OmniTRANS Features
Overview of the OmniTRANS data management and modelling features
Here we provide an overview of all of the main features in the OmniTRANS Transport Planning Software, grouped by type of features.
Main Concepts
- True multi-modal and multi-temporal networks
- Easy project collaboration among experienced and novice users
- Easy scenario management
- Auditiof all actions applied to the model
- Concept of dimensions allow easy data management
- No specific direct file access required as data is managed in a database
- Ruby open source scripting language
Trip Generation
- Regression (segmented)
- Cross classification
- Trip rates
- User defined trip generation, using customised Ruby class
Trip Distribution
- Simultaneous trip distribution and modal split within gravity model
- Fratar procedures
- Growth factoring
- Matrix estimation based on traffic counts support for motorised, non-motorised and public transport
- Logit based discrete choice models, including nested and cross-nested models
Modal
- Logit based discrete choice models, including nested and cross-nested models
- Simultaneous trip distribution and modal split within gravity model
- Mode chain concept for public transport trips
Static Traffic Assignment
- All or nothing assignment
- Capacity restraint assignment: incremental, volume averaging
- Stochastic assignment: uniform and normal distributed
- User Equilibrium assignment
- System Optimum assignment
- Junction modelling
- Select link analysis
- Cordon analysis
- Multi-class assignment
Dynamic Traffic Assignment
- Macroscopic flow based assignment
- Turn flow proportion based
- Congestion and blocking back
- Junction modelling
- Select link analysis
- Cordon assignment
- Multi-class assignment
Public Transport Assignment
- Concept of Mode chains: Park&Ride, Kiss&Ride, Bike&Ride
- Frequency based
- Full control over access- and egress
- Stop choice model
- Line choice model
- Compliant with Optimal Strategy
- Support for crowding: Crowd Model
- Station-to-Station matrices
- First boarding and last alighting analysis
Junction Modelling
- Support for range of junction types
- Signal schemes with multiple green phases
- Automatic conflict detection
- Static and dynamic delays
- Queuing (in dynamic case)
- Detailed junction output analysis
Network Editing
- True multi-modal and multi-temporal networks
- Super network functionality for simultaneous editing of multiple network variants
- Full undo capability
- Junction definition
- Support for range of projection types
- Wizards for easy import/export from/to industry formats, including GIS Shapefile
- Support for a range of industry formats for matrices and zonal data
Result Analysis
- Custom visual representation of network objects, including symbols and colouring
- Sophisticated charts
- Full reporting functionality
- SQL reporting support
- Advanced labelling techniques
- Bandwidth plots
- Bar charts
- Pie charts
- Desire lines
- Customised legends
- Detailed junction output analysis
- Simultaneous analysis of multiple scenarios using split screen
- Export of output data to wide range of industry formats
Scripting Language
- Full integration of the Ruby open source scripting language
- No programming skills required
- Easy control of model process
- Support for Object Oriented programming
- Embedding of OmniTRANS classes and data in customised model scripts
- Easy linking with external applications, including DLL’s.
- Benefit from scripts and tools created by the Ruby community
