MIPT has signed an agreement with the domestic software developer for transport modeling TransNet. On September 27, 2023, access to the program was transferred as part of the annual conference “Transport Modeling as a Tool for the Strategic Development of Russian Cities.” Director of the Physics and Technology School of Applied Mathematics and Informatics, chief researcher at MIPT Andrei Raigorodsky took part in the signing ceremony.

“The main developer of Transnet, laboratory staff Vladimir Ivanovich Shvetsov, last year participated with us in a project to develop a new transport modeling package from the customer represented by the Russian University of Transport. The project is still ongoing. Also, Vladimir Ivanovich spoke at our internal seminar on transport modeling a couple of months ago. We'll try to use the software in action. For example, we now have a group of students from the Theft Mathematics Workshop who want to use a mathematical model to show that Institutsky Lane needs to be made a pedestrian street. And perhaps Transnet will come in handy,” said laboratory member Demjan Jarmosik.

TransNet is the first Russian program of its kind for modeling transport demand, which can be used to close in various areas — from determining the accessibility of a particular territory relative to residential areas to forecasting the parameters of the transport network (availability of public transport, average speeds and time spent on travel etc.). With its help, Russia's first transport macromodel of Moscow and a model of the transport network in Nalchik, Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Omsk, Sochi and others have already been created.

The conference “Transport Modeling as a Tool for the Strategic Development of Russian Cities” was organized by the TransNet development company. The event took place in Moscow at the site of the annual International Exhibition “EletroTrans 2023” as part of the Russian Public Transport Week.