1. VISUM (by PTV)

2. TransCAD

3. EMME

4. AIMSUN

5. VISSIM (microsimulation)

6. MATSim (open-source)

7. SUMO (Simulation of Urban MObility, open-source)

8. AnyLogic (multimethod simulation)

For web resources:

• TRB (Transportation Research Board)

• OpenStreetMap APIs for data

• Google Maps APIs for traffic data

Nodus (multimodal and intermodal freight transport)

Http://nodus.uclouvain.be

TransCAD ideal for freight, passenger and transit planning

QRS II , TransCAD, EMME, CUBE

Dear Jose Elias JIMENEZ Sanchez , Mahdi Moustapha , Bart Jourquin , Hisham Al Ghunaimi

Thank you for your response. First of all, I was not aware of some of the points you mentioned, and I will need some time to familiarize myself with your list. It is interesting to see the variety of experiences reflected in your answers. Additionally, I would like to learn more about your publications. Do you have experience with practical or commercial projects using these products, as well as teaching students? What are the specific features or aspects to consider? Thank you for your reply.

Yes, that's right. I've used QRSII to evaluate improvements to the rail network and to analyze urban networks in medium-sized cities. We use TransCAD for studies of the national highway network.

QRSII is very simple, but I consider it effective. The network is captured by road section. TransCAD is more comprehensive because it has a geographic module that reads digitized networks. EMME is an intermediate but efficient system that allows modeling medium-sized cities. I'm not familiar with CUBE, but I know it models freight transportation networks (Fig. 2).