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Bristol City Council
City Council Transport Control Centre
Mixed Service Operation
Bristol City Council's Contract Services Division (BCC) operates as the in-house provider of direct transport services to Bristol City Council clients. Transport Services include:- Home to school taxi transport
- School meal delivery
- Mail delivery
- Passenger services
BCC employs some 2500 employees with an annual '45 million turnover. LT enterprise edition2 solution plays a crucial role in the support and delivery of cost effective efficient transport services.
Control Centre Solution
Following a procurement exercise undertaken in 2004 for a Passenger Transport Routing and Invoicing System, BCC awarded a five year contract to Logical Transport to implement a 'control centre' solution for all education and social services transport across the City. This multi-phase project sees the deployment of LT 'enterprise edition 2' to manage both the 65 strong in-house vehicle fleet and 50 contractors providing hundreds of vehicles for the varied regular and ad-hoc passenger routing requirements. In addition, the administration of pupils using scheduled bus services will be managed.
Key Requirements
A map based routing system able to plan and compare routes by both the fastest, most direct and most cost-effective journeys. Achieve an effective service delivery and high vehicle utilisation by matching vehicles, drivers and escorts to routes. Deal effectively with multiple supplier rates, and the calculation and re-charging of individual client journeys to the appropriate purchasers' cost centre. Ability to interface to a multiplicity of existing IT systems using XML within BCC including core education, social services, financial, Land & Property Gazetteer and GIS systems.