PaxCast is a strategic transport & freight intelligence platform, plotting every bus and rail service, stop, station and census area on one map. It shows who is left without access to public transport, finds the corridors worth serving, and lets you draw a route to see who it would reach.
409,512
stops, stations, terminals and airports
16,745
bus services, timetabled to the minute
33
automated reports available, as PDF or slides
5
geographies: UK, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, New York State
01 What it does
Find the shortfall
Every census area is scored on who needs a bus, considering demographics, reach and local destinations. Additionally, PaxCast considers the walking distance to a stop, identifying service gaps.
The network
With the need laid over it
Draw a route
Create a route on the map, or open one that runs today and change it. The figures move with every click: people within a walk, peak vehicle requirement, journeys a day, costs and boardings.
Projects
Plan the network as a whole. Build a project containing new routes, amended services and withdrawals together, under one set of assumptions. PaxCast scores them with the appropriate weightings, allowing you to create a business case with one click.
Opportunities
Every week, PaxCast searches the whole network for opportunities: routes that could improve access to healthcare, neighbourhoods with no bus, and those with infrequent services. Each opportunity is costed and ranked by the extra passenger journeys it would bring for every hour of bus time.
Reports
Over thirty pre-built reports covering any transport area, with line of sight to all sources.
Geographies covered
PaxCast analyses transport data from five countries, each checked against its own published counts and priced in its own currency.
02 Every route, analysed
Select your operating time and day to see the timetable: when it starts, when it stops, how many journeys in each hour, and its headway at the morning peak. (Weekday, Saturday or Sunday)
The official journeys published by each authority are assessed in relation to demand and the places people go.
For each service, PaxCast models patronage, fares, concessionary reimbursement, fare cap and fuel grants to create a view of the itemised operating costs.
Click a stop to view every service that calls there and when. See supporting information such as local demand, demographics, connected interchanges and which services could be classified as socially necessary.
03 Understand the headway
PaxCast calculates how many buses are needed to run the required headway on any route.
6
buses at the peak (PVR)
136
journeys a day, both ways
90
minute round trip
6 buses on the road at once. Every 14 minutes would need 7.
04 How it works
Every timetable for all regions, including Bus Open Data Service, NaPTAN feeds, census, environmental data, and published statistics.
Routing graphs, a timetable network, demand, access and money models, checked against published figures before anything goes live.
Click a stop, a route or a census area and the information is displayed seconds. PaxCast identifies local opportunities you can accept, refine or decline.
Create a business case, report, briefing or slide deck in seconds.
05 Coverage
Covered
Discounted pricing available for 24 and 36 month commitments.
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