Transport Planning Software
Transport planning software for cities, operators and consultancies — combining behavioural data collection, activity-based modelling and scenario analysis in one evidence base.
Transport planning software is the set of tools authorities and consultancies use to understand how people travel, test what would happen if they changed the network, and justify the decision afterwards. In practice that means three capabilities that are usually bought separately: collecting behavioural data, turning it into a model, and running scenarios against that model.
MobyX provides all three as one connected evidence base, so the data you collect in the field is the same data your scenarios are built on — no re-keying, no reconciliation between vendors, no six-month gap between survey and insight.
What to Look for in Transport Planning Software
1. Behavioural Data Collection
Traditional household travel surveys are expensive, burden respondents, and take 12–18 months to produce a usable dataset. Smartphone-based collection captures multi-week patterns passively, with automatic trip detection and mode classification.
MobyX does this with MobyApp, deployed across Europe with public authorities and research organisations. See our guide on how to collect mobility data for a comparison of methods.
2. Activity-Based Modelling
Four-step models treat trips as isolated events. Activity-based models represent the daily schedule that produces those trips — which is what actually changes when you introduce a new service, a pricing scheme, or a land-use shift.
HarmonyMS applies multi-scale activity-based simulation, and integrates existing models (PTV VISUM, Aimsun) rather than replacing them. Background reading: activity-based transport modelling.
3. Scenario Analysis and Impact Assessment
Planning software earns its cost at the point where you have to defend a decision. Scenario tooling should report Key Performance Indicators across mobility, environment, economy and equity — not just vehicle throughput.
IAMT extends this to systems foresight and long-horizon impact assessment, including CCAM and new mobility services.
4. Citizen Engagement
Plans that are modelled well and consulted badly still fail. Structured citizen input belongs in the same evidence base as the behavioural data — see citizen engagement platform.
Who Uses It
- City authorities and metropolitan planning bodies — SUMP development, demand modelling, scheme appraisal
- Public transport operators and PTAs — network analysis, demand forecasting, service evaluation
- Transport and urban planning consultancies — data collection and modelling capacity without building it in-house
- Universities and research institutes — travel behaviour studies and EU project delivery
Validated in real deployments — the Municipality of Turin, Oxfordshire County Council, Bologna — and in Horizon Europe consortia including HARMONY, FRONTIER, SPINE and MOVE2CCAM. If you need the work delivered rather than the software licensed, see transport consulting services.