topic Re: Network Analyst: Use NA for School Bus Routing in ArcGIS Network Analyst Questions

Network Analyst: Use NA for School Bus Routing

ClancyFinmand — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:55:43 GMT

Looking for anyone who uses NA for School bus routing. Either using NA or doing in-house customization with NA. Also, if anyone using ArcLogistcs for School bus routing.
Thanks
Clancy
Washoe County School District
Reno NV

Re: Network Analyst: Use NA for School Bus Routing

RayCarnes — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:29:25 GMT

Hi Clancy,

Just wanted to make sure you knew about the whitepaper 'School Bus Routing - Using ESRI Tools to Address the Problems' at http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/k12-school-bus-routing.pdf

Re: Network Analyst: Use NA for School Bus Routing

ClancyFinmand — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:02:31 GMT

Hi Ray,

Yes, I have it and I'm using. Just want to get a feel of what others may be doing.
Thanks
Clancy

Re: Network Analyst: Use NA for School Bus Routing

DeeleshMandloi — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:08:18 GMT

Clancy,
In addition to the tools described in the white paper that Ray mentioned, you can try these free tools. They can be useful in some applications related to school bust routing.

Determine Optimum Allocation Tool: This tool will help you to allocate students to schools considering school capacity. While the Closest Facility solver in network analyst assigns students to the closest schools, it does not consider school capacity. This tool does consider school capacity and can be used for redistricting applications

Partitioning Tools: These set of tools can be used in locating bus stops. For example, if you have student locations with total number of students at each location, then the tools can be used to create groups such that particular capacity is not exceeded. This is useful to figure out the number of bus stops needed for a certain number of students.

Hope this helps
Deelesh Mandloi