Figure 7: Trip destinations Troopies Traybacks Trucks More than 500 Figure 8: All journeys - all vehicles (single journeys hidden) Note: the apparently smaller number of trips internal to Alice Springs in comparison to Tennant Creek is due to the co-incidence of multiple suburban locations. Figure 9: Plenty Highway typical unsealed highway – 4.3.3. Bookings vs use of vehicles A comparison of bookings with the actual use of vehicles identified: vehicles which are booked and used on the day of booking vehicles which are booked, but not used on the booked day vehicles which are used without being reserved in the VBS. Ideally, all use of a vehicle fall into the first category. However, there is a significant number of days when a vehicle was booked but not used or used without having been booked. Figure 10 shows the extent of each category overall, then separately by vehicle type, CLC Unit, location and restricted status. Figure 10: Bookings and vehicles used weekdays – Both these situations present different management problems. The non-use of booked vehicles precludes their use by others, with the potential for over-sizing of the fleet due to perceived difficulties in securing vehicles, indicated by the area above the 100% line on Figure 10. The use of vehicles without being booked has implications for fleet management and maintenance, and for staff safety as the practice can potentially bypass vehicle and equipment safety checking. Thirty per cent of Troopie bookings fall into this class.
Figure 7: Trip destinations Troopies Traybacks Trucks More than 500 Figure 8: All journeys - all vehicles (single journeys hidden) Note: the apparently smaller number of trips internal to Alice Springs in comparison to Tennant Creek is due to the co-incidence of multiple suburban locations. Figure 9: Plenty Highway – typical unsealed highway 4.3.3. Bookings vs use of vehicles A comparison of bookings with the actual use of vehicles identified: vehicles which are booked and used on the day of booking vehicles which are booked, but not used on the booked day vehicles which are used without being reserved in the VBS. Ideally, all use of a vehicle fall into the first category. However, there is a significant number of days when a vehicle was booked but not used or used without having been booked. Figure 10 shows the extent of each category overall, then separately by vehicle type, CLC Unit, location and restricted status. Figure 10: Bookings and vehicles used – weekdays Both these situations present different management problems. The non-use of booked vehicles precludes their use by others, with the potential for over-sizing of the fleet due to perceived difficulties in securing vehicles, indicated by the area above the 100% line on Figure 10. The use of vehicles without being booked has implications for fleet management and maintenance, and for staff safety as the practice can potentially bypass vehicle and equipment safety checking. Thirty per cent of Troopie bookings fall into this class.
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