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      Services Panel

      The Services Panel allows you to plan schedule based multi-modal transit services and explore the impact of service levels, fleet sizes, and route patterns

      services panel

      Define days on which a service is active. This also informs the project clock, allowing you to visualise the network at particular dates and times. Configure different vehicle types - this impacts trip performance and helps to define the route's overall capacity. Create default attributes that inform route calculations and help you filter and group your routes and services for display or analysis.

      Route names and colours

      Your route names and colours are configurable via the route settings. If a short name has been specified in these settings, the services panel will display that name for the route - otherwise, the full name will be used.

      Importing transport networks

      Existing transport networks can be imported from a range of industry formats, including:

      All network formats should be imported as a .zip file with a maximum file size of 250MB. In cases where your network file exceeds this limit you may need to consider removing unneeded trips or unused routes from your feed to reduce its size. Our team are here to support users in getting their files ready for use; if this is something you need help with you can reach our support team at support@podaris.com

      To import a network:

      1. Click the import button from the services panel
      2. Select the network format you wish to import
      3. Drag and drop your network file into the import box

      Some useful transport network sources are listed below:

      Podaris converts all imported files to a format similar to a GTFS feed, meaning that it can be used to convert a TransXChange (TXC) file to a GTFS feed. For more information on the GTFS export function, see Importing and Exporting GTFS Feeds.

      Exporting routes

      Route geometry can be exported as GIS files in formats including, GeoJSON, Shapefile and KML. To export the route geometry, select the routes you wish to export and click the export button from the panel options:

      export route

      Merging routes

      Once you have selected two or more routes to merge, the merge route button will merge their associated patterns and trips into an existing route of your chosing.

      merge routes

      Exporting route attributes

      Route attributes, with their accompanying Podaris route ID, route ID and short name can be exported with the drop down 'Export' button once you have checked one or more routes for export. The exported route data will be downloaded in the .CSV format.

      Export route atttributes

      Exporting transport networks

      Your entire transport networks can be exported in industry-standard formats such as a GTFS feed. This includes schedules, stops and geometry for the currently visible routes. To export your current project as a GTFS feed, select the "Export Project" option from the project menu.

      Filtering routes

      Routes can be filtered according to Type, Mode or Agency or Visibility. In order to change the visibility of a route on a map, click the corresponding toggle button.

      Filtering routes

      The search items textbox allows you to search and filter by the route's name, shortname or description

      search route

      Selecting & Deselecting Services

      Services can be selected and deselected using the tickboxes next to the service shortname. At the bottom of the list of your services, the number of selected services and the total number of services are visible.

      The 'Select all' tickbox will select or deselect all services. Clicking between two services in the list while holding SHIFT will also select all other services in between.

      Selecting routes

      Zoom to a service

      Zoom to services

      Both the magnifying glass icon next to the service shortname in the Services Panel, and the Zoom button on the service's Trips tab allow you to zoom to that service on your map.

      Trips by Date

      Trips by Date button

      The Trips by Date button creates an at-a-glance graph of trips for all services, grouped either by week, or day. This can be particularly useful when debugging transit feeds and understanding when to analyse or edit.

      The exact number of trips for a week or day can be viewed by hovering over the desired bar.

      This data can be then exported as a .CSV file for either of the two groupings.

      Trips by Date