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      Editing existing bus routes

      This tutorial will show you how to make changes to both the patterns and trips of an existing route.

      Podaris allows you to quickly edit routes to investigate the impact of proposed changes and test multiple scenarios within minutes. The tutorial below goes though how to duplicate a route to allow for future comparisons and make edits to both patterns and trips. You can see how to perform each option on this video and go through the step-by-step instructions below.

      Step-by-step Walkthrough

      Before you start editing your route, you may like to create a copy of it to retain the original version.

      • Duplicating a route

      Step 1: Open the services panel

      Step 2: Search for the route you would like to duplicate

      Step 3: Click the checkbox next to the route

      Step 4: Click the Duplicate button

      • Editing your route name, description and styling

      Step 1: Search for your route in the services panel

      Step 2: Open the settings tab

      Step 3: Make any desired edits

      • Editing a pattern

      Step 1: Open the patterns tab

      Step 2: Click the edit button next to a pattern to start editing it

      • Adding a stop

      The method to add a stop will depend on where you would like to add the stop to your pattern:

      • Adding a stop at the start of a pattern

      Step 1: Click on the stop you would like to add

      Step 2: Click on the first stop of the pattern 

      adding to start

      • Adding a stop in the middle of a pattern

      Step 1: Click and drag on the straight dashed line between the stops you would like to add a stop between 

      Step 2: Drag your mouse to the stop you would like to add to your pattern

      adding to middle

      • Adding a stop at the end of a pattern

      Step 1: Click on the last stop of your pattern 

      Step 2: Click on the stop you would like to add adding to end

      • Replacing a stop

      Step 1: Hold down shift on your keyboard

      Step 2: Click and drag from the existing stop to the stop you would like to replace it with

      replacing stops

      • Deleting a stop

      Step 1: Find the stop you would like to delete in the list of stops

      Step 2: Click the delete icon next to the stop

      • Saving your pattern

      Step 1: Click stop drawing to stop making changes to your pattern

      Step 2: Click save to save your changes

      • Editing a trip

      Step 1: Open the trips tab

      Step 2: If you want to change a regular frequency or start and end times, these can be edited by clicking on their current values and typing in their new values

      Step 3: If you need to make more detailed changes, click on the settings icon next to the trip you want to change 

      Step 4: Make any required changes to the trip settings, you can find out more about these here

      Step 5: Click save

      editing trips

      What next?

      Now you have multiple options for your route may not analyse the impact of your changes?