Visualize your path to better transit

Every route has a story. See how Transify is optimizing runtimes and schedules across Barrie and Brampton.

PERFORMANCE MONITORING • RUNTIME OPTIMIZATION RIDERSHIP ANALYTICS • ON-DEMAND TRANSIT ANALYSIS NETWORK OPTIMIZATION • APC/AVL DATA CLEANSING

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KEY OUTCOMES

Up to 20% OTP improvement, while adding and reducing runtime
Brampton Transit added additional resources to address early-morning and and evening crowding in a targeted and cost-efficient way
Time to investigate a crowding or reliability complaint reduced from 15-30 minutes to under 2 minutes
Barrie Transit saw about a 14% ridership increase following the Phase 1 Implementation of their Transit Vision Network

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TRANSIFY AS A ONE-STOP DATA PLATFORM

At Barrie Transit (50 buses), Transify has been in-use for over three years and has made their APC, CAD/AVL, On-Demand, and census data all ready to visualize in seconds. Each of these data sources has been fully integrated with Transify, making manual data extractions and uploads a relic of the past.

Transify's induced demand for more scheduling refinements due to the ease of pulling actual run time data. This leads to better run times matching actual conditions by hour to the benefit of the transit customer.” - Mike McConnell, Transit Projects Lead at Barrie Transit

FIGURE 1: MAP OF THE TOTAL DEPARTURE LOAD AT EACH STOP.

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OPTIMIZING RUNTIMES

At Brampton Transit (475 buses), schedulers have used Transify to develop more accurate runtimes. This improves customer experience by reducing service gaps and missed connections. Their new schedules have also addressed operator concerns related to schedule reliability and better reflect actual driving conditions.

FIGURE 2: ROUTE RUNTIME, WITH EACH BAR REPRESENTING VARIOUS PERCENTILES AT A STOP. THIS CHART CAN ALSO BE BROKEN DOWN BY TRIP OR HOUR.

"Our previous method of setting runtimes for scheduling was very tedious but Transify made it painless! Transify has allowed us to make more accurate schedules and add new timebands that we previously did not have the time to create. We saved over a week in updating our schedules while doing significantly more analysis!” - Robin Mennie, Transit Planner at Barrie Transit

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FIGURE 3: ROUTE ON-TIME PERFORMANCE, WITH EACH BAR REPRESENTING A HOUR.

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RIDERSHIP ANALYTICS

With a Ridership Recovery of close to 130%, Brampton Transit is one of North America’s fastest growing transit agencies. With this rapid growth, Brampton had to be strategic about their resource allocation. Using Transify, service planners identified where:

Additional trips could be inserted between over-capacity trips, which they scheduled by having some blocks start earlier in the day.
Frequency in the shoulder periods could be optimized to improve midday service and early-morning capacity.

FIGURE 4: ROUTE RIDERSHIP PROFILE. HOVERING OVER THE ELEMENTS REVEALS THE BOARDINGS, ALIGHTINGS, AND DEPARTURE LOAD AT EACH STOP. THIS IS THE MOST POPULAR CHART IN TRANSIFY DUE TO THE IMMEDIATE INSIGHTS AND CONTEXT IT PROVIDES INTO A ROUTE’S RIDERSHIP PATTERNS.

FIGURE 5: TIME-DISTANCE CHART WITH STYLE RULES TO VISUALIZE LOAD. HOVERING OVER EACH TRIP REVEALS THE AVERAGE DEPARTURE LOAD AT EACH STOP. ADJUSTING THE TIME-OF-DAY SLIDER INSTANTLY FILTERS THE TRIPS THAT ARE SHOWN.

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As part of their Transit Vision network plan, Barrie Transit is planning for more direct routes as to speed up travel times while maintaining coverage with on-demand service. Transify’s Hexagon Map below groups together stops as to help their planners identify which corridors are the busiest and where there is excess capacity.

FIGURE 6: HEXAGON MAP SHOWING THE AVERAGE PASSENGER LOAD OF THE STOPS WITHIN EACH HEXAGON.

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OPTIMIZING THE EXISTING NETWORK

Transify’s maps make it easy to visualize productivity geospatially, with geographic maps that aggregate the total boardings and service hours within each census tract; any boundary file is supported - including TAZ, Postal Codes, and Hexagonal Bins.

FIGURE 7: BOARDINGS PER SERVICE HOUR WITHIN EACH CENSUS BLOCK. TRANSIFY ALSO SUPPORTS CUSTOM GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES, ZIPCODES, AND MORE.

FIGURE 8: HEADWAY BY STOP COMBINED ACROSS MULTIPLE ROUTES. THE TIME RANGE CAN BE ADJUSTED TO VISUALIZE HOW FREQUENCY AND SPAN-OF-SERVICE CHANGES ACROSS THE DAY.

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IMPROVING SCHEDULE ADHERENCE

Transify is also proactively identifying trips that are not adhering to the schedule based on customized criteria. For instance, trips that started early or late without a reason (i.e. previous trip arrived on-time) are flagged, while the Real-Time Playback Map enables supervisors and customer service staff to investigate reports in a fraction of a time.

FIGURE 10: REAL-TIME PLAYBACK MAP, SHOWING BOTH ACTUAL AND SCHEDULED TRIPS.

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VISUALIZING COVERAGE & DEMOGRAPHICS

Visualize how even the smallest of stop placement changes can impact walking access to transit with granular and detailed service areas and pedestrian street networks. Includes demographic analysis from the Census, TTS, and custom shapefiles provided.

FIGURE 11: STOP COVERAGE MAPS. DRAG THE RED DOTS (STOPS) TO UPDATE THE SERVICE AREA OR CLICK TO ADD OR REMOVE STOPS.

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VISUALIZING ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES

Improving access to opportunities is a key component of Barrie’s Transit Vision, which is being visualized right in Transify. With Transify, Barrie Transit staff were able to visualize the impacts of frequency and coverage changes to access to jobs as they rapidly iterated through multiple concepts.

FIGURE 12: IMPACT OF IMPROVING ONE ROUTE’S FREQUENCY FROM EVERY 30 TO EVERY 15 MINUTES. THE LIGHT-GREEN SHADED AREA REPRESENTS THE AREA THAT IS NEWLY ACCESSIBLE IN A 30-MINUTE TRIP, MAKING DOWNTOWN AND 2.4X MORE JOBS REACHABLE.

Demographic data can be generated instantly for any shaded area made in Transify. Census data is built-in from Statistics Canada, while additional data such as projections and employment activity can be loaded in to Transify for instant analysis.

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SUCCESS WITH TRANSIFY

This case study showed how both Brampton Transit (475 buses) and Barrie Transit (50 buses) are using Transify to visualize their paths to better transit.

From improving reliability to designing a better network, Transify is there to help you transform your service with data you already have.

‍

Case Studies

Visualize your path to better transit

Every route has a story. See how Transify is optimizing runtimes and schedules across Barrie and Brampton.

PERFORMANCE MONITORING • RUNTIME OPTIMIZATION RIDERSHIP ANALYTICS • ON-DEMAND TRANSIT ANALYSIS NETWORK OPTIMIZATION • APC/AVL DATA CLEANSING

‍

KEY OUTCOMES

Up to 20% OTP improvement, while adding and reducing runtime
Brampton Transit added additional resources to address early-morning and and evening crowding in a targeted and cost-efficient way
Time to investigate a crowding or reliability complaint reduced from 15-30 minutes to under 2 minutes
Barrie Transit saw about a 14% ridership increase following the Phase 1 Implementation of their Transit Vision Network

‍

TRANSIFY AS A ONE-STOP DATA PLATFORM

At Barrie Transit (50 buses), Transify has been in-use for over three years and has made their APC, CAD/AVL, On-Demand, and census data all ready to visualize in seconds. Each of these data sources has been fully integrated with Transify, making manual data extractions and uploads a relic of the past.

Transify's induced demand for more scheduling refinements due to the ease of pulling actual run time data. This leads to better run times matching actual conditions by hour to the benefit of the transit customer.” - Mike McConnell, Transit Projects Lead at Barrie Transit

‍

OPTIMIZING RUNTIMES

At Brampton Transit (475 buses), schedulers have used Transify to develop more accurate runtimes. This improves customer experience by reducing service gaps and missed connections. Their new schedules have also addressed operator concerns related to schedule reliability and better reflect actual driving conditions.

"Our previous method of setting runtimes for scheduling was very tedious but Transify made it painless! Transify has allowed us to make more accurate schedules and add new timebands that we previously did not have the time to create. We saved over a week in updating our schedules while doing significantly more analysis!” - Robin Mennie, Transit Planner at Barrie Transit

‍

RIDERSHIP ANALYTICS

With a Ridership Recovery of close to 130%, Brampton Transit is one of North America’s fastest growing transit agencies. With this rapid growth, Brampton had to be strategic about their resource allocation. Using Transify, service planners identified where:

Additional trips could be inserted between over-capacity trips, which they scheduled by having some blocks start earlier in the day.
Frequency in the shoulder periods could be optimized to improve midday service and early-morning capacity.

‍

As part of their Transit Vision network plan, Barrie Transit is planning for more direct routes as to speed up travel times while maintaining coverage with on-demand service. Transify’s Hexagon Map below groups together stops as to help their planners identify which corridors are the busiest and where there is excess capacity.

‍

OPTIMIZING THE EXISTING NETWORK

Transify’s maps make it easy to visualize productivity geospatially, with geographic maps that aggregate the total boardings and service hours within each census tract; any boundary file is supported - including TAZ, Postal Codes, and Hexagonal Bins.

‍

IMPROVING SCHEDULE ADHERENCE

Transify is also proactively identifying trips that are not adhering to the schedule based on customized criteria. For instance, trips that started early or late without a reason (i.e. previous trip arrived on-time) are flagged, while the Real-Time Playback Map enables supervisors and customer service staff to investigate reports in a fraction of a time.

‍

VISUALIZING COVERAGE & DEMOGRAPHICS

Visualize how even the smallest of stop placement changes can impact walking access to transit with granular and detailed service areas and pedestrian street networks. Includes demographic analysis from the Census, TTS, and custom shapefiles provided.

‍

VISUALIZING ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES

Improving access to opportunities is a key component of Barrie’s Transit Vision, which is being visualized right in Transify. With Transify, Barrie Transit staff were able to visualize the impacts of frequency and coverage changes to access to jobs as they rapidly iterated through multiple concepts.

Demographic data can be generated instantly for any shaded area made in Transify. Census data is built-in from Statistics Canada, while additional data such as projections and employment activity can be loaded in to Transify for instant analysis.

‍

SUCCESS WITH TRANSIFY

This case study showed how both Brampton Transit (475 buses) and Barrie Transit (50 buses) are using Transify to visualize their paths to better transit.

From improving reliability to designing a better network, Transify is there to help you transform your service with data you already have.

‍

Case Studies

Visualize your path to better transit

Every route has a story. See how Transify is optimizing runtimes and schedules across Barrie and Brampton.

PERFORMANCE MONITORING • RUNTIME OPTIMIZATION RIDERSHIP ANALYTICS • ON-DEMAND TRANSIT ANALYSIS NETWORK OPTIMIZATION • APC/AVL DATA CLEANSING

‍

KEY OUTCOMES

Up to 20% OTP improvement, while adding and reducing runtime
Brampton Transit added additional resources to address early-morning and and evening crowding in a targeted and cost-efficient way
Time to investigate a crowding or reliability complaint reduced from 15-30 minutes to under 2 minutes
Barrie Transit saw about a 14% ridership increase following the Phase 1 Implementation of their Transit Vision Network

‍

TRANSIFY AS A ONE-STOP DATA PLATFORM

At Barrie Transit (50 buses), Transify has been in-use for over three years and has made their APC, CAD/AVL, On-Demand, and census data all ready to visualize in seconds. Each of these data sources has been fully integrated with Transify, making manual data extractions and uploads a relic of the past.

Transify's induced demand for more scheduling refinements due to the ease of pulling actual run time data. This leads to better run times matching actual conditions by hour to the benefit of the transit customer.” - Mike McConnell, Transit Projects Lead at Barrie Transit

‍

OPTIMIZING RUNTIMES

At Brampton Transit (475 buses), schedulers have used Transify to develop more accurate runtimes. This improves customer experience by reducing service gaps and missed connections. Their new schedules have also addressed operator concerns related to schedule reliability and better reflect actual driving conditions.

"Our previous method of setting runtimes for scheduling was very tedious but Transify made it painless! Transify has allowed us to make more accurate schedules and add new timebands that we previously did not have the time to create. We saved over a week in updating our schedules while doing significantly more analysis!” - Robin Mennie, Transit Planner at Barrie Transit

‍

RIDERSHIP ANALYTICS

With a Ridership Recovery of close to 130%, Brampton Transit is one of North America’s fastest growing transit agencies. With this rapid growth, Brampton had to be strategic about their resource allocation. Using Transify, service planners identified where:

Additional trips could be inserted between over-capacity trips, which they scheduled by having some blocks start earlier in the day.
Frequency in the shoulder periods could be optimized to improve midday service and early-morning capacity.

‍

As part of their Transit Vision network plan, Barrie Transit is planning for more direct routes as to speed up travel times while maintaining coverage with on-demand service. Transify’s Hexagon Map below groups together stops as to help their planners identify which corridors are the busiest and where there is excess capacity.

‍

OPTIMIZING THE EXISTING NETWORK

Transify’s maps make it easy to visualize productivity geospatially, with geographic maps that aggregate the total boardings and service hours within each census tract; any boundary file is supported - including TAZ, Postal Codes, and Hexagonal Bins.

‍

IMPROVING SCHEDULE ADHERENCE

Transify is also proactively identifying trips that are not adhering to the schedule based on customized criteria. For instance, trips that started early or late without a reason (i.e. previous trip arrived on-time) are flagged, while the Real-Time Playback Map enables supervisors and customer service staff to investigate reports in a fraction of a time.

‍

VISUALIZING COVERAGE & DEMOGRAPHICS

Visualize how even the smallest of stop placement changes can impact walking access to transit with granular and detailed service areas and pedestrian street networks. Includes demographic analysis from the Census, TTS, and custom shapefiles provided.

‍

VISUALIZING ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES

Improving access to opportunities is a key component of Barrie’s Transit Vision, which is being visualized right in Transify. With Transify, Barrie Transit staff were able to visualize the impacts of frequency and coverage changes to access to jobs as they rapidly iterated through multiple concepts.

Demographic data can be generated instantly for any shaded area made in Transify. Census data is built-in from Statistics Canada, while additional data such as projections and employment activity can be loaded in to Transify for instant analysis.

‍

SUCCESS WITH TRANSIFY

This case study showed how both Brampton Transit (475 buses) and Barrie Transit (50 buses) are using Transify to visualize their paths to better transit.

From improving reliability to designing a better network, Transify is there to help you transform your service with data you already have.

‍

Case Studies

Visualize your path to better transit

Every route has a story. See how Transify is optimizing runtimes and schedules across Barrie and Brampton.

PERFORMANCE MONITORING • RUNTIME OPTIMIZATION RIDERSHIP ANALYTICS • ON-DEMAND TRANSIT ANALYSIS NETWORK OPTIMIZATION • APC/AVL DATA CLEANSING

‍

KEY OUTCOMES

Up to 20% OTP improvement, while adding and reducing runtime
Brampton Transit added additional resources to address early-morning and and evening crowding in a targeted and cost-efficient way
Time to investigate a crowding or reliability complaint reduced from 15-30 minutes to under 2 minutes
Barrie Transit saw about a 14% ridership increase following the Phase 1 Implementation of their Transit Vision Network

‍

TRANSIFY AS A ONE-STOP DATA PLATFORM

At Barrie Transit (50 buses), Transify has been in-use for over three years and has made their APC, CAD/AVL, On-Demand, and census data all ready to visualize in seconds. Each of these data sources has been fully integrated with Transify, making manual data extractions and uploads a relic of the past.

Transify's induced demand for more scheduling refinements due to the ease of pulling actual run time data. This leads to better run times matching actual conditions by hour to the benefit of the transit customer.” - Mike McConnell, Transit Projects Lead at Barrie Transit

‍

OPTIMIZING RUNTIMES

At Brampton Transit (475 buses), schedulers have used Transify to develop more accurate runtimes. This improves customer experience by reducing service gaps and missed connections. Their new schedules have also addressed operator concerns related to schedule reliability and better reflect actual driving conditions.

"Our previous method of setting runtimes for scheduling was very tedious but Transify made it painless! Transify has allowed us to make more accurate schedules and add new timebands that we previously did not have the time to create. We saved over a week in updating our schedules while doing significantly more analysis!” - Robin Mennie, Transit Planner at Barrie Transit

‍

RIDERSHIP ANALYTICS

With a Ridership Recovery of close to 130%, Brampton Transit is one of North America’s fastest growing transit agencies. With this rapid growth, Brampton had to be strategic about their resource allocation. Using Transify, service planners identified where:

Additional trips could be inserted between over-capacity trips, which they scheduled by having some blocks start earlier in the day.
Frequency in the shoulder periods could be optimized to improve midday service and early-morning capacity.

‍

As part of their Transit Vision network plan, Barrie Transit is planning for more direct routes as to speed up travel times while maintaining coverage with on-demand service. Transify’s Hexagon Map below groups together stops as to help their planners identify which corridors are the busiest and where there is excess capacity.

‍

OPTIMIZING THE EXISTING NETWORK

Transify’s maps make it easy to visualize productivity geospatially, with geographic maps that aggregate the total boardings and service hours within each census tract; any boundary file is supported - including TAZ, Postal Codes, and Hexagonal Bins.

‍

IMPROVING SCHEDULE ADHERENCE

Transify is also proactively identifying trips that are not adhering to the schedule based on customized criteria. For instance, trips that started early or late without a reason (i.e. previous trip arrived on-time) are flagged, while the Real-Time Playback Map enables supervisors and customer service staff to investigate reports in a fraction of a time.

‍

VISUALIZING COVERAGE & DEMOGRAPHICS

Visualize how even the smallest of stop placement changes can impact walking access to transit with granular and detailed service areas and pedestrian street networks. Includes demographic analysis from the Census, TTS, and custom shapefiles provided.

‍

VISUALIZING ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES

Improving access to opportunities is a key component of Barrie’s Transit Vision, which is being visualized right in Transify. With Transify, Barrie Transit staff were able to visualize the impacts of frequency and coverage changes to access to jobs as they rapidly iterated through multiple concepts.

Demographic data can be generated instantly for any shaded area made in Transify. Census data is built-in from Statistics Canada, while additional data such as projections and employment activity can be loaded in to Transify for instant analysis.

‍

SUCCESS WITH TRANSIFY

This case study showed how both Brampton Transit (475 buses) and Barrie Transit (50 buses) are using Transify to visualize their paths to better transit.

From improving reliability to designing a better network, Transify is there to help you transform your service with data you already have.

‍

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Eddy Ionescu founded Transify with the goal of connecting people to more opportunities through more efficiently planned public transit. He has worked first-hand as a transit planner with a variety of experience in analyzing services changes, designing bus service, monitoring performance of bus lanes, coordinating an Automated Vehicle pilot, and much more.

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