Compare complete travel routes
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An attendance-feasibility packet with weekly windows, route comparison, coverage plan, cost sheet, disruption messages, and a tested go, revise, or pause decision.
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What to include
- A weekly attendance map showing fixed hours, preparation, travel, handoff, and return windows.
- A two-route comparison with segment totals, round-trip costs, return checks, and access questions.
- A coverage table and handoff note with gaps, confirmation status, and a pause or revision rule.
- A recurring and first-week cost sheet with visible gaps and two feasible questions or revisions.
- Two disruption cards with triggers, feasible actions, and an attendance message.
- A complete attendance packet with a stress test, revised decision, and next verification step.
Review and revise
Use these criteria to check your work and choose what to improve.
- Whole-day timing: includes preparation, both trips, arrival buffer, and the teen or adult handoff; the chosen route agrees with the complete attendance window.
- Route and coverage feasibility: compares complete travel segments and return access, identifies care gaps, and distinguishes agreed coverage from tentative help.
- Participation costs: separates recurring and one-time expenses, computes both affordability gaps, and excludes unawarded support from confirmed funds.
- Disruption reasoning: tests delay against the actual buffer without consuming required tasks, checks consequences for care, and supports a go, revise, or pause decision with an early message.
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The idea in everyday life
The quickest vehicle segment is not always the quickest complete trip. Walking to stops, transfers, waiting, service days, fare rules, and the return journey matter. Accessibility information should be checked with the operator. A practice comparison can expose gaps without requiring a real journey, a driving license, or a paid fare.
A usable route connects both doors in both directions.
One step at a time.
Use the sample or information you have permission to use. Keep your work as you go. You can pause between steps.
- 1
List each route segment separately, including all walks and waits. Add the segments for A and B and keep the unit as minutes so transfer time cannot disappear in the comparison.
- 2
Calculate round-trip fares using the stated sample charges. Add a column for how fares are paid and mark it unknown when the case supplies no answer; do not assume an account is necessary.
- 3
Check that the listed service day and return trip fit the attendance map. Add questions about stop access, vehicle access, transfer reliability, and any operator-specific booking procedure relevant to the chosen scenario.
- 4
Select a provisional primary route using time, cost, and unresolved access issues together. Record why it is provisional and what evidence would make you choose the other route instead.
See how it works.
Fictional practice: Route A has a 10-minute walk, 8-minute wait, 25-minute bus ride, and 7-minute final walk: 50 minutes door to door, costing $2 each way. Route B has a 5-minute walk, 10-minute wait, 15-minute ride, 12-minute transfer wait, and 15-minute second ride: 57 minutes, costing $3 each way. Both have a listed return. Route A is cheaper and faster in the supplied data, but its stop-access details are unknown. Sam records that question before calling it usable. The sample does not establish actual transit availability or any rider’s eligibility.
Did you cover these?
- A totals 50 minutes and B 57
- Round trips cost $4 and $6
- Access questions remain explicit
What to finish
A two-route comparison with segment totals, round-trip costs, return checks, and access questions.
Watch for this
Comparing ride time while omitting walks, waits, or the trip home.
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Source & access notes · checked 2026-09-10
Read time estimates, interruptions, and differences between estimated and actual duration. Page-specific CC BY-NC-SA notice checked; no textbook activities or tables copied.
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Source & access notes · checked 2026-09-10
Read the official index of transit accessibility and reasonable-modification regulations. Used to identify questions and official verification routes, not determine individual paratransit eligibility.
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