Case Study: Perry County Transportation Authority achieves 40% fuel savings and operational turnaround with Ecolane DRT scheduling and dispatch software

Perry County Transit - Customer Case Study

Perry County Transportation Authority operates 375 trips per day across 556 square miles with 28 vehicles, and struggled with unreliable two-way radios in rural terrain, manual scheduling, poor data entry, cumbersome financial management, difficulty handling route changes, and an operational deficit. During Ecolane’s statewide transit software rollout in Pennsylvania, Perry County adopted Ecolane DRT scheduling and dispatch software to modernize operations and address these challenges.

Ecolane implemented automated, real-time scheduling and dispatch, web-based supervision, tablet messaging for drivers, and automated data collection, enabling tighter operational control and routine compliance checks. As a result of Ecolane’s solution Perry County achieved measurable outcomes — 40% monthly fuel savings, reworked fare structures and more affordable service, elimination of paper manifests and manual data entry, and a turnaround from operational deficit to surplus.

Perry County Transportation Authority

Rich Farr

Executive Director