System and method of optimizing a fixed-route transit network
AssigneeTrapeze Software Inc.
InventorsIan Keaveny, Brad Heide
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Abstract
According to an aspect of the invention there is provided a method of optimizing a fixed route on a transit network, comprising the steps of: a) permitting a vehicle providing service on the fixed route to make deviations from the fixed route based on passenger requests; b) tracking the deviations and number of passenger requests corresponding to each deviation; c) submitting information from tracking step b) into a decision-making algorithm; and d) modifying the fixed route to include new stops based on results from the decision-making algorithm, as well as a system for implementing this method.
Claims13
A method of optimizing a fixed route on a transit network, comprising the steps of:
- a) permitting a vehicle providing service on said fixed route to make deviations from said fixed route based on passenger requests;
- b) tracking said deviations and number of said passenger requests corresponding to each deviation;
- c) submitting information from said tracking step b) into a decision-making algorithm;
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- d) modifying said fixed route to include new stops based on results from said decision-making algorithm.
A method of optimizing a fixed route on a transit network, comprising the steps of:
- a) permitting a vehicle providing service on said fixed route to make deviations from said fixed route based on passenger requests while riding said vehicle, said deviations including changes in stop locations and changes in course along said fixed route;
- b) tracking said deviations and number of said passenger requests corresponding to each deviation;
- c) submitting information from said tracking step b) into a decision-making algorithm;
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- d) modifying said fixed route to include changes to stop locations and changes in said course of said fixed route based on results from said decision-making algorithm.
A system for optimizing a fixed route on a transit network, comprising:
- a) a database containing information concerning passenger requests for deviations on fixed transit routes;
- b) a data processing unit for analyzing said information with respect to one of said fixed transit routes and determining which modifications, if any, are to be made to said one of said fixed transit routes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.