Transportation Management Software, bus scheduling software, school bus scheduling software, school bus management software
These days, few districts - if any - are actually trying to work out their bus routes 100% by hand. The days of spending weeks drawing lines on maps, or putting pushpins and strings on a wall, are thankfully well behind us.
However, many districts still try to do their routing in cut-rate ways, such as using basic mapping services like Google Maps to create their routes. The issue is, these basic systems simply aren't designed to handle the needs of large districts. A small investment into modern bus transportation routing software can result in huge optimizations and cost-saving measures which aren't possible to find with manual routing.
Why Your District Needs Better Transportation Routing Software
1 - Create every route at once
With good routing software, you can feed it a list of all students and addresses, as well as how many buses you have, and it will crunch through millions of scenarios to find the best possible combination of buses and routes. The level of iteration it can accomplish, by itself, ensures the routes will be better-optimized than maps made manually.
2 - Quickly update routes
What happens if several new students move into your district? It can be tempting to just assign them to the routes that pass closest to their houses, but that's not necessarily the best solution. Your bus routing software can generate new routes within moments, at any time you need, to explore any changes you need to make.
Plus, it'll save all the routes you generate, so you can always go back to an old one, if needed.
3 - Coordinate easily with drivers
When your routing software is connected to tablets on the bus, it ensures drivers are always getting up-to-date routes. Communicating changes becomes much more reliable. They'll also get full lists of all students expected to be on their bus, making it easier to ensure they have all the right kids onboard.
4 - Easily handle special needs
If you have children on IEPs with special mental or physical needs, it's vitally important your drivers have all the relevant information. Your bus routing software can take this into account, prioritizing these drop-offs, while communicating the students' needs directly to the driver.
This is only the beginning of how modern AI-powered bus routing software can streamline operations and cut costs. Contact us directly to learn more about how BusBoss can keep your buses running.
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