How to calculate a taxi and ride route

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You request a route from the Amsterdam City center to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport with the Intermodal Routing API v8 using a combination of taxi and transit transport types. We call this Taxi and Ride intermodal route. You take a taxi to the closest public transport station, transfer to another mode of transport and reach your destination through public transportation.

Request

Authentication

Intermodal Routing supports authentication using both API Key and Bearer Token. To get started, join the HERE platform.

To learn more about the available authentication methods, see Identity and Access Management Developer Guide.

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Constructing a Taxi and Ride Route Request

GET https://intermodal.router.hereapi.com/v8/routes
    ?destination=52.309584623632894,4.762449758418342
    &origin=52.360292297234395,4.883253423531613
    &taxi[enable]=routeHead
    &taxi[modes]=car
    &transit[enable]=routeTail
    &rented[enable]=
    &apiKey=<YOUR API KEY>

The only required parameters for an Intermodal Route Request in general are origin and destination, given in <latitude>,<longitude> format. For a Taxi and Ride request in particular, set the parameters taxi[modes]=car, taxi[enable]=routeHead, transit[enable]=routeTail, and rented[enable]= to ensure the Taxi and Ride intermodal route in the response.

The taxi[modes]=car and taxi[enable]=routeHead parameters tell the intermodal router to return taxi transport type in the head section of the route. Whereas the transit[enable]=routeTail parameter tells the intermodal router to return transit transport type in the tail section of the route. The rented[enable]= parameter is needed to disable the rented transport type in the response, which is enabled by default.

By default, the Intermodal Routing API v8 returns only one optimal intermodal route. The optional parameter alternatives represents the number of alternative routes to return aside from the optimal route. By default, alternatives=0 is assumed and only one optimal route is returned. In cases where also a pedestrian route is available it will be also returned. This may lead to two routes being returned in total (one intermodal route and one pedestrian route) even though only one is expected when alternatives=0 is given.

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At the moment, taxi[modes]=car parameter is optional as car is the only mode of transport for taxi transport type. In the future, other modes like shuttle might be made available, and you will need to use taxi[modes]=shuttle if you only want that to be returned in the response.

For more information on the services and transport types of the Intermodal Routing API v8, see the Intermodal Services & Transport Types section.

Response

A successful response contains the following details about the calculated route:

One optimal route divided into sections
Departure and arrival times, duration, coordinates, and other per-section information for each section
Per section, one of the following transport types:
- taxi - route section in which you ride from your origin to the location of transfer
- pedestrian - route section in which you walk from the taxi drop-off point to the transit station
- transit - route section with the public transit departure and arrival stations
  - Optionally, all intermediate stops can be returned by setting the return=intermediate request parameter.
A set of operators that run the services including operator code, operator name, and links to operator websites

{
  "routes": [
    {
      "id": "R003814-C0",
      "sections": [
        {
          "id": "R003814-C0-S0",
          "type": "pedestrian",
          "departure": {
            "time": "2020-04-28T16:28:00+02:00",
            "place": {
              "type": "place",
              "location": {
                "lat": 52.360292,
                "lng": 4.883253
              }
            }
          },
          "arrival": {
            "time": "2020-04-28T16:29:00+02:00",
            "place": {
              "name": "Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum",
              "type": "station",
              "location": {
                "lat": 52.359768,
                "lng": 4.883548
              },
              "id": "215030307"
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "id": "R003814-C0-S1",
          "type": "transit",
          "departure": {
            "time": "2020-04-28T16:29:00+02:00",
            "place": {
              "name": "Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum",
              "type": "station",
              "location": {
                "lat": 52.359768,
                "lng": 4.883548
              },
              "id": "215030307"
            },
            "delay": 0
          },
          "arrival": {
            "time": "2020-04-28T16:40:00+02:00",
            "place": {
              "name": "Amsterdam, Station Zuid",
              "type": "station",
              "location": {
                "lat": 52.340825,
                "lng": 4.87374
              },
              "id": "215096212",
              "platform": "D"
            },
            "delay": 0
          },
          "transport": {
            "mode": "lightRail",
            "name": "5",
            "category": "Tram",
            "headsign": "Amstelveen Stadshart"
          },
          "agency": {
            "id": "5wUGVB00",
            "name": "GVB",
            "website": "http://www.gvb.nl"
          }
        },
        {
          "id": "R003814-C0-S2",
          "type": "pedestrian",
          "departure": {
            "time": "2020-04-28T16:40:00+02:00",
            "place": {
              "name": "Amsterdam, Station Zuid",
              "type": "station",
              "location": {
                "lat": 52.340825,
                "lng": 4.87374
              },
              "id": "215096212"
            }
          },
          "arrival": {
            "time": "2020-04-28T16:46:00+02:00",
            "place": {
              "name": "Amsterdam Zuid",
              "type": "station",
              "location": {
                "lat": 52.33882,
                "lng": 4.872866
              },
              "id": "215154261"
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "id": "R003814-C0-S3",
          "type": "transit",
          "departure": {
            "time": "2020-04-28T16:46:00+02:00",
            "place": {
              "name": "Amsterdam Zuid",
              "type": "station",
              "location": {
                "lat": 52.33882,
                "lng": 4.872866
              },
              "id": "215154261",
              "platform": "3"
            }
          },
          "arrival": {
            "time": "2020-04-28T16:52:00+02:00",
            "place": {
              "name": "Schiphol Airport",
              "type": "station",
              "location": {
                "lat": 52.309539,
                "lng": 4.762266
              },
              "id": "215125100",
              "platform": "4"
            }
          },
          "transport": {
            "mode": "regionalTrain",
            "name": "Intercity",
            "category": "Regional Train",
            "headsign": "Schiphol Airport"
          },
          "agency": {
            "id": "5wUIFF06",
            "name": "NS",
            "website": "http://www.ns.nl"
          }
        },
        {
          "id": "R003814-C0-S4-dep",
          "type": "pedestrian",
          "departure": {
            "time": "2020-04-28T16:52:00+02:00",
            "place": {
              "name": "Schiphol Airport",
              "type": "station",
              "location": {
                "lat": 52.309539,
                "lng": 4.762266
              },
              "id": "215125100"
            }
          },
          "arrival": {
            "time": "2020-04-28T16:53:00+02:00",
            "place": {
              "name": "Schiphol",
              "type": "accessPoint",
              "location": {
                "lat": 52.309539,
                "lng": 4.762266
              }
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "id": "R003814-C0-S4",
          "type": "pedestrian",
          "departure": {
            "time": "2020-04-28T16:53:00+02:00",
            "place": {
              "name": "Schiphol",
              "type": "accessPoint",
              "location": {
                "lat": 52.309539,
                "lng": 4.762266
              }
            }
          },
          "arrival": {
            "time": "2020-04-28T16:54:00+02:00",
            "place": {
              "type": "place",
              "location": {
                "lat": 52.309585,
                "lng": 4.76245
              }
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}