Trip Costing

Overview

v.2.1.0’s release includes three ways a user can access the Cost Calculator to cost a transportation trip, as well as new additional features to enhance the capabilities when costing a trip.

The three ways to Cost a Trip are;

1. A standalone service in which trips can be manually costed and managed
2. Bulk importing of data via a CSV file
3. Connect to the app via API

Additional features added to costing a trip are;

• Agencies
• Passengers
• Events
• Cost a Trip
• Invoices

Trip Costing Navigation Panel

This part of the cost calculator is intended to help you accurately price the cost of a trip for a medicare rider using a least path calculation. In the current release trip pricing is enabled for a single operator running a single trip. In the next release recurring and multi-passenger trips will be available. 

To access Trip Pricing, select Single Trip in the navigation menu as shown in the image below.

Single Trip Costing accessed from he navigation menu

Costing a trip

To run a Trip Cost on the NEMT CC app one needs to only fill in three pieces of information;

1. Trip Origin
2. Trip Destination
3. Trip Name

In the image shown below, the various input fields and data generated by the application are explained in more detail.

1. Origin of Trip
2. Destination of the Trip
3. Total Hours of the Trip - field will auto-populate once the Origin an Destination have been input
4. Total Miles of the Trip - field will auto-populate once the Origin an Destination have been input
5. Trip Price - field will auto-populate once the Origin an Destination have been input
6. Direct Vehicle Mile Cost - field will auto-populate once the Origin an Destination have been input
7. Fully Allocated Cost of the Trip - field will auto-populate once the Origin an Destination have been input
8. Unique Name of this trip
9. Save the Trip

Viewing previously run trips

There are multiple ways that one can view a previously run trip on the NEMT CC. 

• From the trip pricing screen
• By accessing
• Trip > Results from the navigation menu
• Saved Prices from the navigation menu

Previously run trips - Pricing Screen

Previously run trips are easily accessible from the Trip Pricing page. To view these trips, please follow the steps outlined below.

1. Click the 'Trips' button located in the top right of the input form
2. This will bring up a list of the most previously run trips on the application
3. Click the arrow next to the trip you want to view
   1. Click the arrow next to the trip you want to view
   2. The Trip details will show, Origin to Destination
   3. The map will highlight the suggested route

Previously run trips - Navigation Menu, Trip > Results

A more detailed record of previously run trips can be accessed from the navigation menu by going to Trip, Results.  

Table and Reporting Options

Previously recorded trips on this page have more detailed information than viewing previously recorded trips on the Trip Costing screen.  Shown in the image below, if you highlight over any column of data an icon will show that allows you to open the menu.

Reporting Menu Options

Within the menu options there are four available options to further customize the reporting experience.

1. Sort column; ASC & DESC
2. Filter; has many options available to users. As shown in the image below, columns can be filtered by;
   • Service Mode
   • Origin
   • Destination
   • Total Hours
   • Total Miles
   • Trip Cost
   • DVM Cost
   • Fully Allocated Cost
   • Data can further be filtered by adding further whether the column;
     • Contains
     • Does not contain
     • Equals
     • Does not equal
     • Starts with
     • Ends with
     • Is empty
     • Is not empty
     • Is any of
3. Hide column; Select to hide the column of data
4. Manage columns; Here the user can select what data sets they want displayed in each column by selecting or deselecting the desired field of data.

Exporting Data

All previously recorded trips and individually selected trips are able to be exported from the NEMT CC application. To export data, please follow these simple steps;

1. Select the data you want to export; to select all, click the checkbox at the top of the table field as shown in image below #1.
2. Once you have selected the records to export, click Export Selection located In the bottom right of the screen. Image above #2.

Previously run trips - Saved Prices

In the navigation menu labeled, 'Saved Prices', users able to view both saved Service and Trip Costs from the same dashboard. Image shown below.

Quickly access the data from these records or click the button in the top right of each table to access the richer tables under each category labeled, Results in the navigation menu. Image shown below.