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Overview
Some Shuttle buses operate on regular Routes - and want customers to decide which vehicle they want to catch.
- A Route is a regular sequence of stops
- Stops can be optional or mandatory on a Route
- Mandatory - the shuttle will stop here
- Optional - the shuttle will only stop if there is a booking
The differences to the Ad-hoc Shuttle Bus Module
The Route Shuttle Bus Module uses many features of the Ad-hoc Shuttle Bus Module - with the following differences
- Stops are defined - companies with addresses are flagged as stops
- Routes are defined - with stops, suburbs and Shuttle Destinations in sequence with timings
- Schedules are defined - times to start each Route multiple times per day
- Bookings look for Routes where the stop or the suburb is before the destination - providing pickup times for two possible Shuttles
Route booking
The Route Booking uses a different booking screen
- A dropdown of stops serviced by the routes
- A dropdown of proposed pickup times based on the schedule
If the Stop has not been put on a route - then the system looks to see if the suburb is on any route before the chosen destination - if it is then it uses the suburb time from the route timing to indicate pickup time.
Configuration required
As per Ad-Hoc Shuttle Configuration
- Services - for Fares and Charges
- Price lists
- Areas - define the suburbs that are supported, linking them to price lists
- Drivers - employee flagged as bus driver
- Vehicles - of type bus
- Email templates
Route Stops
On Host Company - select that the Route Stops flag is to appear on companies in the system
Enter all the route stops flagged as a Stop and with an address
Routes
A sequence of stops, suburbs and destinations
Schedules
The start times for each Route done during the day
Can view what a vehicle will have assigned on a day
