About Waits and Travels

The use of waits and travels is another approach to getting an operator to and from his or her assigned run.

Waits and Travels in FX is a customized feature associated with the costing of runs. The Wait and Travels option 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, which is the default.

The following table explains the column headings found in the Waits and Travels dialog box.
Column Header Description
Number

The 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 The relief point or garage where an operator begins the travel.
To The relief point or garage where an operator ends the travel.
Line The line of the trip which an operator uses to travel to his or her starting location.
Direction The direction of the line the operator uses to travel.
From Stop (On) The stop at which an operator gets on the vehicle to his or her assigned run.
To Stop (Off) The stop (or the closest one) at which an operator gets off to his or her assigned run.
Walk The time that an operator walks to the relief point or garage where he or she begins to travel.
Offset

The 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 The type of service to which the wait and travel belongs.