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Newsby StaffJune 28, 2012

Doctoral candidates win 1st prize for bus routing system

Jeremy North and William Ellegood, University of Missouri–St. Louis doctoral candidates, win the graduate school research fair with their project "Applying Business Logistic Optimization Modeling to School Bus Routing." Their algorithm aims to minimize the distance traveled and the number of buses required for transporting students.

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Newsby StaffMay 24, 2012

Boston district implements major transportation changes

Boston Public Schools aims to increase on-time performance and improve communication with students' families within its transportation department by routing months in advance and reviewing bus loading and unloading procedures. Staff members have also undergone customer service training.

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Newsby StaffDecember 12, 2011

Ohio district to use Versatrans product suite

Tyler Technologies has signed an agreement with Columbus City Schools to provide the district with its student transportation management solution. In addition to the core routing and planning product, the district selects many other Versatrans applications, including Onscreen for GPS and Triptracker.

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Newsby StaffOctober 11, 2011

Transfinder to release new version of routing software

Transfinder's version 10.0 of Routefinder Pro contains several powerful features, including new integration with Servicefinder, Transfinder's fleet maintenance solution, and with third-party student tracking systems, such as Zonar's ZPass.

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ProductsSeptember 9, 2011

BusBoss Transportation Management Software

BusBoss Transportation Management Software provides integrated GIS mapping, automatic address geocoding and optimized routing.

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Articlesby Kelly AguinaldoAugust 25, 2011

District Targets Efficiency With New Routing System

Chicago Public Schools’ Bureau of Student Transportation Services is developing a request for proposal to upgrade the system. Officials say that the system’s components will be integrated in four phases, with the end product incorporating all of the bureau’s business and routing functions, as well as GPS capabilities.

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Newsby StaffAugust 25, 2011

Transfinder expands quality assurance department

The school bus routing software provider expands its quality assurance team to include Betsy Edson as quality assurance manager, Sean Klemme as quality assurance specialist and John Adams, who was promoted from technical support specialist to quality assurance specialist.

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Articlesby Derek GrahamAugust 18, 2011

Taking Routing Data Beyond Routing

From key performance indicators to school redistricting to stop-arm violation tracking, there are many ways to benefit from the information in a computerized routing program.

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ArticlesJuly 28, 2011

Cutting Costs With Routing Software

School bus routing software can drastically reduce costs through routing optimization, and it can protect student riders by helping users identify hazardous landmarks and arrange for curbside pickup.

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Newsby StaffJune 16, 2011

Operation strives to improve efficiency, customer service with new routing system

Chicago Public Schools’ Bureau of Student Transportation Services is developing a request for proposal to upgrade the system. Officials tell SBF that the system’s components will be integrated in four phases, with the end product incorporating all of the bureau’s business and routing functions, as well as GPS capabilities.

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