Route Shuttle Bus Module

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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

1. Stops are defined - companies with addresses are flagged as stops
2. Routes are defined - with stops, suburbs and Shuttle Destinations in sequence with timings
3. Schedules are defined - times to start each Route multiple times per day
4. 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

1. A dropdown of stops serviced by the routes
2. A dropdown of proposed pickup times based on the schedule

Configuration required

As per Ad-Hoc Shuttle Configuration

1. Services - for Fares and Charges
2. Price lists
3. Areas - define the suburbs that are supported, linking them to price lists
4. Drivers - employee flagged as bus driver
5. Vehicles - of type bus
6. 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

Right-click to change the sequences by moving stops up or down the list

Schedules

The start times for each Route done during the day

Can view what a vehicle will have assigned on a day