RouteWise AI™
The world’s first student transportation intelligence platform, closing the gap between district strategy and traditional routing software.
When you’re facing
budget cuts
bell-time changes
climate goals
bus driver shortages
budget cuts
you need RouteWise AI
RouteWise AI provides school districts with transformative results, such as:
46%
increased efficiency
High-utilization bus routes (30 or more students) increased by 46%
40%
savings
Identified capital savings of 40% over 10 years
+17%
improvement in on-time arrival
On-time arrival rate went from 85% to 99%
What Our Clients Say
“Ultimately what I need to be able to communicate back to a school leader or a Board member is whether a bell time change will require more drivers or not. That seemingly simple question is really complex. RouteWise AI helps our team by delivering a clean understanding of how a change would impact operations.
This is an analysis that might traditionally take our team nights and weekends to put together and now I can request a new RouteWise AI scenario and get the results the next morning. We got answers to our school communities and made smart bell time changes faster, saving time and money with RouteWise AI’s support.”
Tyler Maybee
Director of Operations, DPS Transportation
“Our routing team doesn’t have the capacity to completely start from scratch and build many new routing scenarios. RouteWise AI allows us to quickly evaluate the operational impact of bus stop or other scenarios without burning out our routing team.”
Marcy Phelps
Director of Transportation, Littleton Public Schools
“When we started, we had bus routes without drivers, furious parents, overwhelmed staff, and kids missing invaluable learning time. That is all changing. Our creative and hard-working transportation team, in partnership with HopSkipDrive RouteWise AI, is transforming our district’s approach to transportation.”
Michael Gall
Colorado Springs, D11 Superintendent
“Working with the RouteWise AI team has been instrumental in our bell time evaluation. They delivered findings from hundreds of scenarios that would have been impossible to generate on our own. You can explore all the options you’ve ever dreamed of; while it is great if a new scenario works out, if it doesn’t you get the data to understand why. The platform’s ability to quickly model various operational impacts has provided us with invaluable insights, options, and confidence in our decision-making.”
David Crumm
Operations Administrator, Ohio County Schools
“I’ve enjoyed working with the RouteWise AI team. The model often delivers recommendations we wouldn’t come up with on our own. We’ve always combined certain elementary school runs with certain secondary runs - it’s great seeing where the model suggests something different and with more efficiency.”
Laura Sanchez
Router, Littleton Public Schools
Our Solution: RouteWise AI
Sitting on top of your existing routing software, RouteWise AI is a student transportation intelligence platform that transforms operations into a catalyst for improving student outcomes. The only solution of its kind, RouteWise AI delivers results through a combination of proprietary AI technology and deep industry expertise.
The platform empowers district leaders with data, strategic insights, and optimized transportation plans that solve the biggest challenges all school districts face. RouteWise AI enables teams to address.
Bus driver shortages
RouteWise AI helps districts maximize high-ridership routes and efficiently utilize all available transportation options.
Budget management
RouteWise AI helps districts identify inefficiencies, optimize resources, and achieve financial goals without compromising service levels.
Decrease in carbon footprint
RouteWise AI identifies which vehicle and route changes have a specific and measurable impact on carbon emissions, helping transportation teams understand their options and reach environmental goals.
Changing bell times
RouteWise AI helps districts proactively plan and visualize the impacts of policy changes, from adjusted bell times to modified transportation eligibility.
Changes in student populations
RouteWise AI helps districts quickly and nimbly adapt to student population changes with flexible, scalable routing options.
RouteWise AI incorporates routing guidance from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Creating safe, efficient, and effective school bus routes involves more than just adding stops to a route.
Utilizing industry-standard best practices for routing, including NHTSA’s safety guidance, RouteWise AI ensures a more comprehensive approach to safety during route creation and optimization.
RouteWise AI is a transportation intelligence platform, complementing a district’s current routing software and routing team.
The HopSkipDrive Difference
Compatibility promise
RouteWise AI complements — not replaces — your existing routing software or platform.
Operational expertise
We’ve arranged safe and reliable transportation for students across millions of miles for over 10,000 schools.
Revolutionary technology
We put the latest advances in transportation routing technology right at your team’s fingertips.
Success Stories
Awards & Recognition
We’re proud to have received the following awards for our technology, solutions, and service.
District Administration Top EdTech Products 2024
Winner, Management Systems Technology: RouteWise AI™
Anthem Awards 2024
Silver Anthem Award for Responsible Technology: RouteWise AI™
Fast Company World Changing Ideas 2023
Honorable Mention in the Transportation Category: RouteWise AI™
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