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Transport Planner / Modeller — Consultancy
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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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Concepts
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32m 00s
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Concepts
8

Course outline

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Concept 1

Which tool does what, and at what scale

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Macro to Micro Simulation – Visum & Vissim | PTV Visum | Tutorial

PTV Mobility · English · intermediate

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Why this clip: Demonstrates the practical workflow of transferring macro assignment data from Visum to Vissim for micro-simulation.

Caution: Focuses on software workflow mechanics rather than high-level comparison of strategic vs operational modeling use cases.

Concept 2

Network, zones and connectors

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Concept 3

The OD matrix: who travels where

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Concept 4

Assignment: putting the trips onto the roads

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Concept 5

Reading link volumes and where it breaks

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Concept 6

Coding bus and metro networks

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Concept 7

Matching the model to observed counts

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Concept 8

Getting results out for a report

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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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Transport Planner / Modeller — Consultancy

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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