Flexbus Klein-Brabant pilot

The Flex Bus is an on-demand bus service. It operates in a delimited area and travellers can take the bus between bus stops in that area. However the bus does not follow a fixed route. Travelers have to book the trip they want to make in advance, by telephone or by means of an internet application.

This service is meant to service areas that are too sparsely populated to have fixed bus lines operating at fixed hours.

Resources needed

Investments	€28.000
Yearly maintenance	€47.688
Pilot costs	€237.013
Costs permanent solution	€237.013
Timeframe: solution acception, how long does this need to be adopted by the initiator?	The pilot has been developed and agreed in about 6 months. After 6 months of pilotting, the solution has been prolonged with 18 months. About 1 year into these 18 months, the Flexbus has been adopted as a permanent solution from 2022 onwards.
Which resources are in the pilot and which are not	The pilot cost mentioned above, does not include the development cost. It includes: Depreciation and maintenance of the vehicles and of bus stops Rent of the depot Telematics Insurance, fuel, repairs… Operating the bus
Ideas about optimilisation for the future	Electrification