Route Planning for DRT – Demand Responsive Transport

Passenger transportation not covered by scheduled bus routes; is often named Demand Responsive Transport (DRT). Examples are school busses, paratransit, medical trips, dial-a-ride and more.

Rapidis offer specialized route planning software for DRT (Demand Responsive Transport) as SaaS to be integrated with administrative solutions that holds information about trips. The SaaS route planning solution supports all European countries, North America, APAC and more areas.

In Denmark, our partners SSD and Partex already offer their users route planning and optimization within their solutions FleetSched and Easy@Tour. If you work with software solutions in the DRT industry and want to explore how Rapidis route planning can be part of your offerings; please reach out to Rapidis, Leif Dahl Petersen.

Questions – Demo presentation – Trial access
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DRT Route Planning will

  • Optimize all trips for your entire fleet with one calculation
  • Optimize selected routes when changes occur
  • Respect all constraints and restrictions
  • Prioritize passenger convenience factors
  • Plan and replan fast
  • Take rush hour into account
  • Allow planners to take roadworks into account

Cost elements are minimized

  • All cost element are configurable and their relative weight adjustable to fit your scenarios
  • Total driving time for all busses in your plan
  • Number of busses
  • Wait time between tasks
  • Individual travel time – for convenience
  • Exceeding individual travel time; if allowed
  • Pickup or delivery outside time window; if allowed
  • Assigning non-accepted driver to passenger; if allowed

Functionalities in DRT route planning

  • Advanced time windows with ”late delivery” option etc.
  • Capacity settings decribes busses with number of passengers, wheel chairs etc.
  • Order groups describes who may/may not ride the bus at the same time
  • Resource groups defines what drivers who may be assigned to a given passenger
  • Qualifications ensures that both the bus and the driver have the qualifications required for a trip
  • Multiple drop-off functionality makes combined task time correct

Case story - Transit Authority Fynbus

Download PDF case story about how the Regional Transit Authority Fynbus uses Logistics Planner for DRT scheduling.

Who uses Logistics Planner DRT?

  • School- and  Paratransit bus operators
  • Municipalities with daily DRT planning
  • Schools and institutions planning or operating DRT busses
  • Analysts making calculations prior to tenders
  • Transit Authorities
  • DRT Software vendors

How to get Logistics Planner

  • SaaS, a cloud hosted webservice – REST API
  • As an extension for ArcGIS Pro and Enterprise
  • Integrates with costumer systems
  • Subscription based licensing
  • Contact us for details and test

More information

Selected references

  • Fynbus, regional bus authority planning +500.000 trips (in cooperation with Datapower)

  • FleetShed – a comprehensive DRT office solution from our partner SSD that offers advanced route planning with the Rapidis Logistics Planner DRT. Several Municipalities and private operators are using the combined solution. Ask Rapidis, Leif Dahl Petersen, for details.