Case Study: MSAD 59 reduces transportation costs with Transfinder routing software

MSAD 59, ME Reduces Transportation Costs with Routing Software and Realizes Educational Benefits

MSAD 59, a school district in Maine, needed to improve an inefficient transportation system that had bus drivers repeating the same routes each year with little adjustment for ridership changes. The district transported approximately 900 students daily, but the routes overlapped and were organized in a way that created unnecessary driving and uneven use of bus runs.

Transfinder provided routing software that MSAD 59 used with training and technical support to geocode students, redesign routes, and move to a one-tier schedule. The changes reduced bus runs from 30 to 14 and drivers’ hours on the road from 30 to 20, while helping the district save nearly $200,000 and keep gas mileage costs from rising despite higher fuel prices.