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Guidance: Wider impacts in transport appraisal: software and manuals

Department For Transport

December 22
11:17 2023

WITA software, user manual and release notes

Details

The WITA software completes appraisals of transport schemes in accordance with the wider economic impacts guidance.

It captures the welfare impacts of employment, investment and productivity effects that are not already included in the conventional user benefit calculations for transport schemes.

Software costs

All fees exclude VAT, which will be applied at the prevailing rate where appropriate.

Licence fees

Licence type Licence fee per site Discounted price for every additional licence
Standard 850 637.50
Educational 175 175

Licence details

The licence enables the use of the software for an unlimited period and within 12 months of purchasing, access to:

  • technical support
  • updates to the software

A licence allows users to install multiple copies of the WITA software at a single site.

Additional copies for use at other sites may be discounted if bought at the same time.

An educational licence must be used for educational purposes only. Refer to the licence agreement for further details.

Payment

There are 2 payment options:

  • send the software provider (Atkins) an official purchase order and the software will be despatched within 2 working days. An invoice, which must be paid within 30 days, will then be issued
  • ask the software provider to issue an invoice after which the software is dispatched when full payment has been received

Non-UK orders must use option 2.

Orders can be made on +44 (0) 1372 756 755 or wita@atkinsrealis.com.

You must include:

  • name
  • organisation
  • address
  • telephone number
  • email address
  • location where software will be used

Download WITA

Users with an active license can download the software using their user ID and password.

For support, contact wita@atkinsrealis.com.

Mapping WITA outputs

The mapping WITA outputs tool allows WITA users to create choropleth maps of WITA outputs in R. The tool is freely available to download from the Department for Transports GitHub page.

Published 26 August 2020
Last updated 22 December 2023 +show all updates
  1. The support email address has been updated.

  2. First published.

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