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10 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD USE PTV VISUM

FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT PLANNING

PTV Group | Traffic Software

December 203

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1. FAST IMPORT AND EXPORT OF SERVICE DATA

OUTPUT

INPUT

Timetable and network

data can be imported

from most common

systems (via interfaces

from GIS and timetable

information systems)

and used for modelling

the current public

transport supply.

All services can be

displayed and edited

in the public transport

network and timetable

editor.

Google Transit Feed

RailML©

OSM

VDV 452

…

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2. DEDICATED DATA MODEL

bus stop

(point)

intermediate

level

stop point platform

PTV Visum offers

dedicated data model

to faithfully represent

public transport

elements as they are

used in scheduling

systems, passenger

information systems

or automated vehicle

monitoring systems.

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3. FLEXIBLE INTERACTIVE EDITING OF LINE ROUTES

THE SECTION MARKED… …IS RE-ROUTED AUTOMATICALLY

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4. TIMETABLE EDITOR

PTV Visum offers

flexible and

comfortable options

to create, display and

modify time-tables in

tabular and graphical

form. The latter allows

displaying passenger

volumes per trip

section.

CREATE

MODIFY

DISPLAY TIME-TABLES

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5. ROBUST SET OF ASSIGNMENT ALGORITHMS

PTV Visum offers

a robust set of

assignment

algorithms to simulate

passenger’s behaviour,

including headway

based and time tables

based procedures.

Impacts of the fare

model and capacity

restraints can be taken

into account in both

approaches.

6:00

6:30

7:00

7:30

8:00

A-Village,

Origin

Station B-Village X-City

(destination)

Train

Bus

Train

Bus

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6. SCHEMATIC LINE DIAGRAM

The new schematic

line diagram provides

an important

visualisation option by

which planners can

abstract the network

according to their

needs. Information on

arrival and departure

times for all lines is

provided at a glance.

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7. LINE BLOCKING / VEHICLE SCHEDULING

PTV Visum offers

algorithms to precisely

assess rolling stock

requirements. Sets of

exchangeable vehicle

types and the

passenger volume can

be taken into account.

PRECISELY ASSESS

ROLLING STOCK REQUIREMENTS

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8. FARE MODELING

PTV Visum includes

detailed representation

of many kinds of fare

models to estimate

fare revenue and to

take into account

impacts of tariff system

on connection choice.

FARE ZONE

WITH SPECIAL

FARE FROM-TO-ZONE FARE

ZONE COUNT

DISTANCE BASED

SHORT DISTANCE

ESTIMATE FARE REVENUE

TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IMPACTS

OF TARIFF SYSTEM ON CONNECTION CHOICE

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9. PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

PASSENGER

VOLUME

EXPECTED

TARIFF

STRUCTURE

FARE

REVENUE

EXPECTED

OPTIMAL

NETWORK

COST

OF

OPERATION

COST

COVERAGE

PTV Visum includes

procedures to estimate

a comprehensive set

of performance

indicators at different

levels reflecting

different points of view:

the passenger, the

operator, the authority.

COMPREHENSIVE SET OF PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

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10. FAREBOX REVENUES AS WELL AS COSTS ALLOCATION

INFRASTRUCTURE

PASSENGER

KM VEHICLE

KM LINE

LENGTH

OPERATING

TIME

M1

OPERATOR VEHICLE OPERATION

Fixed costs

Variable costs

M2 BUS1 BUS2

PTV Visum offers

procedures to estimate

farebox revenues as

well as costs allocation

at route level leading

to highly disaggregated

profitability analysis

(financially unsound

elements of the

system can be

readily identified).

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CONTACT

PTV Group

Sales & Marketing Traffic Software

Phone +49 721 9651-300

Email info@vision.ptvgroup.com

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Learn more about PTV Visum in

public transport planning

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PTV Group | Traffic Software

December 2013