Quadstone Paramics Launches World first Truly Integrated Pedestrian/Traffic
Simulation Package
Released
on: November 5, 2008, 4:22 am
Press
Release Author: Quadstone
Paramics Ltd
Industry:
Software
Press
Release Summary: Quadstone Paramics have developed and released
the world’s first pedestrian and traffic interaction simulation
software package combining pedestrian-based spatial analysis and
traffic microsimulation.
Press
Release Body: Edinburgh
(UK) November 5th, 2008 – In a world first, the experts behind
the hugely popular Quadstone Paramics range have announced a new,
unique software application. The Urban Analytics Framework (UAF)
is the first commercially available micro simulation tool that
fully integrates pedestrians and vehicles in the same model. The
UAF is a groundbreaking product that combines pedestrian-based
spatial analysis
and Quadstone Paramics’ award-winning traffic micro simulation.
The
UAF has been built on the foundations of a successful partnership
with Crowd Dynamics, a global authority on
pedestrian behaviour modeling. It was officially launched earlier
this month and licenses have already been sold – demonstrating
how the industry has been eagerly awaiting such a high-tech product.
One
major selling point is that the UAF does not require pedestrian
Origin-Destination data, which is costly and almost impossible
to obtain. Another considerable advantage over the few fledgling
offerings in this sector is that the UAF offers full seamless
integration with Quadstone Paramics traffic modeling software.
Richard
Millington, managing director at Quadstone Paramics, “In developing
the UAF we have reacted to an extensive market pull as government
agencies of all sizes look to promote pedestrians as a more attractive
means of transportation.”
“The
car is no longer king,” continues Millington, “and encouraging
more people to leave their cars at home leads to less traffic
in urban areas. Pedestrian safety
must be top of the list for all authorities, town planners and
architects. The UAF allows users to develop spaces where pedestrian-vehicle
interaction is conducted in the safest, most efficient way
possible.”
The
rationale behind the use of this new software is ‘Dumb people,
smart space’ – meaning the space has the intelligence and prompts
people on how to behave safely, rather than requiring them to
make decisions independently. The UAF is powerful yet intuitive
to use, and offers a wide range of analysis measurements along
with a sophisticated 3D graphical presentation capability. It
is a completely integrated
platform 
that
provides user-friendly, seamless interaction between traffic and
pedestrian components at all levels. It represents the most comprehensive
analytics range available and is scalable at all levels – from
single intersections through to wide area city modeling.
Designed
by engineers for engineers, the UAF is the ideal tool for evaluating
both existing areas and new proposed developments, such as retail
space, sports stadiums and public transport terminals, and is
especially useful for performing evacuation studies. Several high-profile
authorities around the world are showing an interest in the software,
with new projects already commencing. More information can be
found on their Pedestrian
Simulation website.
- Groundbreaking
micro simulation that fully integrates pedestrians and vehicles
in the same model
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Cost-cutting and time-saving technology that eliminates the
need for pedestrian Origin-Destination data
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Seamless integration with Quadstone Paramics traffic modeling
software
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Licenses already sold as industry demand soars
About
Quadstone Paramics
Quadstone
Paramics has driven the innovation agenda for traffic microsimulation
modelling software since the early 1990’s. With over 1000 user
companies in 45 countries, their software tools have been deployed
on some of the World’s highest profile projects, by a broad mix
of Federal, State and Local Government Agencies along with consulting
engineering firms of all sizes.
Operating
autonomously as part of a London Stock Market listed company,
Quadstone Paramics continues to address the changing demands of
the Global Market through offices in the UK and the United States,
along with resellers in Australia, Europe and Asia.
The
culmination of over 6 man years of development, the launch of
the Urban Analytics Framework Software from Quadstone Paramics
brings vastly improved levels of software capability to transportation
and pedestrian modelers the world over.
Visit
the pedestrian
simulation website to find out more.
Web
Site: http://www.pedestrian-simulation.com
Contact
Details: Quadstone Paramics
39 Melville Street
Edinburgh
EH3 7JF United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 131 220 4491
Fax: +44 (0) 131 220 4492
Email:
ewan.speirs@paramics-online.com
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