When you’re working inside of a Sandbox, a quick way to create Routes is to use the Auto Generate Routes function. First, ensure you have created all the stops you would like to use in your routes. If you don’t have stops generated yet, you can use the Auto-Generate Stop function. Remember that a depot is required to use this function. Set your Maximum Walking Distance, Max On-Board Time, and Student Load Time. Choose whether or not you want to use the AM pickup stop from student transportation plans and if each route should contain only one school. Select your generation method to be by Region or by Sector. From there you can add Tiers and choose the start and end times as well as set the bus capacities and select which students to include in these Routes. When everything has been set to your liking, click on Generate Routes and allow the system to build your routes.
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The difference between generate routes BY REGION and BY SECTOR.
If you generate routes by region, the system will divide the area where student live into different regions and generate optimal routes clustered.
If you generate routes by sector, the system will divide the area by radial grid and generate the optimal routes.
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