Fields of Consulting

Advice built on your network, not on assumptions.

Blixar consults for the organisations that plan, run, fund and host public transport. Every engagement uses our own optimisation and AI tools on your real schedules, fleet and ridership, so each recommendation comes with the numbers to back it.

Public sector

Transport authorities

Authorities set the network and pay for it. We help them redesign it with the evidence attached and report figures that stay reported.

Questions we answer

  • Which routes duplicate each other, and what would merging them cost riders?
  • What fleet and crew does this timetable really need before we tender it?
  • Which districts have service without demand, or demand without service?

What we deliver

  • Network reviews and restructuring proposals, each with its cost line
  • Tender baselines for fleet, crew and kilometres
  • Operator reporting with locked months and audit trails

Public sector

Transport agencies

National and regional agencies oversee many operators at once. We help them see the whole system on common data and common standards.

Questions we answer

  • Are our operators’ schedule feeds complete, consistent and comparable?
  • How do we measure performance fairly across very different networks?
  • Where would funding for electrification or new service do the most good?

What we deliver

  • GTFS and data-standard audits across operators
  • Performance frameworks and benchmarking
  • Evidence for funding and investment cases

Public sector

Environment authorities

Buses are one of the fastest ways to cut transport emissions. We help environment authorities set targets they can measure and plans operators can meet.

Questions we answer

  • What does the bus fleet emit today, route by route and depot by depot?
  • How fast can the fleet go zero-emission, and what does each step cost?
  • Which corridors would cleaner buses help most?

What we deliver

  • Emissions baselines from real timetables and kilometres
  • Zero-emission fleet transition roadmaps
  • Monitoring built on measured energy and mileage

Public sector

Land and network authorities

Depots, terminals, bus lanes and charging sites all need land and road space. We help the authorities who control it plan for the network that will use it.

Questions we answer

  • How much depot land does the fleet need, now and after electrification?
  • Which terminals and corridors need layover space or bus priority?
  • Where should chargers go, and what grid capacity do those sites need?

What we deliver

  • Depot and terminal capacity studies
  • Bus priority and corridor assessments
  • Charging site selection with peak power per site

Public sector

Cities and municipalities

Cities answer to residents for coverage, congestion and clean air. We help them plan bus service and the city services around it on one evidence base.

Questions we answer

  • Which neighbourhoods sit outside a reasonable walk of a bus?
  • Where would on-demand service do better than a fixed route?
  • How do we run municipal fleets by need rather than by calendar?

What we deliver

  • Coverage and access studies by district
  • Mobility plans and on-demand transit assessments
  • Smart city services such as sensor-driven waste collection

Industry

Transport operators

Operators carry the cost of every bus and every duty. We help them run the contract with fewer of both, and rosters drivers accept.

Questions we answer

  • How close is our fleet to the fewest buses the timetable could run on?
  • How many drivers do we need, and why are days going uncovered?
  • What would it cost to run this timetable electric, from this depot?

What we deliver

  • Vehicle and crew efficiency reviews against the lower bound
  • Electric fleet and depot transition plans
  • Rostering, cover and daily operations improvement

Industry

Energy and utility providers

Electric buses turn depots into some of the largest new loads on the grid. We help utilities see that load coming, site by site and hour by hour.

Questions we answer

  • How much power will each depot draw, and when is the peak?
  • Could smarter charging schedules avoid a costly connection upgrade?
  • Which sites should be connected first?

What we deliver

  • Depot charging load forecasts from real timetables
  • Managed-charging scenarios that flatten the evening peak
  • Connection sequencing for fleet roll-out

How an engagement works

From your data to a decision you can defend.

Consulting and software come from the same team. The analysis runs on the tools we build, so it is repeatable, checkable and yours to keep.

  1. 01

    Data audit

    Week one. We load your schedules, alignments, fleet and operations data and tell you what it can and cannot support.

  2. 02

    Baseline

    Today’s network, fleet and crew rebuilt and checked against their lower bounds, so every later saving is measured honestly.

  3. 03

    Options

    The questions on your table, costed on your own network: restructuring, electrification, depot changes, routes per driver.

  4. 04

    Recommendation

    A written case with the numbers behind it, the trade-offs, and who each change affects. Built to survive a board meeting.

  5. 05

    Handover

    The models stay with you. Keep using the tools yourself, or keep us on to run the next round.

Tell us what you need to decide.

A restructure, a tender, an electric roll-out, a depot, an emissions target. Send us the question and whatever data you have, and we will tell you honestly what it can answer.