Sandbox For Evaluating and Designing Semi-Flex Transit Services

Simulating a Semi-Flex Transit service

Requirements

• Python 3.12+
• Bash 5+

Running

• If you don't have a virtual environment create one: python -m venv .venv
• Activate the virtual environment: source .venv/bin/activate
• Create an active queue folder if it does not exist: mkdir -p ./queues/active
• Copy sample.conf into your active queues directory make as many copies as possible for all different parameters you want to try. i.e.: cat sample.conf > ./queues/active/{first,second,third}.conf
• Run the simulation: ./run.sh

Scenarios for the Environment Configuration file

Key	Scenario	Description
Zero	ScenarioZero	Scenario 0: no short-notice riders are accepted
One	ScenarioOne	Scenario 1: short-notice riders are considered case by case
AllBelowCutoff	ScenarioAllBelowCuttoff	All Trips below the Cutoff are automatically accepted

Packaging the Results

• ./package-output.sh [FOLDER NAMES ...]