Transit Part 1: Customer & Budget Friendly Bus Fare Collection System

Washington State has a toll collection system called “Good To Go.”  A special device is placed on the windshield so that when the car is driven under an automatic toll collection point, the device is electronically read and the prepaid account associated with that account has the proper toll automatically deducted.

Transit Part 1: Same-Day Space-Available Program

The same dynamic flexibility that allows passengers to change their destination in-route, and allows drivers to pick up all passengers within their assigned local service area also allows us to pick up passengers who were not placed into the routing schedules from at least the day before.

Transit Part 1: In-Route Change of Destination

The same dynamic flexibility that will allow any driver in the area to pick up any and all passengers that are ready to be picked up regardless of their destination, also allows passengers to change their mind about where they want to go within the service area covered by each public transportation service provider and be able to get there.

Transit Part 1: Dynamic Flexibility Kept Simple

How dynamic flexibility is accomplished will be detailed in later sections.  It is a form of routing that uses an adaptation of what I call Hubs to assist in transporting passengers from one local area to another.

Transit Part 1: Customer Oriented Travel Goals

Under my program, we will first seek to learn from the customer what they want to accomplish as part of the travel arrangements they are seeking to make before we simply “add them to a route and tell them when to be ready.

Transit Part 1: Main Program Features Summarized

My program will allow the para-transit industry to transport more passengers with the same number of drivers than the current system is capable of.  My program uses a very simple concept that will bring dynamically flexible routing into the para-transit industry.