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Draft graphics: Using trip pattern data to visualize potential DRT, ODT, and/or DFR service locations
Client Question:
Should we keep our current service model intact or explore other service models?
Civic Sphere worked with a public transport provider in Northeast Iowa, USA through a National Center for Applied Transit Technology-funded project in 2023. Part of the project involved guiding the organization through a process of considering whether they should keep their current service model, demand-responsive transport (DRT), or change all/part of it to another service model – either deviated fixed route (DFR) or on-demand transport (ODT).
The answer? When the project ended, they were convinced that DFR was worth exploring and realized that their operations had more than 85% unused capacity on average (due to Civic Sphere’s “latent capacity analysis”). This excess capacity could be leveraged to serve new rider types such as factory workers and university students through the new service model.
As a next step, the organization is leading community discussions to explore various questions. How would the locals respond to such a change? Would the current and potential new riders be interested in this service? What are their preferences for how it would operate? Let’s see what happens next!
Should we keep our current service model intact or explore other service models?
Civic Sphere worked with a public transport provider in Northeast Iowa, USA through a National Center for Applied Transit Technology-funded project in 2023. Part of the project involved guiding the organization through a process of considering whether they should keep their current service model, demand-responsive transport (DRT), or change all/part of it to another service model – either deviated fixed route (DFR) or on-demand transport (ODT).
The answer? When the project ended, they were convinced that DFR was worth exploring and realized that their operations had more than 85% unused capacity on average (due to Civic Sphere’s “latent capacity analysis”). This excess capacity could be leveraged to serve new rider types such as factory workers and university students through the new service model.
As a next step, the organization is leading community discussions to explore various questions. How would the locals respond to such a change? Would the current and potential new riders be interested in this service? What are their preferences for how it would operate? Let’s see what happens next!
