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About Trip Building
Trip building refers to the process of building schedules that show the times that vehicles are expected to arrive or depart from identified locations along a route. It is performed after determining the routes, node and stop patterns.
Trips Tab
The Trips tab shows the trips of the line you selected in Set Mode. The trips are shown in grids with the patterns, node abbreviations, and vehicle types that are assigned to them.
About Building Trips with Incremental Properties Options
The setting in the FX Properties for run times mode can be set to Incremental or Max Incremental allowing you to compare the total running times. It is set to Fixed by default.
Sample Trips Built Using Incremental Options
You can build trips using incremental options to create variables in your run times.

Sample Trips Built Using Incremental Options

You can build trips using incremental options to create variables in your run times.

The following table shows an example of how these options are used with Node 1 as the Build node.

This approach can be reversed at any time by changing your Properties back to Fixed. After you reverse the running time mode, regenerate your trips to update your records.

Table 1. Node 1 and Build Node Options
Trip Examples/Run Times	Node 1	Node 2	Node 3	Node 4	Total Run Time
Pattern 1 (fixed) 6:00AM-8:30AM	8:15AM	8:20AM	8:35AM	8:45AM	30
Run Times	-	5	15	10	30
Pattern 1 (Incremental) 6:00AM-8:30AM	8:15AM	8:20AM	8:30AM	8:35AM	20
Run Times	-	5	10	5	20