Visum determines the impacts of existing or planned transport supply which can encompass both the PrT road network and the PuT line network (including timetables). In addition to these classic use cases, newer forms are added as well as supplies that represent combinations. Support is provided both in the development of the supply, the analysis of the supply, and the evaluation of variants.
Fields of application for planning tasks in classic Public Transport (PuT)
- Planning and analysis of line networks
- Design and analysis of timetables
- Estimation of driver and vehicle requirements
- Cost-benefit analyses
- Display (graphic/tabular) of PuT-specific indicators (sold tickets, number of passengers boarding/alighting, number of students per zone or stop)
- Evaluation and display of passenger numbers and other indicators per transport system, link, stop, line, and operator
- Creation of presentation graphics to illustrate different planning variants
- Calculation and forecast of territory and operator-specific expenditure and revenue indicators
- Operational indicators for line costing calculation
- Generation of subnetworks with corresponding partial demand matrices
Fields of application for planning tasks in Private Traffic (PrT)
- Simulation of transport planning measures or construction measures to forecast resulting traffic volumes and their impacts
- Prognosis of the impacts of road tolls
- Intersection capacity analyses
- A separate analysis of different PrT transport systems (car, HGV, bicycle)
- Comparison of a demand matrix with current counted data
- Determination of noise and/or pollution emissions
- Generation of subnetworks with corresponding partial demand matrices
Possible applications for planning tasks with new forms of mobility or combinations
- Assessing the sustainability and efficiency of mobility services
- Determination of the fleet size
- Estimation of the expenses for relocating vehicles
- Cost-benefit analyses
- Studies on the extended accessibility of conventional public transport
- Estimation of the modal shift due to the introduction of new forms of mobility
