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We hope you enjoy this playbook. With its making, we aimed to help public transport planners understand the challenges they face today when working to achieve high-quality public transport supply at a minimum cost.

Public Transport Playbook

Our products support you in designing and building liveable cities

Multimodal Transport Planning

PTV Visum

PTV Visum is the world's leading transport planning software. It is the standard for macroscopic simulations and macroscopic modelling of transport networks and transport demand, public transport planning, and for the development of transport strategies and solutions. With PTV Visum, you create transportation models that provide insights for long-term strategic planning and short-term operational use. 

PTV Visum Website

Public transport service planning

PTV Lines

PTV Lines supports your workflow in the creative process of public transport service planning. Our platform helps you achieve high-quality public transport supply at a minimum cost. PTV Lines is the ideal place to sketch your ideas, try out different scenarios, and receive instant feedback on operational costs. Work collaboratively with your colleagues on projects and share your findings with other stakeholders. You can also export your best ideas to your operational systems and use them in PTV Visum for further analysis. PTV Lines is an easy-to-use web-based platform hosted in the EU.

PTV Lines Website

Multimodal Traffic Simulation

PTV Vissim

The world's leading multimodal traffic simulation software PTV Vissim digitally reproduces the traffic patterns of all road users. Trusted by traffic planners and engineers around the globe, PTV Vissim evaluates and improves the performance of your traffic facilities. Results establish the basis for your traffic planning decisions and address your road traffic challenges, such as congestion and emissions. 

PTV Vissim Website

Pedestrian simulation

PTV Viswalk

PTV Viswalk, the microscopic pedestrian simulation software, depicts pedestrians and their interaction with each other. The software enables urban and traffic planners, fire safety officers, and managers of railway stations, airports, and event venues to effectively model and solve pedestrian interaction challenges. Among other things, they can use the software to check passage widths, sizes of waiting areas, travel and waiting times, and ensure safety and comfort. 

PTV Viswalk Website

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