Transit Part 3: Summary of Examples

The example giving a part of Jack’s day as a driver shows how easily a driver can be routed to whatever part of the service area that his bus is needed.  It also shows that a driver can be changed from a Local Area Bus to an Extended Local Area Bus to Transfer Bus as needed based on passenger demand.
 Also shown was how a driver can take a lunch or other break beginning at any Hub so long as there is another driver ready to take over the route of the driver going on break.  When that driver returns from Break they can assist at the Hub until there is a need to relieve yet another driver going on Break.  All the while passengers continue to travel toward their desired destination and buses keep moving so the maximum number of passengers can continue to be serviced.

Two examples were given showing how a passenger can change their destination using a Space Available program that my Hub-to-Hub routing concept allows for.  Details of how the Space Available program is meant to work are explained in more detail in Section 2.4.  What’s important here is that the hub concept allows passengers to move around all areas of the service area by moving from Hub to Hub or within the same hub according to each passenger’s travel goal.  Because passengers can transfer from Hub to Hub and from Bus to Bus as part of an organized, simple, yet dynamically flexible system, there is no longer any reason to tell a passenger that they cannot change their destination simply because the bus they are currently on isn’t going to the new destination they have decided they want to go to.

Under current routing logic, (speaking of Para-Transit Passengers) once a passenger is loaded onto a bus, the passenger must stay on that bus until the bus gets them to their destination.  Out of respect for the problems caused to other passengers who are also using the same bus, current policy must be that change of destination is not allowed.

However, with my Hub concept and Space Available program, current para-transit passengers gain the ability to change their minds, which I believe is in harmony with the intent of the Americans with Disabilities Act.  There will still be rules governing how they can accomplish their desire for a change of destination.  There are scheduling rules and challenges fixed route customers must learn.  So having rules for my space-available program is in harmony with the intent of the ADA for the para-transit industry.  What’s important is that under my program, we gain the ability to help them accomplish their goals, and we can start saying Yes to them instead of No when they want to change their mind.

Thank you for taking time to read my program.  Obviously, if I didn't believe in my own program, I would not have published it for others to read and ponder on.

An Opinion Article by Dave Kemper
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