PTV Vision Training Courses, July 4-6, 2012 in Johannesburg/Pretoria, South Africa

• The training fee for VISSIM Introductory course is EUR 600 per person.
• The training fee for VISUM Introductory course is EUR 600 per person.
• The training fee for the Dynamic Traffic Assignment course is EUR 400 per person.

Fee includes attendance, lunch, refreshment breaks, documentations and training software. Once we receive your registration form, we will issue an invoice that needs to be paid in full prior to PTV confirming your seat.

Registration for the training session will be running until Friday, June 1, 2012! Please send your full contact information and the number of participants that you would like to register to PTV Dubai at fax: +971 4 454 1033 or email: training@ptvme.ae.

Participants are required to bring their own laptops (basic specifications: Microsoft Windows 7 or XP, or 7, 2GB hard disk, 1GB RAM and minimum speed 2GHz), and a Video Card (although not necessary), VISUM/VISSIM license is not required.

The venue information will be communicated to registered participants no later than one week prior to the training. Participants coming from outside South Africa have to make their own visa, travel and accommodation arrangements.

• VISSIM Introductory Course will be conducted by Mr. Slavenko Cugalj, PTV Vision Certified Trainer #89.
• VISSIM Dynamic Traffic Assignment Course will be conducted by Mr. Slavenko Cugalj, PTV Vision Certified Trainer #89.
• VISUM Introductory Course will be conducted PTV Vision Certified Trainer Mr. Torsten Beutin.

 Introduction to the fundamentals of transportation planning and VISUM

• Areas of Application
• VISUM Basics - Creating a project folders and file types

VISUM network model - Structure and editing

• Transport systems, modes and demand segments
• Nodes, links, turns
• Zones, connectors
• Importing networks
• Checking the network

Travel Demand

• General, example

Assignment - Modelling of choice decisions

• Private transport assignment procedures
• Public transport assignment procedures

Graphic Display and Network Analysis

• Graphic parameters
• Graphical analysis of results – Shortest path search, isochrones, desire lines, flow bundles

Network Data Import using GIS

Lists and copy and paste functionalities in VISUM

Used defined attributes (UDA)

Sub-area analysis

Matrix processing

Matrix calibration with TFlowFuzzy

The Purpose of VISSIM Introductory Course is to provide basic and advanced understanding of main functionalities in VISSIM as well as to offer hands-on experience in:

• Understanding the basics of micro-simulation in VISSIM :
• Step-by-step developing of VISSIM networks ;
• Setup of fixed time traffic controllers ;
• Public transport modelling ( PuT stops, PuT Lines, and Passenger Model) ;
• Freeway modelling ( weaving areas) ;
• Collecting output ;
• Creating animations, 3D Videos and AVIs ;
• Import/Export interface with other programs (e.g VISUM, Synchro).

Topics covered:

• Theory behind dynamic traffic assignment
• Dynamic assignment setup (Parking lots/ Zones, O-D Matrix, Cost and Path Files)
• Route closure and detour detection
• VISUM assignment within VISSIM
• Dynamic assignment convergence criteria 
• Post assignment analyses and export to VISUM
• Creation of static routes