Type Private Products Aimsun, Aimsun Online Headquarters Barcelona, Spain | Industry Software Founded 1997 | |
Genre Traffic simulation
Computer-aided engineering software
Traffic engineering
Transportation planning
Emergency evacuation Key people Jaime L. Ferrer (CEO)
Dr Jordi Casas (Executive Director, R&D)
David García (Executive Director, Software Development)
Dr Alex Gerodimos (Executive Director, Marketing and Business Development)
Dr Alexandre Torday (Executive Director, Professional Services) Profiles | ||
TSS – Transport Simulation Systems is a privately held company based in Barcelona, Spain with offices in London, New York City, Paris, Portland OR and Sydney. TSS develops and distributes the integrated transport modelling software Aimsun and the decision support system for real-time traffic management Aimsun Online.
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Aimsun is an integrated transport modelling software application used by government agencies, municipalities, universities and consultants to improve road infrastructure, reduce emissions, cut congestion and design better urban environments for vehicles and pedestrians. It now has nearly over 4,000 users in 75 countries.
Aimsun Online is a real-time traffic forecasting solution used by traffic control centres to make real-time decisions about the management of road networks.
History
TSS originated in 1986 as LIOS, a research group at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) headed by Professor Jaume Barceló. Backed by funding from the Spanish Government and the European Union, the LIOS research projects resulted in the development of a microscopic simulator.
In 1997, on the strength of market demand for the software, the company was launched as a commercial enterprise by 8 partners, including current executive team members Jaime L. Ferrer, Dr Jordi Casas and David García. There have been 8 commercial releases of Aimsun since the company was founded.
Today, the company focusses exclusively on developing and marketing transport modelling software for traffic engineering, management and operations.
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Partnerships
TSS has a partnership with pedestrian simulation company, Legion to form Legion for Aimsun, a new pedestrian modelling component that is fully integrated inside Aimsun as a plug-in. The integration makes it possible to simultaneously simulate the movements of both pedestrians and vehicles, and their interactions.