Integration of carpooling lines about transit HOT 5 OPEN

I implemented OTP support for carpooling back in the day and I welcome a standardization effort so thanks for this ticket.

As you know your proposal would work mostly out of the box in OTP but I have a question about your various route types: how is the routing result expected to change when one of these is selected?

I would encourage you to also take a look at the GTFS Flex Booking Rules. I believe that it will cover some of your requirements, particularly around trip_description and it's worth thinking if it can be adapted and re-used.

(The Flex spec is in the final stages of standardisation.)

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Hi @leonardehrenfried : About your question "how is the routing result expected to change when one of these is selected?" : the routing result itself is not expected to change, but the way it is explained to user is expected to change, using words and icons related to carpooling and not to bus. This is an example of this problem in Rennes (France) where such a carpooling line is taking into account in the routing results, but not in a comprehensive way for the users.

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BTW, GTFS Flex has been approved and Booking Rules are now part of the mainline spec. Maybe it helps you express some of the concepts in this ticket.

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We have seen that @leonardehrenfried, thanks! 😃
We will look up how GTFS Flex could be a suitable solution for describing carpooling lines.
Still open to any suggestions!

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