Glossary

• Bus - An entity representing the physical vehicle that drives a route
• Call period - A period of time when a driver is on call
• Companies - A company that operates a particular fleet of buses
• Competition - When buses compete against each other to run a route
• Delay - When a bus is held up by traffic/breakdown etc.
• Driver - The person who drives the bus
• Holiday - A period of time a driver may have off from work
• Integrated Bus Management System - The new bus management system we are developing. For overall coordination.
• On call - When a driver is not scheduled to drive any routes but is available in emergencies
• Operator - A company that owns buses and employs drivers to run routes
• Rostering - The assignment of, for example, drivers to buses.
• Route - The route that a bus follows
• Theoretical timetable - The pre-planned timetable which may be subject to change due to delays
• Timetable - The list of buses and their relevant times
• Bus Stop - Designated locations (on the road) the bus will have to stop at (pick up people)
• Bus Service - A set of routes and times
• Bus ID - The unique identity of the each individual buses
• Driver ID - The unique identity of the each individual driver
• Bus Age - The amount of time its been running on route in total
• Departure Time - The time the bus left the depo
• Termination Time - The time the bus stop running
• Break - the period of time a driver will have to take a break during driving
• Shift - block of time table hours the drivers have to drive
• Bus Stop Sequence - the order the bus stop actually has to stop
• Rest Days - Each driver are entitled to individual holidays (2 days)