RideCo’s paratransit scheduling software equips schedulers with Solver, the industry-leading, patented optimization engine that automates the scheduling process to create itineraries that are dynamic and more resilient with demand-response programs.
When unpredictable, day-of events can have a compounding impact and disrupt service, Solver continuously optimizes both newly booked and pre-scheduled trips, re-evaluating guaranteed arrival times, historical and real-time traffic conditions, driver breaks, vehicle locations, and more, to maintain productive seat configurations and efficient routing—every 20 seconds. Continuous optimization with Solver minimizes service disruptions, helping scheduling teams deliver reliable service while maximizing vehicle productivity.
Call-outs or last-minute vacation adjustments don’t compromise service delivery with RideCo’s paratransit scheduling software. Solver dynamically re-optimizes itineraries in response to these events and redistributes all impacted trips across the available fleet, taking into account vehicle capacity, seat configurations, and efficient routing. Unscheduled driver absences are effectively managed, minimizing service disruptions and reducing manual workload, as well as the stress that comes with it, on scheduling teams.
Using RideCo’s paratransit scheduling software, scheduling teams can make strategic data-informed decisions that balance increased productivity with improved service levels.
Through Operations Center, the dashboard suite that streamlines paratransit operations and service monitoring, scheduling teams can leverage program statistics and visualization tools to analyze vehicle utilization and capacity trends during a service day or over certain operating periods. This empowers schedulers to be proactive, aligning vehicle supply with service demand to drive greater operational and cost efficiency.
When adjustments need to be made to subscription trips, RideCo’s paratransit scheduling software enables schedulers to quickly update trip parameters, such as pick-up and drop-off times or destinations, which are then applied to all upcoming subscription trips. Automating subscription management eliminates the need for manual and time-consuming re-entry, maintaining consistency and accuracy across the entire schedule.
Scheduling teams can automate break management using Dynamic Breaks through RideCo’s paratransit scheduling software. Driver breaks and lunches are optimized through Solver, and placed into itineraries where breaks are scheduled in locations with access to the appropriate facilities. With demand-response programs where trip patterns vary day to day, Dynamic Breaks helps schedulers manage breaks within ever-changing itineraries, ensuring compliance with union and requirements while prioritizing vehicle productivity.
