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This wiki describes the network model of PBL. The model computes trips by public transport, by car, by bicycle and on foot. The wiki describes the version of 2025, which simulates public transport in a new way. PBL, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, used the older method in two reports: Toegang voor iedereen? (2022) and Beter bereikbaar? (2024). That method is described here.

To run the model, start with How to run the model.

• Glossary: the terms of the model and this wiki
• How to run the model
  • Model parameters
  • Output files
  • Routes of an OD pair
  • UpdateAll and cache internals
  • Validating the Pareto front
• Data
• Public transport
  • Create routable network from GTFS files
  • Public transport fares
  • From chains to journeys: walking and cycling before and after the chains, per departure moment
  • Public transport network in a time window
  • Script reference
• Private transport
  • Walking and cycling legs
  • Network optimisation
• Components and merging: the direct trips and public transport as components, and their merge into one front