The use of the Network Analyst Extension for the Organization and Optimization of Transport in Roman Municipality

This paper aims to develop a GIS analysis to simulate public transportation in Roman Municipality. For this purpose, five routes, with minibuses as means of transportation, have been defined. Shared transport was analysed using the attributes inserted in the database and with the ArcMap Network Analyst extension. Using ArcGIS Network Analyst, we can identify the area of influence of an economic objective on any location on the map representing the network. The Neighbourhood Determination Function allows establishing the minimum distance between a point on the network and the closest socio-economic objective, by specifying the number of goals to be taken into account and the maximum time spent on the movement. The functions of determining the directions of travel (Driving Directions Function) generate text and map reports, while routing determining functions allow generating routes with specific attributes (time, distance, restrictions and barriers - natural or anthropic) between two or more points, with one or more stops along it and determines the optimum route by ordering points on a track to minimize the costs. GIS modelling is done using the procedures contained in the spatial analysis, which ultimately leads to a decision-making prediction. The operations involved in the modelling can be performed directly on the map layers and in combination with the associated attributes