Table 7.
Cost analysis.
| Condition | DRTS only |
e-BSS only |
DRTS + e-BSS |
Current transport system |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial costs (€) | Annual operating costs (€) | Initial costs (€) | Annual operating costs (€) | Initial costs (€) | Annual operating costs (€) | Annual total costs (€) | |
| A) Bus with no on-demand requests | – | 175,652 | – | – | – | 175,652 | – |
| B) Bus serving all on-demand stops | – | 289,536 | – | – | – | 289,536 | – |
| C) Most likely estimate for DRTS | – | 227,220 | – | – | – | 227,220 | – |
| D) e-BSS | – | – | 288,600 | 144,000 | 288,600 | 144,000 | – |
| E) Software + app | 40,000 | – | – | – | 40,000 | – | – |
| Overall costs of conditions C, D, and E | 40,000 | 227,220 | 288,600 | 144,000 | 328,600 | 371,220 | 348,731 |