There is a bunch of traffic simulation out there

Paid traffic flow simulators :

- Quadstone paramics (microscopic)

- VISSUM (macroscopic)

- VISSIM (microscopic)

- AIMSUN

Free :

- Matsim

- SUMO (microscopic)

- Repast

- MAINSIM

Vissim. Not free.

Thank you Pradymn!

Which mode of transportation you want to observe?

I' m interested in highways

Aimsun,not free

It depends on what you have to do and/or for which purpose. There is an interesting article that you can read (http://www.massey.ac.nz/~kahawick/cstn/095/cstn-095.pdf) with six software compared. Also, by experience the not free software every year come up with new and interesting features.

Another free software is SUMO (http://sumo-sim.org/)

Based on my knowledge the most used licensed software are:

Macroscale - VISUM, CUBE (ex TRIPS), SATURN (UK),

Microscale VISSIM, AIMSUN, PARAMICS.

AIMSUN has recently launched the first available integrated Macro-Meso-Micro suite with the version 8.

I agree with the Fabio. It is based on what you need, or what is your purpose. First of all do you want to make it at macroscopic or microscopic level? Do you need visual effects or 3D views? Or just want to compare a model for a specific purposes. Answer of these questions determined your needs about simulation software. After that I can recommend some.

I have worked with Corsim quite a bit and would recommend it for Micro simulations. As mentioned by Sazi Murat, you need to figure out if you want to perform macro, meso or micro simulation.

Hope the following link helps you decide on simulation software.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_simulation#Traffic_models

Simulation software is only as good as the programmer who designed it, so use common sense when viewing your results. I recently saw a Synchro simulation that made absolutely no sense in terms of what drivers would or would not do, at least Michigan drivers.

There is a bunch of traffic simulation out there

Paid traffic flow simulators :

- Quadstone paramics (microscopic)

- VISSUM (macroscopic)

- VISSIM (microscopic)

- AIMSUN

Free :

- Matsim

- SUMO (microscopic)

- Repast

- MAINSIM

Dear Francesca,

Before deciding, it is important to consider the mode in which you will be using the simulation. Is it for research, teaching, demos, pre-commercial pilots?

You will find that seemingly expensive simulation packages can be offered for a very low price if it is only for research or teaching, and even for free. I have found that it is best to call the simulation company and discuss your need. It also helps if you can team up with your colleagues and if you can indicate that you are considering establishing a new, long-term relationship with the company.

This is important because, instead of starting with the question, "What is free?", you may start with the question, "What is best for me?"

Thank u sir....

Nothing is best ...all depends on condition of traffic ...there are so many defaults parameter but they are not alway good.

Hello,

one of best programs is (Quadstone Paramics) 

features:

http://www.paramics-online.com/paramics-features.php

You can use PTV VISUM. Its quite user friendly and user can easily import GIS shapefiles, databases etc. The company also offers the licensed software for free to students for their thesis work.

One project manager can analyze construction operations and achieve a more efficient operational design.

It depend on type of results you want.. PTV VissiM and S paramic is best one

Can someone tell me, How can I get those softwares?

http://matsim.org

http://www.dlr.de/ts/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-9883/16931_read-41000/

Demo versions:

http://www.aimsun.com/wp/

http://your.visum.ptvgroup.com/FreeDemoVersion

http://your.vissim.ptvgroup.com/freedemoversion

http://www.citilabs.com/cube64/

For traffic flow simulation in a city about 200.000 inhabitants what's the best free software?

Matsim is the best one and its free

Paid software M : VISSUM ; AIMSUN, Synchro suit

Free software : -SUMO, Repast, MAINSIM

There is no single true answer to this question. I would suggest you look into the suggested open source frameworks and look:

• which one is best suited for your purpose (e.g. micro scale vs meso scale)
• which one solves your problem with the least effort

Both communities--MATSim and SUMO--are very supportive towards new users and both frameworks are excellently maintained. So I would suggest looking into these two first.

If you are not happy with what you find you can always switch to a commercial software. But keep in mind that 'commercial' does not necessarily mean better. However, at least you can buy the needed support to setup your model much easier for commercial software packages than for an open source solution.

Actual link for comparision of simulation software from K.A. Hawick is as follows:

https://muir.massey.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10179/4506/TrafficSimulatorReview_arlims.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

We distribute our package for free. Some limitations apply. Download the free version, ask for authentication and activation and if you have special needs we can add modules.

http://tis.unical.it/index.php/development/tritone/

If you aim to simulate traffic flow on freeways, FREEVAL is also a good choice (not a commercial software).

The Best Transportation Simulation software is Transmodeler from Caliper Corporation (maker of the popular GIS software Maptitude, Maptitude for Redistricting and TransCAD). Transmodeler does micro-meso-macro all 3 simulations and allows all GIS functionality as usual on top of simulation. The SE version (for few 100 nodes simulation) is ~$1,000 and the full version is ~ $10,000 but worth every penny ...

The answer of this question is not so simple. Because, it depends on what you need or what are your expectations.

I would suggest SUMO, CORSIM and VISSIM. You can select any one depending on your environment. SUMO is freely available, CORSIM and VISSIM are paid software.

I found PTV Viswalk a suitable social force based model to study pedestrian crowd. PTV vissim is also suitable to apply area-based and multiple road users simulations. Whatever simulation you used, I found it imortant to calibrate and validate it to a local context as the results (e.g. capacity, delay time etc) could be significantly different from analysis with default network settings.

I think that the AIMSUM is one of the best software for the simulation of the traffic

İ think that questions answer the PTV ViSSİM and their include package software...

I think that AIMSUM and PTV and EMEE/4 are the best for simulation