Container-based Action Routing Tool (CART)

A tool that enables the planning of container pickup and dropoff at many locations with customizables vehicles (speed, allowed roadways, capacity, etc.)

User instructions are at https://github.com/datakind/dk-routing/blob/main/dkroutingtool/README.md

Configuration manual is at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iOlXQk6_ElM_LdawJPREHNjVkv_2Qajam3is2hm5zyM

Developed by volunteers and DataKind, formerly known as DataKind Routing Tool. The initial goal was to provide routing assistance for container-based sanitation organizations and we're open sourcing the tool to make sure it can reach many more use cases and organizations.

Why would it be useful for me?

Here are some features supported by the current release.

• Routes through hundreds or thousands of locations in minutes
• Minimizes either time or distance across trips (with steep elevation changes as an experimental optimization)
• Specific time windows per area or per location are respected
• Configuration of multiple different vehicles with different speeds, allowable roads and capacities via OSRM profiles
• Detailed maps of the trips in html files
• Possibility of editing the routes via spreadsheets to reorder locations or put a location onto a different trip
• Exports GPX tracks to be used in turn-by-turn navigation tools (e.g. OSM Automated Navigation Directions at https://osmand.net/)

What does it look like?

Demonstration of the web client: https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2bae88fa-46aa-4b1b-bb41-19b9792eafeb

An example of a map with all planned trips:

The spreadsheet allowing reordering of the locations:

And a sample solution that provides relevant metrics:

...
Route ID red-7, West , 3wheeler, Cap 50:
waste_basket -> 3365391469 -> 2068942499 -> 7778351995 -> 4056395683 -> 995175662 -> 7778324711 -> 7829947085 -> 4472447170 -> 2622751934 -> 1794111136 -> 7820195264 -> 7798179688 -> 267901435 -> 321647302 -> West-UNLOAD
Distance of the route: 4.926km
Load of the route: 45
Time of the route: 47min

Total:
Distance of all routes: 38.422km
Time of all routes: 311min

Contact

Maintained by Zebreu (Sebastien Ouellet), feel free to open issues for any question or clarification.