CONTRAM > Using CONTRAM

CONTRAM's functionality makes it very easy to use. Model networks may be built on-screen and edited by just a few mouse clicks. Templates guide the user through the input data required.

To aid presentation a background map may be used so that junctions, zones and links are accurately located and networks easily recognised.

Links can be shaped to reflect network topology and text can be added to provide roads and junctions with recognisable names.

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Link data, whether input data or results, can be displayed using a number of different methods including data boxes, variable bandwidths and colour coding. Time slice and user class grouping enables results to be aggregated for presentation.

Advanced route analysis allows detailed examination of model results. Animation can be used to show the build up and decay of congestion.

Additional data can be easily imported into CONTRAM for displaying, and model results exported for further processing in spreadsheets. For example, modelled link flows can be displayed alongside traffic counts and a statistical measure of goodness of fit.

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CONTRAM comes with a comprehensive user manual that gives a step by step guide to running the system, model building, and analysing model results. The manual is fully integrated into the software via the Windows help system. Help buttons from each template will launch you automatically into the appropriate section of the help file and hyperlinks will direct you to other relevant sections.

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An excellent support service is provided to answer queries speedily via e-mail, telephone or fax.

Every year we hold the CONTRAM Transport Forum to present new developments, exchange ideas and debate advances in transport modelling.