System and method of optimizing a fixed-route transit network
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1. 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 for said deviations received from passengers on said vehicle;
b) tracking said deviations and the number of said passenger requests corresponding to each deviation;
c) submitting information from said tracking step b) into a decision-making algorithm executing on a computer system; and
d) modifying said fixed route to include new stops based on results from said decision-making algorithm.
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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.
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1. A method of optimizing a fixed route on a transit network, comprising the steps of:
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a) permitting a vehicle providing service on said fixed route to make deviations from said fixed route based on passenger requests for said deviations received from passengers on said vehicle; b) tracking said deviations and the number of said passenger requests corresponding to each deviation; c) submitting information from said tracking step b) into a decision-making algorithm executing on a computer system; and d) modifying said fixed route to include new stops based on results from said decision-making algorithm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of optimizing a fixed route on a transit network, comprising the steps of:
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a) permitting a vehicle providing service on said fixed route to make deviations from said fixed route based on passenger requests for said deviations made while riding said vehicle, said deviations including changes in stop locations and changes in course along said fixed route; b) tracking said deviations and the number of said passenger requests corresponding to each deviation; c) submitting information from said tracking step b) into a decision-making algorithm executing on a computer system; and 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.
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9. A system for optimizing a fixed route on a transit network, comprising:
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a) a database containing information concerning deviations on said fixed route and the number of passenger requests corresponding to each deviation received from passengers on vehicles performing fixed transit routes; and 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. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A method of optimizing a fixed route on a transit network, comprising the steps of:
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registering deviations made by a vehicle providing service in response to passenger requests for said deviations received from passengers on said vehicle, and the number of said passenger requests corresponding to each deviation; processing said deviations and the number of passenger requests corresponding to each deviation using a decision-making algorithm executing on a computer system; and modifying said fixed route to include new stops based on results from said decision making algorithm. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of optimizing a fixed route on a transit network, comprising the steps of:
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registering deviations made by a vehicle providing service in response to passenger requests for said deviations received from passengers on said vehicle, and the number of said passenger requests corresponding to each deviation, said deviations including changes in stop locations and changes in course along said fixed route; processing said deviations and the number of passenger requests corresponding to each deviation using a decision-making algorithm executing on a computer system; and modifying said fixed route to include new stops based on results from said decision making algorithm.
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