Bus operators in Israel pilot app to detect in real time passenger occupancy and demand to generate on-demand routing

HopOn is piloting a tool that generates on-demand routing for Dan Transportation and Metropolitan buses. The app directs to new bus routes based on passenger occupancy and demand and creates flexible public transportation. Each driver or inspector, the payment enforcement personnel, installs the HopOn app on their phone or tablet and can start driving on a new route using voice and map commands. These drivers and inspectors can report at each station how many passengers are on the bus and the number of waiting passengers at the station. The app detects in real time how many passengers are on each vehicle and how many passengers are at each station. Based on this information the system can dispatch another vehicle and manage the operation by demand.