The problem
Why planning by hand stops working.
- A new child, a new address or a new bell time means redrawing several routes, not one.
- Buses run half empty on some routes and over capacity on others.
- Kindergarten, primary and secondary leave at different times, and the afternoon plan has to follow.
- The plan lives in one person's head and one spreadsheet, and both take holidays.
How Trayvar solves it
How the optimiser plans the day.
01
Hubs or door-to-door
Nearby homes are grouped into pickup hubs, or each child is collected from home where the school expects door-to-door. Hub and door pickup can run side by side.
02
Sequenced against your constraints
The optimiser sequences every route against vehicle capacity, boarding time, bell times and road distances, with traffic taken into account where it matters.
03
Afternoon runs by dismissal time
Afternoon runs split by dismissal time, so kindergarten, primary and secondary each go home on their own run.
04
Approved before anyone drives
Plans are reviewed and approved route by route or all at once. Runs that would share a driver or a vehicle at the same time are flagged before approval.
The evidence
What you can check once the routes run.
- The operations report shows planned and measured distance for each route, so the plan can be held to account.
- Load factor and on-time performance are reported by run, driver and school.
- Each school you serve receives a service report on its own routes and children.
Questions and answers
How long does it take to plan school bus routes?
Trayvar's optimiser plans every route overnight. Someone on your team reviews the plan in the morning and approves it route by route or all at once.
Can routes mix hub stops and door-to-door pickups?
Yes. Nearby homes can be grouped into pickup hubs while other children are collected from home, and both can run side by side.
What does the optimiser take into account?
Vehicle capacity, boarding time, bell times and road distances, with traffic taken into account where it matters. Afternoon runs split by dismissal time for kindergarten, primary and secondary.
See it against your own routes.
A demo takes the platform through your own fleet, schools and bell times. We come back within 48 hours.