requests yourself or use the data which
has already been imported into PTV Visum.
 Custom Travel Times: Database query for custom-defined routes
 Junction Search: Database query for all adjacent routes at of a
complete junction
 Custom Area Analysis: Area-wide database query for custom-
defined regions
TomTom Speed Profiles. TomTom collects traffic and speed data in
26 countries covering a road network of more than 35 million
kilometres and uses them to produce speed profiles. Specific speed
profiles are produced for each weekday using the aggregate past
measurements. Experts from PTV prepare these custom-built speed
profiles for use in PTV Visum and use TomTom map data to create
them for every available selected region.

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