Transport modelling software (Visum / VISSIM / CUBE / Emme)
Driving the macroscopic demand models a transport authority actually runs — a city network, an OD matrix, an assignment, and a forecast someone will build a metro line on. The strategic-scale counterpart to junction micro-simulation.
Needed across Transport Planner — UMTA / Metro Rail / NHAI / State Transport, Transport Planner / Modeller — Consultancy
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Concept 1
Which tool does what, and at what scale
Macro to Micro Simulation – Visum & Vissim | PTV Visum | Tutorial
PTV Mobility · English · intermediate
Why this clip: Demonstrates the practical workflow of transferring macro assignment data from Visum to Vissim for micro-simulation.
Concept 2
Network, zones and connectors
After: which-tool-does-what
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Concept 3
The OD matrix: who travels where
After: network-and-zones
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Concept 4
Assignment: putting the trips onto the roads
After: od-matrix
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Concept 5
Reading link volumes and where it breaks
After: assignment
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Concept 6
Coding bus and metro networks
After: network-and-zones
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Concept 7
Matching the model to observed counts
After: reading-assignment-results
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Concept 8
Getting results out for a report
After: calibration-to-counts
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What was rejected
13 candidates did not meet the course criteria.
- covers only micro-simulation, which the traffic-microsimulation skill already teaches
- covers only micro-simulation, which the traffic-microsimulation skill already teaches
- Video is a silent screen recording with no audio commentary or explanation of underlying modeling principles.
- Is micro-simulation network coding (links and connectors at junction detail, which belongs to traffic-microsimulation)
- discusses OD data products without loading any into a model
- discusses OD data products without loading any into a model
- Focuses on general SBA tips and tricks rather than dedicated link volume or V/C ratio reporting.
- Is a vendor sales webinar
- is a vendor sales webinar
- is transit-operations scheduling software
- Presents a model as finished with no comparison to counts
- Presents a model as finished with no comparison to counts
- shows the export dialog with no result being communicated
Where this skill is used
Transport Planner — UMTA / Metro Rail / NHAI / State Transport
Public-sector transport planning — demand modelling, multimodal/transit planning, comprehensive mobility plans, and project appraisal inside metro corporations, UMTAs, NHAI, RITES, and state transport bodies. Concentrated in metro corporations, RITES, NHAI; favours the Transport specialisation. Specialisation tags: Transport, Infrastructure.
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Private transport planning and modelling — travel-demand models, comprehensive mobility plans, transit/BRT/metro feasibility, and traffic micro-simulation, at firms like AECOM, WSP, Ramboll, L&T, and specialist mobility consultancies. Strong, named demand for modellers. Specialisation tags: Transport, Infrastructure.
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