Release Notes

1.6.7

  • New Feature: All readers support *.zst file format.
  • New Feature: Transit stop profiles can easily be transferred to other transit routes.
  • New Feature: first beta version of an AI Copilot integrated in MobilityStudio (chat mode and advanced agent mode)
  • Improvement: More intuitive table editors with dedicated “pin” column which synchronizes nicely with the map view.
  • Improvement: Trips and legs configuration is more intuitive and more configurable.

1.6.6

  • Improvement: Several adjustments to improve the overall App usability
  • Improvement: Improved node demand flow visualization
  • Improvement: The legend can now be customized
  • Improvement: Several performance improvements when displaying the population
  • Improvement: Smoother zooming in/out and map panning experience
  • Improvement: Display all (!) loaded attributes in the population table view
  • Bug Fix: Node demand flows from events can now be used to define node styles
  • Bug Fix: There was an issue when reading old v4 or v5 plans files and upgrading them to v6

 

1.6.5

  • New Feature: Added a population modification tool to increase/decrease the population
  • New Feature: Added a detailed node demand flow view
  • Improvement: More intuitive node editor for disallowed next links
  • Improvement: Improved facilities handling when cloning agents
  • Improvement: Better network demand analysis with detailed link view
  • Improvement: Several UX improvements, e.g. a dynamic menu bar on Windows
  • Improvement: Easily switch from transit lines to relevant stops
  • Bug Fix: Respect non-default time bin sizes in the trip and leg analysis

1.6.4

  • New Feature: Added an interactive routing analysis for network modes like car or bicycle as well as for public transit.
  • Improvement: More intuitive transit route editing, improved transit routes batch editing.
  • Improvement: Differentiated selection of transit routes, e.g. to show selected routes in the table view.

 

1.6.3

  • New Feature: Transit demand analysis enhanced with a new transfer analysis for clearer insights into passenger flows.
  • Improvement: Improved transit line editing with support for multiple routes, trimming start and end points, and expanding routes.
  • Improvement: Enhanced label rendering with better readability.
  • Improvement: Improved activity plans attribute inspection and editing.
  • Improvement: Better slider scaling and width visualization across the application for more precise adjustments.
  • Improvement: Added filtering of trips and legs by origin and/or destination zones.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where the scale displayed incorrect distances for certain coordinate reference systems.

1.6.2

  • New Feature: Added legend, north arrow, and scale overlays for improved map readability.
  • Improvement: Drag and drop entire directories, MobilityStudio automatically detects and imports supported files.
  • Improvement: Enhanced table views to allow editing of additional attributes.
  • Improvement: Some table views allow editing of additional attributes.
  • Improvement: Better slider scaling for links, network comparisons, transit lines, trips and legs.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that could cause population files to fail during import in certain cases.

 

1.6.1

  • New Feature: Added a style rule builder to define styles (color, symbol, …) based on attributes, including selectable color scales and value distributions.
  • Improvement: Table views are no longer blocking the main app. Use multiple table views alongside the main window and edit data directly on the map or in tables.
  • Improvement: Option to round labels or scale label values (e.g., to full population size).
  • Improvement: Cleaned up the app menu (e.g., File → Import / Export).
  • Improvement: Enhanced custom Java process runner with support for defining the main class.
  • Improvement: Improved compatibility with older MATSim file versions.
  • Improvement: Option to persist the working directory across sessions.
  • Improvement: Better scaling for the size slider of point graphics (nodes, transit stops, facilities, etc.).
  • Improvement: Improved performance when drawing plan activities and legs.
  • Improvement: Exporting all files now includes styles and views in the working directory; importing styles, views, and other files defaults to the working directory.
  • Improvement: Extended facilities editing in table view, including activity options and attribute editing; facility styles based on registered activities are now supported.
  • Improvement: Enhanced usability in various places, e.g. the node editor, the style dialog.
  • Bug Fix: Styles for persons from events were not saved in the settings file.

1.6.0

  • New Feature: Annotations: add comments, draw, and highlight directly in the editor.
  • New Feature: Support for normal vehicles (not transit vehicles). Use a vehicle editor to edit cars, trucks, etc.
  • New Feature: Support for MATSim’s DRT (demand-responsive transport) and Taxi contributions: DRT vehicles, DRT areas, and DRT stops.
  • Improvement: GPKG support for polygons (including DRT areas).
  • Improvement: Switch between transit lines/routes and the transit vehicles editor to show vehicles operating on selected transit lines/routes.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed batch editing of count attributes.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed box selection for polygons.

1.5.0

  • New Feature: Undo/redo buttons added. Lightweight operations use fast undo/redo, while complex table operations use a snapshot-based undo logic.
  • New Feature: A new transit route creation mode: Click for each stop to build a transit route and add nodes, links, and stops all in one go. Transit line drag-based editing is now available as a separate mode.
  • New Feature: Improved handling of scenario versions and variants with a new scenario directory hierarchy integrated into the existing working directory logic.
  • New Feature: Custom executable JAR process runner added.
  • Improvement: Isoline computation now accounts for minimum transfer times.
  • Improvement: Transfer time editor enhanced for easier editing of transfer settings.
  • Improvement: Smoother switching between volume view, difference view, and the network editor.
  • Improvement: Faster event file reading.
  • Improvement: Vehicle deletion significantly faster.
  • Improvement: Improved node merging logic, especially when a transit stop is located on a node.
  • Bug fix: Link labels now correctly follow link offsets.
  • Bug fix: Deleting counts via the delete icon now works correctly.
  • Bug fix: On export all files, also counts are exported.
  • Bug fix: Population in map view is immediately refreshed after deleting a person in the table view.

 

1.4.4

  • New Feature: Support for XY-Time data (e.g., air pollutant emissions, noise, and other time-dependent spatial data).
  • New Feature: Isochrones for car (with or without traffic congestion) and for schedule-based public transit.
  • New Feature: Screenshot button added for quick captures, in case you don’t find the Mac or Windows screenshot shortcuts… ;-).
  • Improvement: Right-click panning enabled without changing the user interaction mode.
  • Improvement: Table view enhanced. Column headers stay fixed at the top and no longer float away.
  • Improvement: CRS is now automatically set after loading plans, counts, or facilities; facility and count attributes are properly recognized and processed.
  • Improvement: Data sources added as a dedicated tab in the right panel, providing a clear overview of all loaded files.
  • Improvement: Enhanced usability in network comparison, link volume tables, link batch operation.
  • Improvement: Memory optimization in link volume analysis for improved performance.
  • Improvement: Refined schematic transit view.
  • Improvement: Dark mode improved with better icon visibility.
  • Improvement: Demo tour enhanced for a smoother introduction.
  • Bug fix: Link offset slider pushes links to the more intuitive side.

 

1.4.3

  • Improvement: Support for Z coordinates of nodes added. Inspect your 3-dimensional network in the 3D Viewer!
  • Improvement: Network volume analysis extended with switchable diff/absolute table view, relative change in traffic volume/passengers added.
  • Improvement: Significantly improved transit layer rendering performance by optimizing path geometry, ensuring smooth responsiveness when adjusting line widths, or moving the map.
  • Improvement: Support for output plans. (correct route display and removal of unselected plans).
  • Improvement: Labels display enhanced for better readability and performance.
  • Bug fix: Network cleaner now works reliably for large-scale networks.
  • Bug fix: Fixed an issue in network comparison when using the width slider.

 

1.4.2

  • New Feature: “Run MATSim on Server” (beta version) allows you to run MATSim simulations as Azure batch jobs.
  • Improvement: CSV export for transit demand analysis added.
  • Improvement: Several usability enhancements, e.g. when using the spider analysis, when loading railsim train or link states.
  • Bug fix: Fixing a minor issue where some (optional) transit schedule attributes were not written to the output file.

 

1.4.1

  • New Feature: Network comparison layer: Create link volume/passengers difference plots or compare network geometries and attributes.
  • New Feature: Detailed public transit analysis: Explore transit demand and display boarding/alighting passengers or loads by stop, line, route, vehicle, route segment.
  • Improvement: Vehicle movements follow the link offsets
  • Improvement: Several performance improvements, in particular when visualizing trips.csv and legs.csv over time

 

1.4.0

  • New Feature: Traffic counts support: Dynamic and interactive comparison of simulation results with traffic count data
  • New Feature: Additive styles (color, size/width, symbol, label) based on different attributes: For example, define a vehicle‘s symbol by mode and color by speed
  • New Feature: Template styles: Pre-defined rule sets added for counts, vehicles, links, transit stops
  • Improvement: Activity facilities are now (better) supported
  • Improvement: Transport modes are added to the transit stops table view
  • Improvement: Some performance improvements for dynamic link attributes
  • Bug fix: Fixed issues in the transit schedule table view when editing arrival and departure offsets
  • Bug fix: Fixed issue where transit lines were not shown after cutting/trimming

 

1.3.2

  • New Feature: Trip analysis: Trips from CSV, Trip Zone and Trip OD analysis
  • New Feature: Leg analysis: Legs from CSV, Leg Zone and Leg OD analysis
  • New Feature: Polygon layer for spatial analysis
  • Improvement: Performance optimized: Lower memory usage in event analysis and improved smoothness of vehicle movements and activity animations
  • Improvement: Automatic update check
  • Improvement: Custom Studio mode to pass arguments to the MATSim GUI
  • Improvement: Embedded MATSim GUI uses the bundled Java runtime and does not require a local Java installation
  • Improvement: Vehicles on loop links keep their orientation from the previous or next link (typical for transit vehicles in several scenarios)
  • Bug fix: 3D Viewer: Vehicles are placed correctly on the terrain when terrain elevation is loaded after buildings and trees from OSM