VISSIM 5.30-05 User Manual

Public Transport
If there is no consecutive sequence of links and connectors possible,
VISSIM cannot suggest a route and thus neither the yellow band nor the
PT line window appears. In that case either the destination link or
destination location must be changed or any missing connectors be
created.
5. Include/exclude stops in the PT route as required and define their
properties.
To define another PT line, select the PT Lines mode again and repeat the
steps 1 to 5.
6.5.2.2 Properties & Options
● No.: Unique identification
of the PT line.
● Name: Label or comment.
● Vehicle type: Vehicle type
running the PT line.
● Desired Speed Distribution:
Initial speed of the
PT vehicle.
● Time Offset: The time offset defines the amount of time PT vehicles enter
the VISSIM network before their scheduled departure time at the first PT
stop (as defined with START TIMES…).
The idea is that the departure times of a real timetable are entered as the
start times of the VISSIM PT line. Then Time Offset is defined as the
time the vehicle travels until the first stop in the network plus the average
passenger interchange time at this stop - hence resulting in a departure
at the time defined as PT line start time.
The resulting network entry time will be set to 0 for all start times that are
less than Time Offset.
If Time Offset is set to 0 the PT line vehicles enter the VISSIM network
exactly at their defined start time.
● Slack Time Fraction: The waiting time after passenger service as a
fraction of the remaining time until scheduled departure (only relevant for
those stops which have a departure time assigned).
● Color: Color of the PT vehicle
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