The use of waits and travels is
another approach to get an operator to and from his or her assigned run.
Waits and travels is a customized feature associated with the costing of runs. It allows you
to define the travel times of operators who must take another vehicle route to the starting
location of their respective runs. If your property does not use this method for the
calculation of travel time, leave the Wait column in the Travels grid set to No by
default.
The following table explains the column headers found in the Waits and Travels dialog.
Column Heading
Description
Number
Number assigned to the wait and travel which is defined according
to the requirements of your transit site.
Sequence
Used to number multi-leg travels. For example, if the operator
travels using two routes: the first route is defined as sequence 1 and the second as
sequence 2. If there is only one route, the sequence field should be set to 1.
From
Relief point or garage where an operator begins the travel.
To
Relief point or garage where an operator ends the travel.
Line
Line of the trip which an operator uses to travel to his or her
starting location.
Dir (Direction)
Direction of the line the operator uses to travel.
From Stop (On)
Stop at which operators get on the vehicle to their assigned
runs.
To Stop (Off)
Stop (or the closest one) at which operators get off to their
assigned runs.
Walk
Time that operators walk to the relief point or garage where they
begin to travel.
Offset
Time difference between the To Stop and the actual stop at which
an operator gets off. This can be a positive value (stop after node) or a negative
value (stop before node).
Service
Type of service to which the wait and travel belongs.
Safety
Amount of time allocated for an operator to ensure that he/she is able to connect
with a vehicle to get to and from his or her assigned run. This time is included in
the wait time value.
The feature is applied in the following manner:
Different travels can have different safety values between legs of a trip, for
example, in a two-legged trip.
Safety can be specified at the end of a travel.
When costing a run, safety is ignored if the travel is on the same bus as the
relief. Waits and travels can be forced separately in the Force Waits and Travels
dialog.
Wait At End
Time that an operator waits for a vehicle at the end of a travel.
Travel Type
Travel refers to the time it takes an operator to travel between
relief nodes or between a garage and a relief node.
