# PTV Visum Reviews
**Vendor:** PTV Group  
**Category:** [Public Transportation Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/public-transportation)  
**Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 3
## About PTV Visum
PTV Visum is the leading software for macroscopic & mesoscopic transportation planning and mobility modeling. It enables cities, agencies, consultants, & researchers to simulate multimodal transport systems including private vehicles, public transit, pedestrians, & active modes. The platform supports demand modeling, traffic assignment, public transport planning, GIS-based analysis, & emissions forecasting. Its flexible architecture and open APIs allow seamless integration with external data & tools. Key Use Cases: 1. Strategic transport planning 2. Public transport network and timetable optimization 3. Traffic demand forecasting and assignment 4. Policy and scenario evaluation (e.g. LEZs, tolling, MaaS) 5. Infrastructure impact analysis 6. Accessibility and emissions assessment 7. Multi-year investment planning 8. Support for Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) PTV Visum delivers data-driven insights to shape long-term mobility strategies at city, regional, and national levels.




## PTV Visum Reviews
  ### 1. best Software for Travel Demand Modelling with Minimum Coding

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Sai S. | PHD Scholar, Research, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 09, 2023

**What do you like best about PTV Visum?**

The software has all the modules and steps of Travel demand modelling like Trip Generation, Distribution, Modal Split and Assignment. The software is very upto date with testing of innovation in field like Shared Mobility, Dynamic Assignment etc

**What do you dislike about PTV Visum?**

The one part that can be improved is mode choice modeling as it has limited capabilities to generate Fuzzy based mode choice models and we have to import it from the other software like MATLAB

**What problems is PTV Visum solving and how is that benefiting you?**

It is very useful in estimating and forecasting the travel demand in urban areas and to understand the traffic patters by building precise models. It is also efficient in extracting and statistically analyzing data from simulations

  ### 2. Visum is reliable and sufficient for most transport projects.

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Mark M. | Senior Traffic Modeller, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** March 04, 2023

**What do you like best about PTV Visum?**

The manual is well organized and detailed.  The visualization and analysis capabilities really make it stand out from the peers.

**What do you dislike about PTV Visum?**

The license cost is fairly high.  Small companies usually do not have access.

**What problems is PTV Visum solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Forecasting the bus/rail patronage for analysis of the extension of a existing rail line.

  ### 3. A robust traffic planning and modelling tool

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Adeyemi A. | Traffic Planner, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** December 18, 2019

**What do you like best about PTV Visum?**

Visum is able to handle all transport modes and planning processes, including 4-step modelling. 
It's also built to interact with other applications through scripting and COM interface.

**What do you dislike about PTV Visum?**

The cost of the software license is quite high.

**Recommendations to others considering PTV Visum:**

Visum is a great planning and modelling tool. Requesting a demo version and watch the free webinars are a great way for quick assessment.

**What problems is PTV Visum solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Early stages traffic planning, land use planning, traffic forecasts, infrastructure planning, traffic congestion  planning, etc. for all transport modes.


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## PTV Visum Features
**Plan**
- Documentation
- Sequence
- Annotate
- Collaborate

**Transit Operations**
- Scheduling & Routing
- Fleet Management
- Fare Collection
- Data Analytics

**Design**
- 3D Modeling
- 3D Rendering
- 2D Modeling
- Editing

**Rider Experience**
- Vehicle Tracking

**Analysis**
- Sustainability
- Liveability
- Movement

**Agentic AI - Public Transportation**
- Autonomous Task Execution
- Multi-step Planning
- Cross-system Integration
- Adaptive Learning
- Proactive Assistance
- Decision Making

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