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ON FOCUS:
Pedestrians‘ big debut
in traffic simulation
FROM BIT PLAYER TO MAIN CHARACTER
Realistic analyses of pedestrian flows
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08 COMPASS 04/2004
Contents
ON FOCUS
From Bit Player to Main Character
Realistic Analyses of Pedestrian Flows 04
TRAFFIC
Committed to Improving Traffic Safety 09
Final Public Transport Bus Master Plan for Dubai 11
Future-orientated Traffic Solutions for China 12
Count, Analyse, Plan – with a Focus on Sustainability 15
MOBILITY
Absolutely Safe – New Telematics 16
Swiss Rail (SBB) Relies on Intermodal Routing 19
PTV Helps Scania Assistance 20
LOGISTICS
Intermodal Freight Transport
across the Alps with SPIN-ALP 21
map&guide Sets New Standards for HGV Navigation 22
Integrated Transport Solution
Improves Logistics Processes 23
Fruitful Collaboration Between PTV Loxane
and Mercedes-Benz France (Daimler Group) 24
Ewals Cargo Care Integrated the
Mini Version
normale Version
TLNplanner as Standard Route Planner 25
INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIRS 26
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Editorial
“Focus on people!“
Dear Readers,
Since its foundation in 1979 PTV has been focusing on solutions designed to
optimize traffic and transportation. Road users, be it drivers, passengers or pe-
destrians, play a major role in this field. It is essential for urban planners and
traffic engineers to know how the different modes of transport affect each
other in order to ensure smooth traffic flow while developing pedestrian-friendly
towns and cities. Find out how the latest VISSIM simulation software modules
support traffic and transportation management. Read our cover story!
Beijing Summer Games 2008 will be a prestigious event – and PTV’s strategic
transportation model with micro-simulation of the Olympic Green will have to
prove its efficiency in practice. Thousands of Olympic athletes and visitors from
around the world are expected to come to Beijing and they will then benefit
from a comprehensive transportation plan, ensuring a smooth flow of traffic.
Pay as you drive is a new car insurance concept which helps drivers save money
by paying a mileage-based premium instead of a fixed rate. PAYD also incor-
porates other factors: it can charge you not only by how many miles you drove,
but by where and when you drove them – driving in congested areas during
rush hour costs more than driving off-peak, for example. Pay as you drive uses
GPS technology for data collection and billing purposes. Studies in England and
Italy have shown that PAYD insurance considerably reduces the number of mo-
tor vehicle crashes and young driver crashes in particular. We provide different
technologies designed to support this new type of insurance concept.
Commercial vehicle drivers can now safely reach their destinations on time: dis-
patchers using the new map&guide software ensure that the vehicles avoid traffic
jams and bridges that may not accommodate large trucks. PTV is the first plan-
ning software provider who has integrated NAVTEQ transport attributes into its
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we will be presenting these and many other new products and solutions.
Whether you’re going on a business or holiday trip or staying at home, enjoy
reading the new Compass Summer 2008 edition filled with refreshing ideas for
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Pedestrians‘ Big Debut
in Traffic Simulation:
from Bit Player
to Main Character
TRAFFIC CONSULTING
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People influence traffic in many different ways. Not
only as motorists, but also as pedestrians. In the past,
most traffic analyses focused on vehicles. Pedestrians
were just decorative trimmings. That is about to
change. The new VISSIM version in the PTV Vision
traffic planning software suite can now realistically
model interactions between pedestrian and vehicle
flows. Now, it can run analyses that include both
modes of transport, or focus solely on pedestrians.
Thanks to Helbing‘s social force model, it can represent
human behaviour more accurately. This improves the
quality of the planning results and makes them more
realistic, which greatly benefits the users. There are
many possible applications for the program: in urban
and traffic planning, evacuation simulation, visualization
and animation.
Now you can define pedestrian behaviour individually,
just as it has been done for vehicles. This also includes
people who deliberately flaunt traffic rules. “For example,
take the exit of an underground railway station.
You think you‘re not impulsive? Not true. You‘re much more flexible than you think. As a
pedestrian, you react quite dynamically – to the friend who calls across to you, to a shop
TRAFFIC
window that draws your attention, to a bus that sends you running across the street when
the light is red. None of this movement is really linear. But it does influence traffic – even if
you don‘t realize it. How? A new simulation tool for pedestrians can show you.
Within a short period of time, hundreds of people will
stream upwards and reach a pedestrian crossing. Some
will just go ahead and cross it, while others will wait for
the light. And that‘s exactly what we want to, and are
able to, model in the simulation,“ says Peter Vortisch,
Director of Traffic Engineering Products at PTV.
Possible applications
Traffic control and transportation planning: Traffic engineers
and planners have to prove that a certain infrastructure
supports normal traffic and pedestrian
volumes. Their main focus is on evaluating different
traffic situations. This option is especially attractive for
facilities with high volumes of pedestrian traffic such
as airport terminals or bus and underground railway
stations. Apart from the flows of pedestrians, you can
analyze the connections at those locations: How long
does it take to get to the next terminal or station level,
and how do you get there? How can this information
be added to the timetable?
Reliable planning for
pedestrians, too
Fig. left: Realistic pedestrian simu-
lation at the airport terminal
Fig. right: For underground rail
stations, it is easy to model how
long it takes to get to the next
station level, and how to get there.
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An important application:
evacuation planning for multi-story buildings
It helps that the simulation and traffic assignments are
tightly linked together. For a facility like a train station,
for example, large-scale traffic flows are first calcu-
lated in the VISUM module before the passenger flows
are simulated in microscopic detail in VISSIM.
Eco-friendly approaches for urban planning and development:
Our feet are the most eco-friendly form of
transport we have. It is thus important to develop an
infrastructure that makes walking attractive. As a result,
urban planners are focusing more and more on
pedestrians‘ needs. If these needs are considered during
the initial planning process, city planners will produce
better-quality results that support the development
of walkable communities.
Evaluate evacuation measures: Evacuation simulation
is a special area of application. Safety experts check
various aspects and assess alternatives. This is especially
crucial when planning entertainment centres, skyscrapers
or tunnels. Even in the preliminary phase, experts
take many different steps to reduce and structure
uncontrollable behaviour. In evacuations, whenever
people are given clear instructions about what to do
and where to go, they are definitely rational and cooperative.
That makes movement flows goal-oriented
and controllable. With appropriate traffic planning,
structural and organizational preparations, evacuations
can be planned and carried out in an orderly fashion.
Safely managing attractive events: Another possible
application is simulating major events, which tend to
Expanded user interface for easy handling
grow in size all the time. A professional event organizer
must be able to evaluate traffic and pedestrian
flows within the limits of the given infrastructure.
Using the simulation results, urban planners and event
managers can jointly design attractive concepts for
major events that are both environmentally and socially
acceptable.
Animation and visualization: Architects visualize their
ideas for the public: Finally, VISSIM, with all its visualization
capabilities, is a helpful tool for architects and
other people involved in urban planning for presenting
their plans to the public in an appealing, intuitive format.
One especially helpful feature is the ability to evaluate
planning results as images. “For users, simulation results
are much easier to relate as visuals than as mere
“Our feet are the most eco-friendly
form of transportation. So if we
want to model traffic realistically,
we should include pedestrians.
This is now possible with our new
program version,“ says Dr. Peter
Vortisch, Division Manager, Traffic
Engineering Products at PTV.
Relating planning results
at a grassroots level
TRAFFIC
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Multi-modal traffic simulation
with realistic interaction
numbers. Sooner or later, most traffic engineers will
have to tell the city council what their plans are. A film
can communicate their vision much more impressively
than a bunch of numbers. Visualizing traffic planning
results for laypeople and decision makers is a major
feature of our software,“ said Vortisch.
If, for example, a city is planning to install a traffic-
calming measure to make a square more pedestrianfriendly,
the program allows users to determine the
impact on traffic and initiate the required construction.
In this context, it is important to not only provide
urban planners with the appropriate information, but
also to make such information understandable for
members of the community in order to involve them
in the further development of their life space.
How it all began –
insights into the development
When PTV decided to integrate pedestrian simulation
in its product family, it began looking for a partner in
academia. Peter Vortisch explains why the company
contacted Dirk Helbing from the Swiss Federal Institute
of Technology in Zurich. “Helbing has been working
on the social force model for pedestrian dynamics for
years. When we looked for a research partner, we
wanted a model that would complement our own
methodical approach and be as microscopic as possible.
The social force model is ideal because it continuously
looks at the space and thus allows you to represent
reality in a realistic fashion.“
The PTV experts involved potential users throughout the
entire development process. The software was developed
in close consultation with users in the field so that
it would contain precisely the components they needed.
VISSIM has always modelled pedestrians, but there
was only a greatly simplified behavioural model for
them. It was used, for example, to simulate the obstacles
for motorists turning right. However, it was not
possible to model pedestrian behaviour in correct
quantities.
“In order to embed pedestrians in VISSIM, we had to
not only add another behavioural model, but also enhance
the simulation mechanics and handling,“ said
Vortisch. “The decisive factor is that pedestrians move
on a plane and not linearly like vehicles. Vehicles are
bound by lanes. Pedestrians move around freely on a
plane, and can walk to the side or back. What‘s more,
they can stop and speed up with hardly any loss of
time. That means we now have to look at a new element
which is orientated towards planes and not lanes.
We have therefore significantly expanded the user interface
to model the pedestrian infrastructure as well.“
The driving force – the social force model
Dirk Helbing and Peter Molnar developed the social
force model in 1995. Pedestrians‘ movements are modelled
by different forces based on Newtonian concepts.
This includes the driving force, which causes
pedestrians to generally move towards a certain target,
i.e., walk towards their destination at a certain pace.
However, they are influenced by different elements.
First, people keep a sort of “safety distance“ from other
pedestrians and from obstacles or buildings. Second, different
attractions – such as shop windows, for example
– distract them so that they change their path. There
are thus psychological (social force) and physical factors
that are taken into account during modelling.
How the new pedestrian
simulation in VISSIM
came about
TRAFFIC
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Solutions for Mecca
Helbing and his team have provided proof that the
model works and can be applied successfully as a simulation
when they solved one of the world‘s biggest
pedestrian problems – the Hajj in Mecca.
During the January 2006 pilgrimage, a mass stampede
left 364 people dead. That was not an isolated incident;
the year before had seen many deaths as well.
The authorities decided to steer the increasing masses
of pilgrims along controllable paths, and sought advice
in Germany. An expert team of traffic planners from
Aachen, logistics experts from Dresden and Helbing
and his Ph.D. candidate Johannson looked for solu-
tions. Apart from other things, they used the social
force model to analyse pilgrim flows. On that basis,
Pilgrims during the Hajj in Mecca
the decision-makers in Mecca made a wide range of
organizational, traffic planning and constructional
changes – to good effect. Although the authorities
classified the situation as extremely critical in 2007,
there were no casualties.
Walking towards an eco-friendly future
Human-centric traffic simulation and planning is more
realistic since it considers all the components of traffic.
Top priority is given to safety and high quality standards
in traffic systems for pedestrians. The infrastructure
must be suitable for the population to see walking
as attractive. The new urban planning simulation tool
allows these recommendations to be formulated in
close cooperation with the citizens. Today‘s tools can help
bring about walkable cities and a clean environment.
PTV-Vision – the software suite for transportation planning and traffic engineering
For many years, PTV Vision has been the market leader for traffic
planning systems in Europe with its software architecture that en-
compasses several planning levels. These interlocking modules make
it possible to focus on specific points – from determining transport
demand, network planning, traffic detail analyses at node points all
the way to optimising line and charter transportation.
The main modules:
VISUM: Traffic information and planning system for private and pu-
blic transportation, graphical network editing, wide-area traffic net-
work analysis and evaluation, assignment, optimization, forecasting
and impact calculations for traffic planning measures.
VISSIM: Microscopic simulation of traffic flows for vehicles and pe-
destrians, 3D animation, modelling vehicle-actuated signal controls.
A special challenge:
correctly directing visitors
in Mecca
Your contact:
Peter Vortisch
peter.vortisch@ptv.de
www.ptvag.com
TRAFFIC
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Traffic / PTV AG
Committed to Improving Traffic Safety
Despite the fact that the number of road accident
victims has decreased in the European Union, it
seems to be difficult to reach EU’s target of halving
the number of road deaths by 2010. There are still
too many car accident fatalities. It is therefore essential
to include traffic safety concepts in the traffic and
transportation planning process. PTV’s transportation
experts have developed a specific tool which contributes
to road safety by providing important analysis
data on Germany’s road network.
Building safe roads is another relevant road safety factor.
This includes the construction, expansion and improvement
of roads. The first step is to identify the size and
distribution of safety potential within the road network.
Germany’s Road Traffic Research Association issued a new
directive called Empfehlungen für die Sicherheitsanalyse
von Straßennetzen, which provides recommendations
for the safety analysis of road networks.
The ESN directive provides guidelines and calcula-
tion rules for estimating the road safety performance.
It helps the road construction authority identify road
sections which need to be analysed in detail and
which can be considerably improved. German Insurers
Accident Research (GDV) asked PTV to develop a specific
ESN tool as part of a road accident research project.
The aim was to provide pragmatic methods for
an efficient analysis of the huge amount of data. The
recommendations were applied to the state of Saxony,
Germany.
A numerical safety potential is determined on the basis
of road accident data (categories, location, types of accidents,
time and date, etc.) and empirically developed
accident indicators, such as accident rates and average
accident costs. Traffic engineering tools, i.e. specific
planning tools for network analysis and accident data
analysis are combined to make road networks safer.
Information about the average workday traffic volume
on the roads where accidents occurred is an important
factor for the ESN calculations. Therefore, PTV’s
Validate transportation model for Germany was integrated
into the ESN calculation process to provide
workday traffic volumes for the entire main road network
of Germany.
The ESN tool processes the data and visualises the re-
sults in a clear and efficient manner. Easy and exact
results analysis and high quality evaluations pro-
vide immediate access to network-related information
about the accident.
ESN – display of results based on road sections
combined with NAVTEQ road sections
PTV tool helps create
safer road networks
TRAFFIC – NEWS
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Calculation and visualisation of ESN results
The calculation was based on accidents which occurred
on motorways and federal roads outside of urban
regions. The study was carried out over a period of
three years (2004 – 2006). All ESN results were based
on two different levels of aggregation. The first level
covered the NAVTEQ road sections and the second
level was based on the road sections of Saxony‘s road
database.
The VISUM module of the PTV Vision planning system
was used to display and analyse the results. Designed
for multimodal and intermodal analyses, the soft-
ware integrates all relevant modes of transportation
into one consistent network model.
The two levels of aggregation can be displayed together
or individually. Users should first look at the
route sections and then use the detailed view of the
road sections for the validation process. Changing the
screen view considerably improves the level of detail,
so that the safety performance on the different road
sections can be estimated more accurately. The elements
of the road, which present a safety concern, can
be further investigated with EUSka‘s Local Accident
Analysis module.
The road sections are sorted by their safety performance,
enabling users to see which safety issues need
to be urgently addressed. Federal roads, national roads
and country roads can be sorted separately, using the
filter option.
PTV focuses on accident analysis and research to help
improve road traffic safety in a growing safety analysis
market.
Accident black spots used to be
manually marked on the map.
Today, all data is automatically
analysed and presented on
the computer.
ESN analysis of Saxony’s road network
EUSka: Local Accident Investigation Module for
visualising and analysing accidents, for more
information click here.
PTV Validate: Transportation model with speed
profiles and traffic volumes based on time of
day. For more information, visit
www.english.ptv.de/cgi-bin/mobility/mob_realtimes.pl
Your contact:
Andre Münch
andre.muench@ptv.de
www.ptvag.com
TRAFFIC – NEWS
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Traffic Consulting / PTV AG
Final Public Transport
Bus Master Plan for Dubai
PTV and its consortium partners Hamburg-Consult,
Rhein-Consult, BLIC and Zum goldenen Hirschen have
finalized Dubai‘s Bus Master Plan for the Roads &
Transport Authority of Dubai (RTA). The consortium
put forward a set of detailed recommendations for
implementing the master plan and presented its concept
for the development and marketing of a public
transport bus system for this booming region at the
1st UITP / Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Conference in Dubai in late November.
Dubai, the centre of the Emirate of Dubai of the United
Arab Emirates, will have more than two million inhabitants
in 2009. The population is expected to reach five
million until 2020. In 2005, over 200,000 vehicles were
registered. Only seven per cent of the population currently
uses public transport. Major commuter flows also
have an impact on the daily traffic nightmares. To cope
with today’s and future traffic, Dubai‘s bus system will
be expanded to create a sustainable transport system.
Stand of the Dubai Bus Master Plan
consortium at UITP-MENA
On September 1, 2006, the RTA asked the consortium
to develop a concept for the development and marketing
of a bus system. The focus is now on building the
depots, providing the buses, new bus lines and stops
according to the plan.
Introducing the marketing and communication concept
plays an important role within the entire master plan.
Road users must be encouraged to change their travel
behaviour. Dubai’s residents currently drive personal vehicles.
The majority utilizing public transport are foreigners,
but the new bus lanes are meant to convince the
motorists that public transport allows them to reach
their destination faster. “Our concepts place a major
emphasis on sustainable public transport“, says Jürgen
Kaiser, project manager at PTV Germany. “Expanding
the area for transport-related purposes cannot be the
only measure to cope with continually increasing traffic
volumes. The metro and the new bus system will become
the alternative transport mode.“
TRAFFIC – NEWS
Sustainable public transport
Your contact:
Jürgen Kaiser
juergen.kaiser@ptv.de
www.ptvag.com
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Traffic / PTV AG
Future-orientated Traffic
Solutions for China
Be it Frankfurt, London, Dubai or Beijing – all conurbations
throughout the world must cope with increasing
traffic congestion. Intelligent traffic management systems
have to be implemented in order to ensure smooth
traffic flow. PTV AG develops software solutions for
projects and applications in traffic, mobility and logistics.
The transportation experts from Karlsruhe, Germany,
help Chinese planners develop long-term traffic and
transportation concepts, evaluate traffic count data, assess
different strategic solutions by means of simulation
systems and, of course, improve traffic flow. PTV shares
its know-how with universities in China, and thus supports
their traffic engineering programmes for China’s
future transportation professionals.
China’s cities are experiencing burgeoning traffic
growth. Just a few years ago the bicycle was the most
important mode of transport. But today’s traffic planners
and environmentalists are worried about the extremely
fast motorization rate. In Beijing alone about
1,000 new cars are registered every day, which means
that the number of vehicles will amount to 3.5 million
cars in 2008. To avoid gridlocks, Beijing’s traffic and
transportation planners have early started to conduct
studies on how to prevent traffic from collapsing.
Traffic analyses for the 2008
Olympic Summer Games
In spring 2003, PTV’s transportation experts were asked
to develop a strategic transportation model for Beijing, including
micro simulation of the Olympic Green for the
2008 Summer Games. The project for Beijing Transportation
Research Center was completed within eleven
months only (from March 2003 to February 2004).
How many visitors and athletes will visit the Olympics
and be in Beijing in addition to the 17 million inhabitants?
Which mode of transport will they use and
which routes will they take? A huge amount of data
had to be analysed. PTV created a transportation network
and simulated the traffic flow. PTV’s team of
transportation experts modelled the travel demand for
Beijing’s traffic and transportation network on the basis
of a survey covering 70,000 households with
200,000 people. The survey provided vital information
about the travel demand within the planning area re-
Beijing 2008 transportation network – PTV software models traffic
volumes in both public and private transportation
quired for the analysis of transportation networks. “The
travel demand is similar to the situation in Europe,” says
Josef Janko, project manager at PTV Germany. “However,
there is a difference in transport mode choice.
People in Beijing take taxis more often because taxi
rides are much cheaper than in Germany or other
European countries.“
The new traffic model covered the entire urban area.
However, the first project focused on the 3-km-wide
corridor surrounding the Olympic Green. The level of
detail was increased for the remaining city areas in a
second project (2005 – 2006). The first project mainly
analysed the traffic flows within the Olympic Green
area during and after the Summer Games, whereas
the second project concentrated on the expansion of
public transport, in general, and the underground network,
in particular. About ten new underground lines
are scheduled to be completed by 2020. Three of
them are currently being constructed.
Traffic and transportation
development over the next 20 years
Based on PTV’s transportation model several complex
issues regarding Beijing’s future transportation network
were addressed. How can traffic be efficiently
TRAFFIC – NEWS
PTV supports mobility – and
not just during the Olympics
Visitors and athletes will
benefit from comprehensive
transportation planning
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managed to ensure effective public transport for the
athletes, visitors and citizens during the Olympics?
Additionally, long-term objectives had to be pursued:
What about the traffic situation after the Summer
Games, if the Olympic village is turned into a residential
area, and service centres, like the media centre, are
turned into office buildings? How can the metro network
be continually expanded? What is the impact of different
rates offered by different transport operators on the
number of passengers? How can the bus network be efficiently
combined with the underground system?
Beijing must also cope with an increasing number of personal
vehicle trips and its impact on traffic. The city
therefore uses the model not only to optimise traffic flow
during the Olympics, but also to analyse future traffic
and transportation demand over the next twenty years.
PTV’s subsidiary in Shanghai supports this project.
Dynamic traffic flow in Beijing
PTV is currently involved in another major project. By
working in partnership with Beijing’s Transportation
Research Centre, which supports Beijing’s Municipality
in the field of transportation development, PTV will create
a dynamic transportation model for specific road
sections within Beijing’s road network. If this model
The aim is to ensure smooth traffic flow. PTV helps
Beijing introduce long-term measures to avoid chronic
traffic congestion.
turns out to be a successful solution, it is planned to use
it for additional areas. The transportation model which
PTV developed for the Olympics is used as the basis for
future joint projects. A selected number of road sections
will be used for the analysis of the dynamic traffic situation.
The aim of the project is to identify the current
traffic-related issues, to analyse them, and finally, to
solve the problems with the help of PTV software.
Improving traffic management
More than 150 customers in China use PTV software
for traffic and transportation infrastructure planning.
Dr. Thomas Schwerdtfeger, member of the PTV Board,
also sees a great potential in the field of mobility
management. “Currently, many new roads have to be
constructed in China. But it is also important to efficiently
use the existing infrastructure and to better use
the capacities, for example. Considering the current
TRAFFIC – NEWS
There are more than 8 million bicycles in Beijing. But the increasing number of privately owned cars
has a negative impact on the use of this economically friendly mode of transport.
The current infrastructure
and capacity have to be
used more efficiently
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infrastructure, one can say that the Asian market is
ready for traffic management centres. However, it
is still difficult to find the customers who are willing
to invest in these complex projects,“ says Thomas
Schwerdtfeger. “PTV does not supply the systems,
which also involves major spending on hardware. We
only supply the software solutions for these types of
projects. This provides us with a major advantage: we
can use reliable standard technology, which can be
quite quickly and easily implemented and adjusted to
the different regions“.
Of particular interest to Asian
markets: the simulation of
pedestrian and cyclist activity
The Asian market is challenging. The strategy of PTV‘s
transportation planning experts is therefore to continuously
develop software solutions which meet each
market’s special requirements. With VISSIM it is possible
to simulate pedestrian flows, meeting the needs
of Chinese customers (and of course not only Chinese
customers).
Additionally, cyclist activity can be modelled realis-
tically. This is an important factor for a city like Beijing
where the bicycle is a favourite mode of transport.
There are about 8 or 9 million bicycles in this mega
city. The cyclists have their own acceleration rate. They
can stop at traffic lights beside or behind each other,
they can use bicycle lanes or the street. The system
simulates all these situations, including the interaction
between pedestrians, cars and buses.
Excellent career prospects
The universities in China have also recognised the mood
of the times: as part of a Public-Private Partnership
project traffic engineers and planners of the Tongji
University in Shanghai can attend PTV Vision training
courses to learn more about traffic planning with the
help of the latest PTV Vision software version. PTV and
Huazhong University of Science and Technology have
signed a cooperation agreement.
The university’s qualification programme now even
goes a step further. In addition to the software training
classes as well as transportation planning and traffic
planning theory taught by guest lecturer Gerd Stuck on
behalf of PTV, the students also have the opportunity
to gain practical work experience in different projects.
They qualify for life!
TRAFFIC – NEWS
China’s future traffic engineers
and planners use PTV software
during their studies
Your contact:
Lajos Zubor
lajos.zubor@ptv.de
www.ptvag.com
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Traffic Management / PTV AG
Count, Analyse, Plan –
with a Focus on Sustainability
Transportation professionals have to manage and
process huge amounts of data in traffic management.
PTV’s TrafficCountManagement software allows them
to enter, process and analyse these data records. Data
preparation helps transportation planners and engineers
to better evaluate traffic-related changes and to
take appropriate measures aimed at improving the
situation. Many cities cannot afford costly permanent
traffic counters to collect data on inner-city traffic.
Integrating short-term counts into the software allows
them to cost-efficiently estimate annual average
daily traffic (AADT) volumes.
Count data are a vital component in traffic and transportation
planning. They provide information on how
changes influence traffic which is then used as a basis
for decision-making in the field of transportation planning
and urban development.
PTV TrafficCountManagement (TCM) allows users to
import, process and analyse count data from different
data providers. Some of the key features include flexible
import, plausibility check and the central data-
base. A user-friendly count manager and key data administration
complement the wide range of functions.
Additionally, users can quickly and easily create complex
MS Excel-based analyses and reports.
The state of Tyrol, Austria, has been using the system
since 2006. Tyrol has more than 136 count cross-sections
and 13 traffic counters distributed across its motorway
and expressway network covering about 2,300
km. The collected data are transferred to a computer
centre for immediate processing. As a state that has to
cope with a high volume of freight, commuter and holiday
traffic, Tyrol now benefits from sustainable traffic
and transportation planning based on the current analysis
results. The state of Kärnten and Salzburg in
Austria and the German state of Hesse (HLUG) as well
as several transportation consulting firms have also
chosen PTV’s TCM solution.
The new version 2.2 includes node flow counts and
short-term traffic counts. (Fig 1) The average annual
daily traffic is calculated on the basis of permanent
traffic counters with annual traffic flows that are similar
to those at the cross-section of short-term traffic
counts. It is also possible to manage node flow counts:
a node editor enables users to flexibly define the node
topology (Fig 2) and to easily import surveys from historic
counts. This software is of particular interest to
cities which cannot afford to install costly permanent
traffic counters. But this is only one of the reasons why
the City of Leipzig will soon participate in a pilot for
the German market.
In the United States, the Oregon Department of
Transportation has chosen TCM features to improve
transportation planning in numerous cities. ODOT is
using the software to store their date and host their
sites in one centralized system, which allows all user
and planning groups to access all counts, both permanent
and temporary, in one application.
Fig 1: Data input for short-term counts
Fig 2: A node editor allows node topology to be configured individually.
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT – BEST PRACTICE
The state of Tyrol, Austria,
relies on data analysis for
sustainable traffic and
transportation planning
Your contact:
Ralf Frisch
ralf.frisch@ptv.de
www.ptvag.com
COMPASS INTERNATIONAL 01/2008 15

Mobility / PTV AG
Absolutely Safe – New Telematics
Applications for Motorists
Jenny just turned 18 and recently obtained her new
driver’s licence. Her parents bought her a nice small
car which now needs to be insured. The insurance
should of course be as cheap as possible so that
Jenny still has some money left to fill up the tank or
to go shopping. Her father has heard about the new
Pay As You Drive insurance concept, but he is not
sure whether it is a good alternative to a standard car
insurance premium since the insurance company
needs to know when his daughter used the car and
which routes she travelled. Is it technically possible
to ensure safe data processing when choosing the
PAYD insurance concept?
PAYD means that the customers will receive a bill, similar
to the utility bill, showing exactly how the premium
has been calculated. The monthly premiums are
based on how, when and where drivers use their vehicle,
including information about speed. The driving
habits are monitored by means of GPS technology
(Global Positioning System) and the insurance rates
are calculated on the basis of the generated trip data.
Considerably reduced
number of road accidents
The major advantage for both drivers and insurance
companies is that the new concept helps to reduce the
number of road accidents because PAYD customers
drive more sensibly and use their car less frequently.
Pilot projects and real-life applications prove this trend.
Pay-as-you-drive insurance products have now been
offered by a number of insurers in Europe. Especially
customers in Great Britain and Italy have chosen this
new kind of insurance policy. Norwich Union, the largest
insurance services provider in the UK, was the
first car insurer to introduce Pay As You Drive insurance
in 2005. Italy-based OCTO Telematics supports the
technical implementation for several insurance companies,
such as AXA Assicurazioni or Unipol in Italy or
Uniqa in Austria.
In particular young and senior drivers can benefit from
these new pay-as-you-drive rates. Young drivers normally
pay the highest insurance premiums because
traditional insurance concepts allocate them to the
group of high-risk drivers. PAYD allows them to save
money and gain from careful driving. The same applies
to senior drivers. They can cut premiums by
avoiding hazardous situations like rush-hour traffic or
driving at night.
In-vehicle telematics box
with up-to-date map data
A telematics box is fitted inside the car of PAYD customers.
A GPS module is integrated into the box to record
the GPS signals during the journey in order to
collect information about the vehicle’s position, the direction
and the speed as well as the date and time.
“Drivers can now decide whether
they want to pay a fixed premium
or benefit from personalised car in-
surance services based on the exact
use of the vehicle. PTV has devel-
oped various technologies which
support this new PAYD insurance
concept,” says Hans Hubschneider,
Chairman of the PTV Board.
MOBILITY – NEWS
Young drivers can save with
pay-as-you-drive rates.
And the winners are:
Car drivers AND insurers
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PTV technology evaluates the route data at different
levels of detail: it is therefore possible to just count the
kilometres or to include road categories and speed limits
based on up-to-date map data. PTV developed a
method which allows a targeted up-date of map data.
If, for example, speed limits are changed, only a small
amount of map data has to be transmitted to the telematics
box in order to update the map.
Data evaluation inside the
vehicle or at a data centre
The route data can be evaluated either inside the vehicle
or at a data centre. Both analysis methods can be
implemented with PTV technology. When using the
onboard version, the GPS signals are evaluated in the
telematics box and the aggregate results are regularly
sent from the box to the insurance company. The data
collected during the trip is protected against misuse as
all details are deleted after data transfer.
The telematics box transmits the anonymized GPS data
to a system service provider’s data centre where it is
Evaluation inside the vehicle using the telematics box:
A small telematics box fitted inside the car receives and evaluates
GPS signals (1) during the trip. The telematics box regularly trans-
mits the results to the insurance company (2) which sends the in-
surance bill to the policyholder. This scenario allows efficient data
protection because the GPS tracking information remains in the
box installed in the vehicle. The GPS data is deleted on a regular
basis.
evaluated. With this option the insurance company also
only receives the aggregate analysis results. Again,
no party involved in the process has access to personalised
GPS tracking data.
eCall – saving lives through
in-vehicle communication technology
Telematics technology, which is needed for the implementation
of PAYD concepts, can also be used for
other telematics applications, such as emergency call
systems. The European Commission, for example, outlined
new plans to accelerate the drive for safer, cleaner
and smarter cars. The aim is to offer an automatic
emergency call system (eCall) as a standard option for
all new cars in 2010. In the event of an accident eCall
automatically triggers an emergency call and transmits
the vehicle’s GPS data in order to quickly provide services
in response to accidents and emergencies. This
new technology will help considerably improve the
chances for survival of people in emergency situations.
More than 40,000 people are killed annually in about
1.4 million traffic accidents on the European Union’s
Data evaluation at a data centre:
A telematics box is fitted inside the car to collect the GPS data
during the journey (1) and to send it to the data centre (2), where
it is evaluated, using PTV software (3). All results are transmitted
to the insurance company (4) which sends the insurance bill to
the policyholder (5).
MOBILITY – NEWS
No misuse of personal data:
Only aggregate and anonymized
data is transmitted
EU intends to introduce
eCall in 2010
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Many new services are based on vehicle tracking and tracing.
roads. Estimates predict that up to 2,500 lives will be
saved per year and that 15% of 1.8 million persons
injured from car accidents will escape with less severe
injuries. Automobile manufacturers, assistance providers
and system integrators are currently developing
different technical solutions for the eCall system. PTV
often delivers software solutions for GPS vehicle tracking
for these applications.
Telematics services – from roadside
assistance to stolen vehicle tracking
If telematics systems are integrated as standard features
into vehicles, many other telematics services,
such as roadside assistance or in-vehicle travel assistance,
will be supported. If the driver needs a hotel
accommodation or would like to know where the next
Chinese restaurant or ATM or petrol station is located,
he or she simply contacts the call centre agent who
will book the hotel room or provide detailed driving
directions.
The automatic eCall system saves lives thanks to GPS tracking.
Additional functions, such as Stolen Vehicle Tracking
and Geofencing, which is a digital fence for monitoring
vehicles and mobile objects, improve safety.
Rental fleet operators, for example, use geofencing to
restrict the use of their vehicles to certain countries,
and building and construction companies protect valuable
machinery and equipment against theft by defining
a digital fence around construction sites. All of
these applications are based on map technologies and
geographic software, which are provided by companies
like PTV, for example.
In North America, telematics and assistance services
have generated a multi-billion dollar business. When
Jenny can afford to buy the car of her dreams within
the next few years, telematics solutions will certainly
have become standard features in Germany as well.
And Jenny’s father will be glad that eCall protects his
“little” daughter when she drives around in her snappy
little sportscar.
MOBILITY – NEWS
It’s time for a new era of driving!
Your contact:
Boris Wagner
boris.wagner@ptv.de
www.ptvag.com
COMPASS INTERNATIONAL 01/2008 18

Mobility / PTV AG
Swiss Rail (SBB) Relies
on Intermodal Routing
Swiss Rail (SBB) has chosen intermodal routing technology
made by HaCon and PTV for its comprehensive travel
information system. SBB customers can now easily
plan their journey from door-to-door on the Web, including
maps displaying the routes and public footpaths.
This travel service has also been available for mobile
phone users since May 22, 2008. The two German
solution partners have supplied these systems to numerous
transportation operators in Europe and the US.
Since 2002, SBB has been providing travel information
services based on HaCon technology which go far
beyond standard timetable information from train station
to train station. SBB’s journey planner includes timetables
of local transport services, which means bus,
tram or underground as well as pedestrian routing. A
remarkable feature is that the address data for
Switzerland provides coverage down to house-number
level. In addition to train stations the customer can
enter bus stops or any address as starting point or destination.
The journey planner computes detailed doorto-door
routing which includes all train and public
transport connections as well as the footpath.
The travel route and the footpath can be displayed on
a detailed map. The map includes a wealth of additional
information which helps travellers easily navigate
their way through unfamiliar places. This includes
65,000 points of interest and information about hotels,
restaurants and car rentals. The user can zoom in
and out of any part of the map and print the selected
map section for the journey.
Since May 22, 2008, SBB has been using PTV’s pedestrian
routing and map technology for their online service.
SBB NaviGo, the new mobile public transport navigation
system for mobile phones is based on HaCon’s Hafas2go
software. It also uses PTV’s map software.
HaCon and PTV continue their success with the intermodal
routing solution adapted to SBB’s specific needs.
The two solution partners, who have worked together
very closely over the past few years, also implemented
intermodal journey planners for the national rail services
in Germany (DB), Belgium (SNCB), Austria (ÖBB)
and for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation
Authority (SEPTA).
User-friendly journey planner made by HaCon and PTV for SBB.
Pedestrian routing and map software made by PTV for SBB’s
online service.
MOBILITY – NEWS
SBB travel information system
with a door-to-door journey
planner and an interactive map
component
Technology made by HaCon
and PTV used by many customers in
Europe and the US
Your contact:
Matthias Hauschild
matthias.hauschild@ptv.de
www.ptvag.com
COMPASS INTERNATIONAL 01/2008 19

Mobility / Scania Assistance
PTV Helps Scania Assistance
Keep Its Promise to Customers
Via Scania Assistance, a driver experiencing problems
can always get assistance – from repairs on the spot,
towing service, jump-starting service, replacement
vehicle, hotel accommodations and emergency services
to payment procedures – anywhere in Europe.
Around 400,000 Scania vehicles are in service in
Europe. Scania has 16 assistance centres worldwide,
10 of which are in Europe. The assistance staff responds
to and processes incoming calls. Scania
Assistance has chosen the PTV product map&guide
call center for their European assistance centres to be
able to help drivers in distress.
Time is money
When a commercial vehicle comes to a standstill a
considerable amount of money is at stake. Scania estimates
that every hour lost costs more than 100 Euro.
Jan Björklund, Manager of Scania Assistance, says: “It
is of vital importance that the call center system enables
the assistance staff to locate the driver and
search for the right breakdown service in the shortest
time possible. Moreover, the assistance staff needs to
provide the fastest route and highly accurate driving
directions for the service van. This is why we chose
map&guide call center.”
Searching the next, but
also the right workshop
In case of a breakdown, the driver calls the assistance
centre in his home country to get help. By using
map&guide call center, and based on information from
the driver, the local assistance centre can immediately
locate the vehicle. Then a search for the right breakdown
service provider is carried out.
map&guide call center allows the agents to search for
the nearest garage, based on direct distance or on road
distance. Agents can also include other search filters to
quickly find the appropriate breakdown service provid-
er, like driving time, allocated area or priority. With
map&guide call center, the agent can then calculate the
route and provide the service provider with accurate
driving directions.
Integrated system
Scania’s call centre agents
provide immediate roadside
assistance. Fast service and
short standstill periods help
to save money.
In 2000, Scania Assistance decided to standardise its
support systems in Europe, and therefore was in need
of a software solution that would meet the requirements
of the entire European organisation.
Scania found what it was looking for in map&guide
call center: a system covering the entirety of Europe,
including high quality maps, sophisticated yet user-
friendly searching and routing tools and, last but not
least, a cost-effective concept ready to install.
map&guide call center is operating round the clock at
the assistance centers, encompassing about 120 users.
Scania has also integrated existing workshop information
provided by a parallel case handling application
with map&guide.
Jan Björklund says: “map&guide call center has contributed
to the vast improvements that we see in faster
service and shorter standstill periods. The system also
helps us to keep our promise to the customer – to provide
the best and promptest service possible.”
Customer: Scania Assistance
Challenge: Geographic call center software for
10 assistance centres in Europe
Solution: PTV CallCenter Solutions
(map&guide call center)
MOBILITY – BEST PRACTICE
Roadside assistance, as quickly
as possible, throughout the
whole of Europe
Your contact:
Bernhard Scherer
Bernhard.Scherer@ptv.de
www.ptvag.com
COMPASS INTERNATIONAL 01/2008 20

Logistics / PTV AG
SPIN-ALP evaluates the potential of
shifting freight transport from road to rail
Intermodal Freight Transport
across the Alps with SPIN-ALP
The SPIN-ALP research project (Scanning the Potential
of Intermodal Transport on Alpine Corridors) started
on December 1, 2007. PTV is in charge of the German
project team. The programme‘s aim is to encourage
transalpine freight traffic to be shifted from road to
rail. PTV is developing an innovative software tool
which will allow shippers and transport service providers
to analyse and plan the use of intermodal transport
solutions.
24 per cent of freight moving across the Alps in Austria
goes by rail, compared to 64 per cent in Switzerland.
The project‘s aim is to help logistics companies to seize
the full potential of shifting freight transport from road
to rail. It is essential to include intermodal options in
the planning process at an early stage so that cargo is
moved off the roads onto rail before they pass the
Austrian or Swiss borders.
The SPIN-ALP consortium consists of transportation
experts from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. They
analyse and enhance specific processes and methods
for intermodal transport planning in the Alpine region.
SPIN-ALP is a provider-independent model designed
to help shippers and transport service providers to
analyse and optimise their transport networks by using
intermodal transport solutions, if possible. PTV is developing
a software designed to support Trans-Alpine
freight transport. This technical innovation helps freight
operators to analyse and plan the use of intermodal
transport options. A robust, modular development
platform has been chosen to provide future customers
with a flexible, low-cost solution.
The comprehensive approach allows logistics companies
to handle all transport network analysis and planning
processes using one system. This includes exploring
the potential of shifting freight from road to rail,
provider-independent screening of services – from general
to detailed planning – and implementation support.
SPIN-ALP provides software, consulting and process
planning services, and thus assists logistics companies
in analysing, planning and visualising intermodal
transport chains.
About SPIN-ALP
The SPIN-ALP project is funded by Era-Net Transport in coo-
peration with Germany‘s Federal Ministry of Economics and
Technology (BMWi) and the Federal Ministry of Transport,
Innovation and Technology (BMViT). The project started on
December 1, 2007 and is scheduled to be completed by May
2009. PTV, the transportation experts, is in charge of the
German project team. The Fraunhofer Center for Applied
Research on Technologies for the Logistics Service Industries
(ATL) from Nuremberg/Germany, ECONSULT Betriebs-
beratungsges.m.b.H and ZTL Schulungs- und Beratungs
GmbH, both from Vienna/Austria, Rapp Trans AG, Zurich/
Switzerland, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
from Zurich are also members of the SPIN-ALP consortium.
LOGISTICS – NEWS
Moving more cargo off
the roads onto rail in the
Alpine region
Your contact:
Marcel Huschebeck
marcel.huschebeck@ptv.de
www.ptvag.com
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Logistics / PTV AG
map&guide Sets New
Standards for HGV Navigation
PTV is the first software provider who has integrated
Navteq Transport’s truck attributes into its map&guide
family of products. Additionally, new road closure
functions and the improved calculation of alternative
routes support dispatchers and help them to cope
with complex transport planning issues. A new mapping
and routing engine makes the software even
more user-friendly. map&guide 2008 continues to set
the standard for professional HGV routing with its
latest innovations.
Specific NAVTEQ Transport truck attributes for Europe
make HGV navigation even more efficient and realistic.
Maximum clearance height and width, vehicle
weight and length restrictions and many other parameters
allow dispatchers to route trucks away from
low-clearance areas and streets in which trucks cannot
manoeuvre. Atttributes are currently available for
Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands
and the U.K.
All routes are clearly displayed including truck-specific
information, such as tunnel heights or bans on hazardous
goods, day and time related restrictions, special
regulations on local traffic, deliveries and public transport.
Parameters, such as driving times and rest periods,
defined by the dispatcher are also clearly visualised.
The 2008 version of map&guide provides a completely
updated basic technology: A new mapping and routing
engine improves the zoom functionality, alternative
routing, address verification and geocoding, and
thus enhances user-friendliness.
When using the optimised alternative routing option,
the software calculates several alternative routes, specifying
time and road kilometres for each route. The
calculation algorithm has been considerably improved.
The new Route Marker Point feature allows dispatchers
to easily change the course of the route according
to their current needs. For example, if a truck
should take the route from Berlin to Dresden via
Leipzig, the user just has to click on the desired area
on the map. The software navigates the truck along
the motorway which is next to Leipzig by bypassing
the city centre. The selected route point will not be
listed as a stop-off point on the itinerary.
The following map&guide products are now available:
map&guide professional is a standard route planning
software for the transport and logistics industry providing
numerous additional features, such as appointment
planning and vehicle scheduling, toll calculation, sequence
and time slot optimisation. It also helps users
to create quotations and to verify freight charges and
invoices, etc.
map&guide calculate supports users in the transport
and logistics sector by providing costing and monitoring
functions for quotations, controlling tasks and accounting
support.
map&guide intranet is the ideal routing solution to be
used by up to 25 employees with Internet access. The
advantages: Each division of the enterprise, from call
centre and logistics to sales management, can access
the centrally installed software.
Routes with HGV-specific information are displayed on the map.
LOGISTICS – NEWS
First route planner with
NAVTEQ transport data
Your contact:
Stephan Ruppert
stephan.ruppert@ptv.de
www.mapandguide.com
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Logistics / PTV Swiss
Integrated Transport Solution
Improves Logistics Processes
PTV SWISS AG develops a transport module based on
MS Dynamics AX and integrates CRM, ERP, planning,
telematics, and business intelligence.
The pressure of competition in the logistics sector is
continuously increasing. It is thus important for transport/logistics
companies to have a platform that optimally
supports their processes and adapts to their
needs. Using sophisticated IT solutions tailored to their
needs will help them become even more successful.
Our integrated transport/logistics solution combines
our excellent specialized knowledge of processes with
the optimal technology for Logistics processes,
Management processes and ERP processes.
The user is provided with a toolkit
which includes the following components:
We rely on three leading and successful software solutions
that we combine to create one integrated industry
solution:
• Microsoft Dynamics AX combines all functions of an
integrated ERP solution with high performance and
flexibility. In a nutshell: Microsoft Dynamics AX is one
of the most recognized ERP solutions worldwide.
• In addition to Microsoft Dynamics AX you can be-
nefit from the comprehensive PTV LogisticsPlatform
for planning and scheduling. The PTV Logistics-
Platform provides solutions for all transport and
logistics tasks.
• The iQ4bis business intelligence solution that focuses
on creating analyses and reports for all divisions
complements this “team”.
To meet our clients’ needs, we have extended the
functions of Dynamics AX by adding a transport logistics
module, which includes e.g.
• order management,
• contract management,
• handling unit management, and more.
Users can easily enter and manage orders. The following
figure shows the main user interface of the module – the
“look and feel“ is very similar to Microsoft Office.
The program’s look and feel is very similar to Microsoft Office.
As a general contractor, PTV SWISS AG can implement
entire ERP projects for transportation and logistics
companies. PTV SWISS AG carries out projects in
Switzerland, Germany, and Austria as well as in other
countries upon request. We will be glad to provide
you with information brochures or presentations.
LOGISTICS – NEWS
New software solutions help
customers to be more successful
Your contact:
Oliver Bally
oliver.bally@ptvswiss.ch
www.ptvswiss.ch
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Logistics / PTV Loxane
LOGISTICS – BEST PRACTICE
Fruitful Collaboration Between PTV Loxane
and Mercedes-Benz France (Daimler Group)
Eight months after purchasing PTV Map&Market, it’s
time for Mercedes-Benz France to assess the results
achieved with the geomarketing software. Benjamin
Després, working for Mercedes-Benz Cars and using
the solution, tells us why Mercedes-Benz France chose
PTV Map&Market last September.
From its headquarters in Rocquencourt (near Versailles,
France), Mercedes-Benz France coordinates a solid and
homogeneous network of dealers, subsidiaries and repair
centres covering the whole of France. With 3,270
employees Mercedes-Benz Cars runs 202 after-sales
outlets. Mercedes-Benz Cars Services Division needs to
adopt an efficient strategy to develop and optimize its
network. Therefore, the company contacted PTV
Loxane’s geomanagement experts and asked them to
analyse the potential of its repair centre network.
Mercedes-Benz France chooses
PTV Map&Market Planner
PTV Loxane understood the core issues Mercedez-
Benz Cars Services Division needed to tackle. Although
it was the first French version, Mercedes Benz France
chose PTV Map&Market. Mercedez-Benz France was
fully confident of taking the right decision since
Daimler AG has been successfully using the geomarketing
software in Germany.
PTV Map&Market is designed to create territories including
specific criteria, such as distance or sales potential.
Mercedes-Benz Cars Services Division uses the
Planner package in order to:
• reference Mercedes-Benz car-owners to postcodes
• graphically display the concentration zones of ser-
vice outlets within France
• allocate Mercedes-Benz car owners to the nearest
repair shops
• calculate isochrone areas in order to define zones
with a high potential
• assess sites, postcode by postcode, according to the
distance to the repair shop
Repair centre distribution based on postcodes
PTV Map&Market Planner plans all steps automatically.
Benjamin Després of Mercedes-Benz Cars Services
Division, also appreciates the option to manually adjust
the results computed by the software. With a mere
mouse click he’s able to modify each allocation and
weighting directly on the map. “PTV Map&Market is
a helpful analysis tool for efficient planning of our repair
centre network. The map display enables us to
easily show which zones we must focus on. We have
immediate access to the data, ” says Benjamin Després.
“Thanks to PTV Map&Market, we can now communicate
better with our repair centres. It’s an effective tool
which allows us to take informative decisions for our
business. Now we exactly know which service capacities
need to be increased and how to target our marketing
activities more effectively”.
Configuration and Training
PTV Map&Market is a desktop solution and can only
be used by one person at a time. Mercedes-Benz Cars
uses a Europe City map. Benjamin Després took advantage
of an expert training course to efficiently
master the functionalities of the software with the
help of practice-based exercises on the basis of
Mercedes-Benz Cars Division’s own set of data.
Mercedes-Benz France
chooses PTV Map&Market
Your contact:
Ingrid Le Corguillé
ilecorguille@ptvloxane.com
www.ptvloxane.com
COMPASS INTERNATIONAL 01/2008 24

Logistics / PTV Nederland B.V.
Ewals Cargo Care Integrated the
TLNplanner as Standard Route Planner
Ewals Cargo is an incorporated logistical service provider
who offers services on overall scale based on
their move-store-manage concept. With its 3,000
mega trailers, Ewals Cargo is the largest mega fleet
operator on the European market. For several years,
Ewals Cargo Care has also been an important provider
of integrated logistics services all over Europe.
Ewals Cargo has recently decided to integrate the TLNplanner
as a standard route planner into their software
management system. From invoicing to sales related operations,
Ewals Cargo has been able to improve its entire
daily processes in terms of efficiency and profitability.
The integration of the TLNplanner is very useful, not
only for Ewals but also for the cooperation with their
partners, constituents and sub-contractors. They can
benefit from this important improvement because discussions
concerning km-distances have become a
thing of the past. Transportation companies still use
completely different systems. That is why the discussion
about distances is still a big stumbling block, but
with the integration of the TLNplanner the distances
are now equalized and supported by TLN (Transport,
Logistics the Netherlands). The logistical industrial
standard which TLN has defined for distances and cost
calculations is certified by the Royal Dutch Transport
Federation, Febetra, SAV, UPTR, VZV and the Fenex.
To introduce the TLNplanner to the entire Ewals Cargo
Care group, the company has chosen both the
TLNplanner server version and the online version
which is available on the Web. By subscribing to this
version, Ewals Cargo doesn’t have to install any software.
All they need is a browser, a user name and a
password. Then the user is ready to log into TLNplanner.
The users can access the system from any workplace
or home computer. The employees have worldwide
access because the system is easy to use thanks to the
various options offered by several maps.
Ewals Cargo Care is going to integrate the licenses of
the TLNplanner for their customers and sub-contractors
so that they can use the standard as well.
About Ewals Cargo Care
Ewals is an important logistics service provider on the
European transport and distribution market. With its
own network of offices, transport companies and
warehouses in 14 European countries, Ewals Cargo offers
complete solutions for transport, storage and coordination
of a variety of goods in several industrial
sectors. Besides its own fleet of 3,500 units, Ewals
Cargo Care has developed initiatives for their non-asset
based transport programs for complete supply
chain management.
LOGISTICS – BEST PRACTICE
Distances are now equalized
and supported by TLNplanner
Your contact:
Dyon van Gaans
dyon.van.gaans@ptvbenelux.com
www.ptvbenelux.com
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Miscellaneous
Two new members joined PTV‘s Board of
Directors on July 1, 2008
The size of the PTV Board has been increased from four to
six members. Thomas Haupt, 50, has been working for PTV
for more than 20 years. Since 2006, he has been Head of the
Traffic Planning division. He is now responsible for the Traffic
Software business unit. Vincent Kobesen, 46, founder of PTV
Benelux (former Ordis B.V), will support the PTV Board concerning
international market positioning.
The roles and responsibilities of the other members of PTV’s
Board of Directors are as follows: Dr.-Ing. Hans Hubschneider
is Chairman of the Board of Directors. He is responsible for
the following business units: Research, Corporate Communications,
Infrastructure & Production and Human Resources.
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Schwerdtfeger is in charge of Business De-
velopment and the Transport Consulting business unit.
Dr. Joachim Schmidt is responsible for the Logistics Software
business unit. Harald Holberg is in charge of Controlling &
Finance and the Databases Processes Quality business unit.
USA: Staff Training Simulator
for the Utah Traffic Lab
PTV America, Inc. is pleased to submit this scope of work for
the development of a staff training simulator to the Utah Traffic
Lab. PTV will develop a training environment that realistically
simulates the working environment for TOC staff as they
are using traffic control tools such as rump meters and VMS to
respond to special traffic conditions such as special events and
incidents. The proposed approach uses PTV´s TrafficPlatform
(TP) software suite as the data collection and storage system as
well as to visualize complete network traffic flow and conditions.
As all traffic detection data is stored in the TP database,
UTL staff can easily retrieve cohesive network detector data,
observed real events and their control response. Furthermore,
UTL staff will be able to develop artificial detector data based
on VISUM/VISSIM model runs corresponding to a simulated
control response. Using this system for training will allow TOC
personnel to respond to a real event in a simulated environment
with the observed traffic condition responding to their selected
response strategy. More: www.ptvamerica.com/main.html
Meet PTV at these International Trade Fairs
July 14-16, 2008 ITS Asia-Pacific Singapore www.itsasiapacific2008.com
Sep 9-11, 2008 TranspoQuip Sao Paolo www.transpoquip.com
Sep 10-11, 2008 ITS Bratislava Bratislava www.itsbratislava.sk
Sep 23-26, 2008 InnoTrans Berlin www.innotrans.de
Sep 24-Oct 2, 2008 IAA Commercial Vehicles Hanover, Germany www.iaa.de
Oct 6-8, 2008 European Transport Conference Leeuwenhorst www.aetransport.org
Oct 8-10 ,2008 Straßen- und Verkehrskongress Düsseldorf www.fgsv.de
Oct 9-10, 2008 Telematic Update Munich www.telematicsupdate.com
Oct 22-24, 2008 PTV Vision User Group Meeting Karlsruhe www.ptv-vision.de
Oct 27-30, 2008 Ifra Expo Amsterdam www.ifraexpo.com
Nov 4-5, 2008 Mapware Conference Karlsruhe www.mapandguide.de/mapwareconference
Nov 17-20, 2008 ITS World Congress New York City www.itsworldcongress.org
We welcome your enquiries and feedback.
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PTV AG
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