Actor-based macroscopic modeling and simulation for smart urban planning.

•A lightweight pre-processing tool for agent-based simulation of mobility initiatives.•From the agent-based model of Tangramob to an actor-based model via Timed Rebeca.•ToolTRain: automatic generation and evaluation of Timed Rebeca models.•A comparative evaluation supports the approach on a real-case scenario.•Investigation on the usability of ToolTRain for contexts other than mobility.