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Podaris:Plan Overview

Podaris:Plan is the core planning and engineering application in Podaris — use it to model infrastructure networks, schedule services, and collaborate in real time.

Podaris:Plan is where you design transport infrastructure, schedule services, and analyse the performance of your proposals — all on an interactive map. It complements Podaris:Insight (for pre-built accessibility analyses) and Podaris:Engage (for stakeholder engagement). This article gives you a quick tour of the interface.
 

Podaris Plan Overview

User Interface Overview (click to enlarge)

The interface at a glance

The Plan workspace is organised into five main zones:
Zone Where What it does
Menu Bar Top Project settings, support, your account, and notifications
Control Bar Below menu Undo/redo, map type, display settings, active view, and sidebar toggle
Tool Bar Left side All drawing and analysis tools
Work Space Centre The interactive map: pan by dragging, zoom with the scroll wheel or trackpad scroll
Search Top right Search for stations, street names, addresses, and comments
Tool Properties Right panel, top Settings for whichever tool is currently active
Project Panels Right panel, bottom Layers, services, collaborators, history, and more

Menu Bar

The Menu Bar sits at the very top of the screen. It contains:
  • Project Menu: top-level project settings including owner, location, accessibility defaults, and units
  • Support Menu: links to documentation and support resources
  • User Menu: your personal account settings and preferences
  • Notifications: alerts for completed imports, analysis runs, and collaborator activity
 

Control Bar

The Control Bar sits just below the Menu Bar and contains controls that apply across the whole map view:
  • Undo / Redo: step backwards or forwards through your recent changes
  • Active Layer: the layer that drawing tools will act on
  • Map Type: switch between satellite, road, and terrain base maps
  • Display Settings: adjust colours, line thickness, and label visibility
  • Active View: switch between saved views of your project
  • Maximise Drawing Area: collapse the sidebar to expand the map
  • Toggle Sidebar: show or hide the right-hand panel

Tool Bar

The Tool Bar runs down the left side of the workspace. Tools include:

Selection and editing
Select, Copy/Paste, Rotate, Erase

Infrastructure drawing
Station, Draw — place stations and draw alignment segments for any supported transport mode

Analysis and exploration
Interrogator, Isochrone, Journey Planner, Measure, Microsimulator, Analyst, Snapshot

Other
Services, Comments, Zoom, Streetview

Click any tool to activate it; its settings will appear in the Tool Properties panel on the right.
 
 
 

Project Panels

The lower portion of the right-hand panel contains the Project Panels. Use the panel tabs to switch between:
Panel What it contains
Overview
Aggregate project statistics and a travel time matrix
Layers
Create, modify, and delete infrastructure and dataset layers; control visibility; import files
Comments
View, add, and reply to comments anchored to specific views
Collaborators
Invite and manage collaborators; set permissions
Views
Save and restore map location, display settings, and layer visibility as named views
History
Browse the full change log; revert to any earlier state
Services
Define schedule-driven and on-demand services on your routes
Networks
Reference external Network projects — display their routes on your map and include them in analyse

Screenshot 2026-05-15 at 14.22.44

 

Supported transport modes

Podaris:Plan supports parametric modelling of the following modes:
Each mode generates the correct curve radii, station footprints, velocities, and operational parameters automatically.
 

Things to keep in mind

  • Podaris:Plan supports real-time collaborative editing — multiple team members can work on the same project simultaneously. Changes made by others appear on your screen as they happen.
  • All edits are tracked in the History panel, so nothing is ever permanently lost. You can roll back changes selectively without affecting the rest of the project. See [Understanding Revision Control](https://support.podaris.com/understanding-revision).
  • Projects open in the base view by default, which shows all layers at full extent. Use Views to save and share focused scenarios.