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    <h1 class="mb-3">Intermodal Travel Information</h1>
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      Real Time Routing including Trains, Buses, Trams, Planes, Bike Sharing,
      Ride Sharing, and
      many more
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        <h5 class="card-title">Multi Criteria Optimization</h5>
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          The algorithms behind MOTIS inherently support multicriteria Pareto
          optimization. When traveling, the fastest connection is not always the
          most desirable one for every traveller: a connection that saves one or
          more transfers but
          takes a few minutes longer might be worthwhile, too. Therefore, MOTIS
          is capable of computing all optimal trade-offs. All approaches
          implemented in MOTIS are state-of-the-art and guarantee optimality of
          the results.
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        <h5 class="card-title">Pedestrian Routing</h5>
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          Based on OpenStreetMap data, the Per Pedes Routing project which was
          funded by the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital
          Infrastructure (<a
            href="https://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/DE/Artikel/DG/mfund-projekte/per-pedes-routing.html">mFUND
            project</a>) provides personalized foot routing in MOTIS. This
          addresses particularly the needs of mobility-impaired persons including
          those with heavy luggage or a baby buggy who would like to avoid
          obstacles like stairs if the detour is acceptable.
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          <a href="https://github.com/motis-project/ppr">GitHub Link</a>
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        <h5 class="card-title">Real-Time</h5>
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          The data model of MOTIS can be updated according to real-time
          information (delays, cancellations, reroutings, additional services,
          etc.). This way, it is capable of computing optimal connections that
          work in case of service disturbances. MOTIS provides real-time journey
          monitoring and informs the user in case of problems with their journey
          (i.e. via App). Real-time data can be consumed in the standardized
          GTFS-RT format.
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        <h5 class="card-title">Web and App</h5>
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          To demonstrate the API, MOTIS provides a <a
            href="https://europe.motis-project.de/">web application</a> which 
          provides capabilities for intermodal real-time routing.
          Everything is <a href="https://github.com/motis-project/motis/tree/master/ui">open
            source</a> as well and can be hacked on!
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        <p class="card-text font-italic">Note: currently, not all features
          provided by the backend are available in the user interface.</p>
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          <a
            href="https://github.com/motis-project/motis/tree/master/ui">GitHub
            Link</a>
          <a href="https://europe.motis-project.de/">Web Demo</a>
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        <h5 class="card-title">API</h5>
        <p class="card-text">All functionalities are available via a <a
            href="https://google.github.io/flatbuffers/">Flatbuffers</a> /
          JSON
          API. MOTIS itself is structured into modules which use the same
          protocol as the external clients (such as the Android app and web
          application). MOTIS provides batch files for evaluations with a
          large
          number of queries as well as JSON via HTTP or WebSocket when MOTIS
          is
          operated as a server.</p>
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        <h5 class="card-title">Intermodal</h5>
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          MOTIS supports arbitrary transport modes such as public transport,
          walking, driving by car (own car, taxi, etc.), ride sharing, bike
          sharing or flights. At the core of MOTIS is a powerful
          state-of-the-art public transport data model and routing algorithm.
          All other
          transport modes can be addressed in a modular way without
          sacrificing
          optimality.
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