Transport Modelling Software
We have developed Peter Davidson's Visual Transport Modeller (Visual-tm) our own transport modelling software for state-of-the-art transport modelling which we use in-house on projects and market internationally. Visual-tm helps transport planners provide more effective solutions to transport problems than has hitherto been possible. They address today's transport problems using the latest techniques. We can also supply Visual-tm on a consult-assist basis, which enables clients to undertake their own public transport modelling using the latest stated preference (sp) techniques and transport network monitoring and planning using the latest database technology.
We also develop transport modelling software for clients. As part of our work for DfT and the Highways Agency, we have developed the ERICA software for complex traffic model matrix construction from a coherent trip database that was taken forward on the MYSTIC and DATELINE projects to develop origin-destination trip matrices for the whole of Europe. We developed DfT's Census matrix Tools software and database which build journey to work trip matrices from 1991 and 2001 Census and other data. We have also developed the Rail Passenger Matrix Builder that builds National rail trip matrices for the whole country for DfT and the SRA.
We also use other software vendors software and are experts in using Trips, Cube, Saturn, Emme2, Arcady, Picady, Visum, Vissim, Paramics, Contram And Accession.
Our stated and revealed preference market research provides an incisive mechanism for understanding travel choice and devising better, more realistic public transport to suit people's needs. In-depth market research using computer-based interviewing, coupled with sp and state-of-the-art disaggregate modelling, have been incorporated into our Visual-tm™ software to help transport planners provide more effective public transport solutions. We have recently developed our own accessibility planning software which has now been released as part of Visual-tm.
We also build complex websites for clients and we have recently completed our on-line shop for transport modelling software and are building a website which builds a census matrix on-line to customer requirements and a mobile application which records the trace of the trips people make and displays them on a map.