Feature Plan - Flexible Transport Service v1
- Alban Peignier
Chouette SaaS will provide first features to support Flexible Transport Service description in the coming Sprints.
Here is a preview of these features:
Booking Arrangements & Flexible Line
The user can manage Booking Arrangements which describes the booking rules of associated Flexible Services.
The user can associated a Flexible Line with a Booking Arrangements:
NeTEx Import/Export
The user can import and export a Line and its Booking Arrangement via a NeTex FlexibleLine:
<FlexibleLine id="line-1" version="any">
<Name>Line Sample</Name>
<FlexibleLineType>mixedFlexibleAndFixed</FlexibleLineType>
<BookingContact>
<Phone>+33 1 23 45 67 89</Phone>
<Url>https://example.com/info</Url>
</BookingContact>
<BookingMethods>callOffice</BookingMethods>
<BookingAccess>public</BookingAccess>
<BookWhen>untilPreviousDay</BookWhen>
<BuyWhen>beforeBoarding</BuyWhen>
<LatestBookingTime>16:30:00</LatestBookingTime>
<MinimumBookingPeriod>PT30M</MinimumBookingPeriod>
<BookingUrl>https://example.com/booking</BookingUrl>
<BookingNote>
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</BookingNote>
</FlexibleLine>GTFS Import/Export
The user can import/export Booking Arrangements via GTFS Booking Rules.
In this first version, the GTFS import supports GTFS Trips with the same Booking Rules for a given GTFS Route.
See Reference - General Transit Feed Specification
Flexible Stop Area
The user can define one or several Flexible Areas into a Stop Area:
The user can associate one or several Stop Areas.
NeTEx import/export
The user can import and export a Stop Area and its Flexible Areas via a NeTex FlexibleStopPlace:
<FlexibleStopPlace id='zone-tad-1' version="any">
<Name>FTS Zone 1</Name>
<!-- Other standard attributes --<
<areas>
<FlexibleArea version="any" id="zone-tad-1-area">
<members>
<QuayRef ref="quay-1" version="any"/>
<QuayRef ref="quay-2" version="any"/>
</members>
</FlexibleArea>
</areas>
</FlexibleStopPlace>GTFS import/export
The user can import and export Stop Area and its Flexible Areas via a GTFS Location Group.
See Reference - General Transit Feed Specification
Flexible Stop Point
The user can define a Route with a Flexible Stop Point. In this case:
the user can associate a Stop Area with a Flexible Area
NeTEx import/export
The user can import Route/Journey Pattern including Flexible Stop Points via NeTEx ServiceJourneyPatterns and FlexibleStopAssignments:
<ServiceJourneyPattern id="journeypattern-1" version="any">
<Name>Journey Pattern Sample</Name>
<RouteRef ref="route-1"/>
<pointsInSequence>
<!-- Normal Stop Point -->
<StopPointInJourneyPattern id="stop-point-in-journey-pattern-1" order="1" version="any">
<ScheduledStopPointRef ref="scheduled-stop-point-1" version="any"/>
</StopPointInJourneyPattern>
<!-- Flexible Stop Point -->
<StopPointInJourneyPattern id="stop-point-in-journey-pattern-2" order="2" version="any">
<ScheduledStopPointRef ref="scheduled-stop-point-zone-tad-1" version="any"/>
<FlexiblePointProperties>
<PointStandingForAZone>true</PointStandingForAZone>
<ZoneContainingStops>true</ZoneContainingStops>
</FlexiblePointProperties>
</StopPointInJourneyPattern>
</pointsInSequence>
</ServiceJourneyPattern>
<ScheduledStopPoint id="scheduled-stop-point-zone-tad-1" version="any"/>
<FlexibleStopAssignment id="flexible-stop-assignment-1" order="1" version="any">
<ScheduledStopPointRef ref="scheduled-stop-point-zone-tad-1" version="any"/>
<FlexibleStopPlaceRef ref="zone-tad-1" version="any"/>
</FlexibleStopAssignment>GTFS Import/Export
The GTFS format doesn’t support Route / Journey Pattern concepts. Chouette SaaS import/export manage them implicitely via GTFS Trips.
Flexible Passing Time
When associated to a Flexible Stop Point, the user can define a time window in place of the classic departure/arrival time.
NeTEx import/export
The user can import/export Vehicle Journeys with flexible Stop Points and associated time windows via NeTEx Service Journeys and LatestArrivalTime/EarliestDepartureTime attributes.
GTFS Import/Export
The user can import and export GTFS Trips with Flex attributes:
location_group_id
start_pickup_drop_off_window/end_pickup_drop_off_window
pickup_booking_rule_id/drop_off_booking_rule_id
pickup_type/drop_off_type