Rural DRT by the DHD

Operation

Czech

About the DHD and Passengers

The DHD is a private mass transport operator The DHD specializes in DRT (demand response transport service

) as an effective alternative to the scheduled bus service The DHD operation requires just 2 full-time workplaces; DHD

plans about 800 rides a day presently the DHD operates for two industrial zones in CZ with

about 2,000 employees, Cenkov and Zdice, 1200km2

all the passengers are employees of the two industrial zones, but this system is applicable also for transport into schools, hospitals, or public transport in less populated areas

Click on underlined words for more info

The GoalMass Transport Optimization in Terms of Using Various Modes

respecting the current public transport using the demand responsible transport incl. carpoolingdestinations: work – school – hospital – event

System Function

1.request 2.planning 3.transport 4.accountinggathering information of demanded routes when where from where to

they want to go

looking for the best mode of transportrespecting costs, waiting times, duration and transfers

1. public scheduled bus or train where available

faresubsidies for the rest of the costs

taxstatistics

2. hired minibus, bus or car (according to DHD‘s schedule)where effective

3. carpool where available

4. not served or taxiwhen none of above mentioned fits

Requests

Passengers set requests for their planned rides– rides may be requested several weeks in advance

according to their working timetable– requests are gathered in a computer based on the

booking system working on the intranet of the factory requests can be made individually in a kiosk or on a PC at foreman's or receptionist's desk (personally, phone, email) an example of the output from the booking system here an internet accessible system is in development

Transport PlanningI. request processing

At noon the DHD processes all requests for rides for the following 24 hours – for each ride request with help of a Planning program:

1. looks for public scheduled bus or train or their combination2. if there is no direct public transport, looks for bus or train on halfway,

which could be extended by hired vehicle (bus, minibus or car)3. if no public transport available, plans a hired vehicle or combination

of hired vehicles4. where using hired vehicles is not effective - high cost per person

1. looks for carpool2. if a passenger is compliant to pay a taxi, the DHD defines the nearest

stop of the public or hired transport, where the passenger can change

Transport PlanningII. Informing Passengers

passengers are informed about the planned transport1. public scheduled transport as well as repeated hired routes

are included in timetables on the web pages of the DHD2. info about each route can be sent to the passenger by e-mail

(if available)3. info about specific and irregular routes can be additionally sent

to a mobile phone as a text message in several formats, eg.:1. brief: DHD#Su24.5.18:20Kostal>Valdek_II/Pribyl/18:54Valdek_II

>Zajecov/C35,57/#Mo5.55:08Zajecov>Valdek_II/C35,4/5:35Valdek_II>Kostal/Pribyl/;18:20Kostal>Valdek_II/Pribyl/18:55Valdek_II>Zajecov/470800,6/

2. descriptve: DHD#Go on Su 24.5.v 18:20 from Kostal to Valdek_II with private Pribyl, change to 18:54 from Valdek_II to Zajecov with with public C35,57. At Mo 25.5 in 5:08 from Zajecov to Valdek_II with public C35,4, change to 5:35 from Valdek_II to Kostal with private Pribyl. Next trip in 18:20 from Kostal to Valdek_II with privatel Pribyl, change to 18:55 from Valdek_II to Zajecov with public 470800,6

Transport PlanningIII. Hired Transport Order

transport order delivered to the driver of hired transport

Click on picture for captions. All described planning operations take about two hours

for about 800 rides from noon to the noon next day.

Transport

Accounting After the RideI. Fare Calculation

The DHD calculates fare for passengers– the fare on the regular public service was paid by the

passenger by the standard method (e.g. to the driver)– fare in hired vehicles is calculated in the similar way as in

public transport (local zonal tariff) and taken away either from passenger‘s deposit account at the DHD or from his wage by his employer

If the passenger changes from a public into a hired vehicle, the fare respects the fare paid in regular public service, so that the changing did not make the route more expensive for the passenger.

Accounting After RideII. Pay For Hired Vehicles

Transport companies send invoices to the DHD– The DHD checks and approves invoices– The DHD splits payments among several

employers and individual passengers accounts according to settled rules

– The DHD makes statistics of several indicators relevant to transport

Accounting After RideIII. Evaluating Individual Transport Costs

To keep the cost effectiveness of hired transport, the DHD evaluates a couple of indicators for each passenger monthly– this evaluation considers:

cost of the rides (to be paid to the transport company) length of the routes of the particular passenger number of shifts worked by the passenger

– optimizing process is then focused on passengers going beyond settled limits

About This Document

Created by company „Dispečink hromadné dopravy, s.r.o.“ (DHD), Czech Republic, EU, www.hromadnadoprava.cz

Author Robert Koblížek Revision June 23 2014 Terms of use: Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-

ND 3.0) (free to use and copy, no change)