Aimsun and Siemens win Abu Dhabi hybrid transport model contract
The Integrated Transport Centre (ITC) Abu Dhabi has chosen Aimsun and Siemens to develop its ground-breaking Hybrid Simulation Model. Adding to its traditional 4-step modelling, the new framework also covers meso and micro models and near real-time simulation. The ITC is linking big datasets, including day-to-day anonymised mobile phone tracking, water/electricity consumption by household, live […]
Aimsun outlines virtual training solution for control rooms
The global transport modelling company Aimsun has explained a solution used to help traffic control room staff deal with different incidents on their network. The Company’s Head of Professional Services, Alex Torday, told a joint ITS Australia – ITS (UK) webinar about the company’s extension of its traffic simulation techniques to integrate with a control […]
Aimsun to deliver smart traffic management pilot in Norway
The global transport modelling company Aimsun is launching a smart traffic management project to predict traffic jams before they happen, and work out ways of changing traffic patterns to stop the build-up. It’s been chosen to deliver the project in Norway’s second largest city of Bergen as part of the NordicWay 3 programme. The pilot […]
Driverless cars “improve motorway performance” – Aimsun
New research by global transport modelling company suggests that autonomous vehicles in a mixed fleet of traffic could transform the operation of the network. In a paper published in Transportation Research Record: “Modelling the effects of autonomous vehicles on motorway performance, ” authors George Mesionis, Mark Brackstone and Natalie Gravett report modelling detailed interactions among […]
Aimsun completes two year mobile phone modelling project
Transport simulation experts Aimsun have announced they have completed a two year project to extract travel demand information from anonymised mobile phone records and integrate it into the Aimsun Next modelling platform. Project BAMBOO involved using urban data from Santander, interurban on the the AP-7 highway and national across Spain. Aimsun says each provide different […]
Modelling the key to cities’ reinvention post Covid – Aimsun
It is now the perfect time for city authorities to use modelling to rethink their public transport strategies, a leading industry podcast has heard. Martin Hartmann, Senior Product Specialist at Aimsun told the Inside Intertraffic Podcast that modelling is essential to get a grasp of the effects of current strategies and what new developments can […]
Gerodimos is new Aimsun CEO
After nearly 13 years with the company, global transport modelling expert Alex Gerodimos has been promoted to company CEO of Aimsun. He replaces Jaime Ferrer, who’s stepping down after 20 years in the role and just over two years since Aimsun was acquired by Siemens. “Jaime has taken the company from its inception as a […]
Aimsun releases latest modelling software
The transport simulation company Aimsun has released the latest version of its Aimsun Next mobility modelling software, which has a series of features to help planners understand the movement of pedestrians and cyclists. As cities struggle to manage a return to work for citizens and a reduction in public transport capacity due to social distancing […]
UK’s first county-wide model for predicting traffic flows and emissions is launched
The transport modelling experts, Aimsun, have led the delivery of a large-scale model of the county of Oxfordshire that will use real-time traffic simulation to reduce congestion and harmful, traffic-related emissions. Now running live, the model was delivered for the Network Emissions/Vehicle Flow Management Adjustment (NEVFMA) project, funded by Highways England and delivered in partnership […]
Aimsun offers free webinars on sharing transport model outputs
The transport modelling software and services company, Aimsun, is offering free webinars next week to introduce its new Aimsun Next Viewer to clients around the world. The Viewer is freely available to all Aimsun Next users, who can request as many Viewers as they like for their clients or colleagues to replay recorded simulations or […]