Routes, terminals and stops
Each direction of a route is its own route, with its terminals and confirmed stops. Explore the network in aggregate, or one route at a time.
Network surveys
Map a paratransit network from the street up
Three surveys work together: identification finds the routes at each terminal, onboard rides them end to end, and frequency times their departures. Together they build a network model you can explore and share.
Route identification
Find every route at a terminal
Where no route list exists, a project starts here. Researchers stand at each terminal and record every route operating there.
- Known routes are confirmed; new ones are added as they are seen
- Observations are reviewed and resolved into the network model in the dashboard
- Feeds the onboard and frequency surveys that follow
Onboard survey
Ride the route end to end
One researcher, one guided trip: the path the vehicle takes, every stop it makes, and who gets on and off.
- The GPS trace of the whole trip
- Every stop, with boardings and alightings
- Each trip reviewed — trace and stops — and accepted or rejected before delivery
Frequency survey
Time departures where no timetable exists
Researchers watch a terminal for a fixed window and record each vehicle as it queues, boards and leaves.
- Departures timed at the route's origin terminal
- How full each vehicle left, and why
- A guaranteed observation window, so the sample is defensible
The result
A network model, not a pile of files
Every survey adds to one model of the network, built up from what the surveys observe.
Headways
Departure observations become headway distributions per route — how often vehicles really leave, where no timetable exists.
Origin–destination
Boardings and alightings along surveyed trips become origin–destination flows and load profiles for each route.
Start mapping your network
Start in the app, or tell us about your project and we'll walk you through it.