TSC research facilities
The Centre is at the forefront of the latest technologies and research methodologies. In order to survive in today's world, one must continue to be world-class in all aspects of one's operations.
When it comes to the Centre's research facilities, this is no different. State-of-the-art laboratories, computer equipment and software solutions are just some of the resources the Centre has available to continue its world-leading research program and consultancy.
It is not enough simply to say we have resources, we want to know what they are too, so below is just a very small list of what we have:
- Advanced computer systems facilities including a specialist transport network modelling and analysis laboratory and Geographic Information System (GIS) facilities.
- The National Laboratory for Transport Network Analysis houses copies of the major transport network software packages and is a centre of excellence for the development of new software and methodologies for transport network modelling and analysis.
- An instrumented car for realtime collection of information on traffic flow characteristics and fuel consumption. The vehicle is currently being used for research into the environmental impacts of alternative traffic management systems.
- Instrumentation for realtime measurement of the engine performance of buses and other types of heavy vehicles. The Centre is working with public transport operators to improve the performance of and reduce emissions from buses using alternative fuels, especially compressed natural gas (CNG).
- In-vehicle satellite positioning equipment (GPS) and associated data logging devices for realtime tracking of cars, buses or freight vehicles.
- The latest software solutions from Microsoft, BORLAND and GNU GCC, for development on Windows and UNIX platforms, including the new .NET platform!
- Online database management system (MySQL) running on a LINUX/Intel (RedHat 9.0) platform
- GPS/GIS software including MapInfo and ArcInfo.
If you would like more information on how our facilities and resources can help your organisation, please contact Kylie Fairbank.
Computer systems facilities
The Centre always looks towards the future by maintain leading-edge (and at times bleeding-edge) technologies. All the latest computer hardware, computer operating systems, and transport related software form the arsenal we use to tackle some of the world's most difficult transport challenges.
Below is a list of just some of our computerised facilities:
Hardware platforms
Pentium III and 4 (1.1GHz+) PC computers
SUN Workstations
Macintosh Computers
Operating systems
Microsoft Windows 2000, XP Professional
MacOS 9+
RedHat LINUX 8.0+
SunOS
Software development environments
Micosoft Visual Studio 6.0, .NET 2002
Visual BASIC 6.0 & .NET
Visual C++ 6.0 & .NET
C#
BORLAND Delphi 5.x+, C++ Builder
GCC (2.95.2+)
C/C++
Objective C
Fortran (g77)
Java
ADA
National laboratory for transport network analysis
The Centre has assembled a significant research infrastructure for use in its projects. This infrastructure has been integrated into the National Laboratory for Transport Network Analysis (NLTNA), a facility for computer-based modelling and analysis of transport systems.
The NLTNA includes a wide range of state-of-the-art Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and commercial network analysis software packages as well as research and development models developed at the Centre.
The laboratory has state-of-the-art computer hardware and maintains copies of major software products for traffic simulation, transport network modelling, signalised intersection design and analysis and related urban traffic issues.
GIS packages available in the laboratory are TransCAD, MapInfo, in addition to all ESRI products including ARC/INFO and ArcView.
The NLTNA also holds copies of the Metropolitan Adelaide Household Travel database and the ABS Adelaide journey to work database, as part of the TSC’s on-going collaboration with Transport SA. The TSC also offers training courses in CUBE, Paramics and aaSIDRA.
The NLTNA is used as the primary facility for the TSC’s integrated research program in transport network analysis. The current research and development program includes many projects that use the resources of the NLTNA. These projects are in the following areas:
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integration of GIS and transport network analysis models
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advanced computing techniques for dense network modelling and traffic simulation
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scenario generation and the evaluation of alternative policies for transport system development
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sketch-planning models for quick-response analysis
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knowledge-based systems for transport network impact analysis
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modelling the effects of Travel Demand Management policies and programs
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models of freight movements and the logistics chain
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models of the impacts of road pricing, tolls and charges on driver route choice
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models for advanced traffic control and management systems for urban road networks
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use of GIS as a tool for visualisation and analysis of transport network operations and performance
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the use of advanced information processing techniques (e.g. artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic, expert systems, genetic algorithms, cellular automata) in policy making and planning
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accessibility modelling for multi-modal metropolitan and regional transport systems
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integration of environmental impact analysis tools with transport network models
The centre is recognised as a SPECTRE (Special Centre for Transport Research and Education) by Citilabs Inc, the developers of the CUBE software. It also has a special working relationship with Quadstone Inc, the developers of the Paramics software.
Software solutions
We have an extensive range of commercially available software solutions that make the task of providing real answers to your challenges simpler and quicker! Our team has extensive experience in the solutions below, and these are just to name a few!
Geographic information systems
TransCAD
ARC/INFO
MapInfo
Traffic/Planning Software
EMME2
PARAMICS
CUBE
QRS2
TRANPLAN
SIDRA
INTANAL
PARKSIM
Qdelay
SCATES
SATFLOW
SIMSET
TSC developed software
TraffikPlan
CABAL
NetNoise
GENIE
SELATM and suite of ARC/INFO traffic models
SIMESEPT