Traffic Analyst
A transportation planning extension for ArcGIS
Traffic Analyst turns ArcGIS into a fully functional transportation planning
system. The core of Traffic Analyst is a set of advanced modeling tools which
plug into the ArcGIS Geoprocessing framework, supplemented by dedicated editing
tools for handling public transport lines and timetables.
This allows users to create sophisticated transportation models by using the ArcGIS Model Builder application and a selection of Traffic Analyst tools, which can freely and easily be combined with other geoprocessing tools.
By completely integrating transportation modeling tools into ArcGIS, Traffic Analyst allows users to leverage all the powerful features of ArcGIS for visualization, editing, data management etc. when doing transportation planning.
Transportation Planning
Traffic Analyst includes the necessary tools for supporting decision making in
transportation planning by allowing planners to carry out a wide range of
planning tasks.
These include among others:
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Forecasting traffic flows
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Analyzing accessibility
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Modeling changes in travel demand caused by changes in infrastructure, land use, policy, demography etc.
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Evaluating the consequences of major infrastructure projects
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Providing the basis for evaluating the environmental impacts of changes to transportation systems
By using Traffic Analyst, users can build complete and detailed transportation models or use the Traffic Analyst tools individually as parts of other models (for instance impact models).
Integration with ArcGIS
Traffic Analyst is a transportation planning and modeling extension designed
exclusively for ArcGIS. As such it integrates completely and seamlessly with
ArcGIS. This integration occurs primarily in three ways:
Calculations
All the calculation tools in Traffic Analyst plug into the geoprocessing
framework in ArcGIS 9. This means that along with the geoprocessing tools
delivered in ArcGIS, the Traffic Analyst tools can be used in scripts and
visual models. Users can themselves easily create sophisticated transportation
models by using Model Builder and scripts to combine the Traffic Analyst tools
(and other geoprocessing tools) as they see fit. Traffic Analyst includes
sample transportation models - among them a classic 4 step model - as visual
models and scripts.
Data formats
Traffic Analyst works with data in any of the open formats supported by ArcGIS:
Shapefiles, Per-sonal Geodatabases, ArcSDE Geodatabases, text files, Coverages,
etc. This means that data can easily be shared between users' transportation
models and other models, applications or projects.
Editing
Traffic Analysts provides sophisticated tools for editing public transport
data. These tools work in conjunction with the existing editing system in
ArcGIS.
Network Analyst
Network Analyst Traffic Analyst can integrate with Network Analyst and extend its
functionality. This is achieved by creating Network Datasets with Network Analyst
and maintaining these with ordinary ArcMap editing. Traffic Analyst will then read
all its necessary network information directly from the Network Dataset.
Features
Traffic Analyst delivers essential geoprocessing tools for transportation
modeling and allows users of the ArcGIS / Traffic Analyst combination to create
and use state of the art transportation models in ArcGIS's very intuitive,
flexible and productive environment. Traffic Analyst includes tools for:
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Trip Generation modeling (factor, regression, logit)
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Trip Distribution modeling (gravity model)
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Modal split (logit)
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Basic matrix manipulation
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Road traffic assignment (deterministic user equilibrium or stochastic user equilibrium calculations)
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Road traffic matrix estimation according to traffic counts (mpme)
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Public transport assignment (timetable based; deterministic or stochastic user equilibrium)
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Editing public transport data: stops, routes, timetables, etc.
Traffic Analyst also includes sample data, sample models and sample scripts for creating complete transportation models in ArcGIS with Traffic Analyst. Users can easily adapt all of this to their spe-cific needs.
Requirements
Traffic Analyst runs on ArcGIS 9.2 SP3 Desktop and Server. Traffic Analyst works with any license type.
Traffic Analyst works with Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
Prices
The price of 1 Traffic Analyst Desktop license is 10.000 euro / $12.000. Rebates are available when purchasing multiple licenses.
Software maintenance costs 2.000 euro / $2.400 per year.
Pricing for Server licenses: Please contact Thomas Israelsen for further details.
TRANS-TOOLS & Traffic Analyst
Use of Traffic Analyst in the EU Traffic Model TRANS-TOOLS is covered by a special license. Please contact Thomas Israelsen for further details.
Version History (starting from ver. 1.2.6)
| Version | Released | Enhancements |
| 1.8.6 | October 2008 | Support for ArcGIS Server, enhancements for car traffic assignment tool |
| 1.7.6 | March 2008 | Improved car assignment with fast multi processor calculations and reduced memory consumption |
| 1.7.2 | January 2008 | Minor bugfixes, optimization of performance |
| 1.5.3 | May 2007 | Updated for ArcGIS 9.2 |
| 1.4.2 | August 2006 | Added integration with ESRI ArcGIS Network Analyst extension |
| 1.3.0 | Not released | |
| 1.2.6 | June 2006 |
Logit Tools added |
Product brochure (pdf)
