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Routefinder PLUS - School Transportation’s Most Powerful Web-Based Routing Software, will help you open faster, manage the driver shortage and increase efficiencies everywhere.

Get the fastest, safest, smartest school bus routing software on the market today. Combined with our team of professionals many school districts have seen a 5% or better reduction on resources needed on the road.

How Routefinder PLUS Solves Problems:

  • Reduce runs, find efficiencies with PLUS to help your driver shortage
  • Utilize Trip Absorption to select a trip to be absorbed by other trips
  • Use Artificial Intelligence Optimization (AIO) to make routes more efficient
  • Sort, filter, and recycle your previous bus stop data
  • Get tasks done faster with simultaneous routing for morning and afternoon
  • Keep students safe with right-side only pickup and drop off
  • Automatically organize bus stop sequences for time and distance
  • Exceptions on student schedule
  • What-if scenarios and multiple map canvases, to compare and review
  • Increased flexibility for door-to-door and special needs routing
  • Ability to create electronic forms and surveys and gather data
  • Analytics capabilities to find and maintain efficiency

Watch our previously recorded webinar to learn what other school districts are doing and their creative ways they are attracting new drivers.

What are school districts saying about Routefinder PLUS?

“I truly love Transfinder. Everything about my experience has been great. I love the fact that we’re connected with PowerSchool, that I get the updates every night.” That includes address changes and new students coming into the district. That’s a really big time savings for me. I don’t have to manually put the new students into the routing program.” Click here to read more.
Crystal Blowe, Supervisor of Transportation at Essex County Public Schools in Virginia and also the district’s router.

Over less than a month this summer I was able to dump mpretty much all our routes, re route them, set everything back up and start the school year with whole new routing. The ease of PLUS. I tell people in less than a minute I can reroute a new student. If the student’s transportation needs change, I can change it. Very simple. Very quick. Click here to hear more.
Jason Hibbard, Director of transportation & safety at Chenango Forks CSD, NY. Transports 1,400 students, 21 routes.

“We decided last year to go to PLUS. Besides all the bells and whistles that PLUS offers, I think the advantage that comes across is the software is so much easier to use, that our every day users can now actually use it. They’re not calling support or the in-house routing department. They feel comfortable using the software on a daily basis. Kudos to Transfinder for a great product.” Serves 30-plus school districts, 26,000 students. Click here to read more.
Steve Gardner, General Manager at All-Star Transportation in Connecticut.

When Dr. Kerry Duskin, Transportation Director at Roosevelt Elementary School #66 in Arizona saw Routefinder PLUS for the first time, his response was: “How fast can I have it? I love it. it was a whole lot easier to maneuver, especially with my staff. My dispatchers are my routers. They are constantly in it and the transition of being able to go from Pro to PLUS has been a very easy transition. One of my staff members is not very knowledgeable with computers but picked up on PLUS very quickly. It’s a game-changer for us. It’s definitely a game-changer. Being able to do multiple things as one time … have different tabs open … I can route a kid in a minute, minute and a half. As long as the kid is my system correctly, geocoding and routing that kid to the bus is like – speed.” 7,500 students transported. Click here to hear more.
Dr. Kerry Duskin, Transportation Director at Roosevelt Elementary School #66 in Arizona

I remember when I got shown the PLUS environment. I was like, Wait! What?! It’s so much more intuitive. I don’t need a decoder ring. That was a game-changer for me right then and there. I’ve been handed a calendar with 30 different days of transportation requirements and the system handles it all. That alone is pretty impressive to be able to not save that piece of paper on a bulletin board but be like, ‘No, it’s in the system. The report prints out. It’s done.’ I’m thrilled, thrilled see it actually working. … When you see someone in their 80s embracing this technology, from a driver’s standpoint, then you know you have a good system that’s working for people.”  Click here to hear more.
Alisa Roman, Director of Nutrition & Transportation at Lewison School District in Maine

Why Choose Routefinder PLUS?

Other Companies

  • Build routes by hand, with no automated optimization
  • Import previous years' data from computer files
  • Maps are complex and hard to navigate
  • Added costs for extra contacts or document uploads
  • Requires separate software for reports and mail merge
  • Needs to be downloaded to desktop

Routefinder PLUS

  • Artificial Intelligence Optimization (AIO) automatically sorts stops for efficiency
  • Prohibit or restrict entire travel regions at the click of a button
  • Stores and recycles previous years' data, without the need for uploads
  • Maps have Smart Routing and intuitive design for ease of use
  • Unlimited contacts and document uploads
  • Built-in reports and mail merge features
  • Convenient and fast web browser access

FAQ

1. How does Routefinder PLUS work?
Routefinder PLUS uses artificial intelligence to automate the process of developing efficient, cost-friendly school bus routes for school districts.

2. How does Artificial Intelligence Optimization (AIO) work?
AIO uses artificial intelligence to automatically optimize school bus stops and routes with the most advanced technology available. Using smart School Bus Routing, AIO creates the shortest routes and fastest order of stops while minimizing drive time and mileage.

3. What is Smart Stop Assignment?
Routefinder PLUS's Smart Stop Assignment feature helps keep students safe during the loading and unloading process. With Smart Stop Assignment, you can prohibit students from crossing streets, designate right-side only pickup and drop off, and assign these designations to individual students or groups. If you are concerned about ensuring student safety, Routefinder PLUS's Smart Stop Assignment is a must-have for your district.

4. How does Routefinder PLUS store data?
Parents are becoming increasingly concerned with how companies store their data and their children's data -- and for good reason. Routefinder PLUS gives schools control over student and parent data by only collecting data from user-defined entry fields.

5. How much does Routefinder PLUS cost?
Routefinder PLUS customers have access to flexible payment options and compact districts can purchase Routefinder PLUS for as little as $4,995 to get started.

6.  How can I get Routefinder PLUS?
To get started on using Routefinder PLUS, complete the form on this page or click here to contact us. Alternatively, you can email us at getplus@transfinder.com or call 1-800-373-3609.

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