HopSkipDrive Leverages Education Expertise for Renamed RouteWise AI™
2024年5月18日 - 1:37AM
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Award-winning flagship product has a new name to more accurately
reflect technology offering for student transportation planning
HopSkipDrive, a technology company solving complex
transportation challenges where there is a heightened need for
safety, equity and care, today announced the new name for its
flagship product, RouteWise AI™. This supplemental tool is an
award-winning AI-powered transportation optimization solution
providing transformative results for school districts.
RouteWise AI analyzes a school district's complete
transportation landscape, including the student base and available
vehicles, as well as district-specific needs and preferences, to
deliver customized routing options, scenario plans, and
recommendations to meet each district's unique goals.
Earlier this year, HopSkipDrive shared results from one school
district, Colorado Springs School District 11 (D11), which
leveraged RouteWise AI, resulting in an increase in on-time bus and
vehicle arrival rates from 85 percent to 99 percent, recovering
more than 17,000 hours for D11 students in the classroom.
More time spent learning means better educational outcomes for
students within this district.
“HopSkipDrive is proud to have so many team members with
substantial backgrounds in education and school transportation,
informing our products, tools, process, and approach,” said Joanna
McFarland, CEO and co-founder of HopSkipDrive. “We aim to ensure
the continued development of products — especially RouteWise AI —
that are student-centric and aligned with the nuanced needs and
day-to-day realities of districts and school transportation
teams.”
To that end, HopSkipDrive announced the addition of two new
RouteWise AI team members with exemplary expertise in the education
space, including managing district operations as Chief of Staff and
serving as a Director of Transportation: Dustin Kress joined
HopSkipDrive as the Director of Software & Advisory, where he
oversees RouteWise AI. Greg Dutton has joined as a Transportation
Analyst, building optimized routing plans for clients
nationwide.
Both members acknowledge the critical link between their prior
experiences and their roles at HopSkipDrive, affirming the
importance of understanding the intricacies and challenges of
school transportation when crafting innovative solutions.
"HopSkipDrive understands that there isn't always an easy
solution," said McFarland. “But with RouteWise AI, we're already
seeing win-win results where it's working better for districts.
It's working for the driver shortage, it's working for students,
it's working by helping to get all students to and from school on
time."
About HopSkipDrive
HopSkipDrive is a technology company that solves complex
transportation challenges where there is a heightened need for
safety, equity, and care. HopSkipDrive’s marketplace arranges
care-centered transportation across 13 states and Washington, DC,
supplementing other transportation options by connecting kids,
older adults, or anyone needing extra support, to highly-vetted
caregivers on wheels, such as grandparents, babysitters, and
nurses. HopSkipDrive also builds software and offers advisory
services that solve the biggest transportation challenges facing
schools and school districts around the country, including budget
cuts, bus driver shortages, and reaching climate goals.
HopSkipDrive currently partners with school districts, government
agencies, and nonprofits, including supporting more than 10,000
schools. More than three million rides over 61 million miles have
been completed through HopSkipDrive since the company was founded
in 2014 by three working mothers.
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