Success Stories

Cincinnati Public Schools , Cincinnati, Ohio
Routing and Planning Solutions for the Large Urban School District

Cincinnati Public Schools had tried several computerized routing packages in the past but none of them offered the scalability they were looking for. Urban school transportation creates many different challenges like managing a large student population and integrating public transit with district vehicles. VersaTrans RP offered effective solutions to all this and more.

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Wauconda Community School District 118, Wauconda, Illinois
Consulting Services Help District Adapt Transportation Operations to
Accommodate Growth

Waconda Community School Districted was in the middle of constructing a new school building and needed help evaluating the grade configurations at all schools and then creating new efficient routes. They needed a way to get accurate analysis of multiple "what-if" scenarios and be able to identify the impact of any change. VersaTrans Consulting Services provided everything they were looking for and more.

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Sioux City Community School District, Sioux City, Iowa
“Fool Proof” System with Robust Functionality and Reliable Support Sets VersaTrans RP Apart from the Rest

Sioux City had computerized routing software but for some reason was still creating routes by hand. The software packages never became operational or didn't meet their needs. After striking out twice they finally hit a home run with VersaTrans RP.

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Evergreen School District #114, Vancouver, Washington
Mastering the Challenge of Creating New District Boundaries

Evergreen's challenge was to replace the time-consuming and inefficient paper map process for school bus routing and create optimal new district boundaries to accommodate a fourth high school. With the help of VersaTrans RP’s planning features they were able to succeed at every challenge placed before them.

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Eaton Rapids Public School District, Eaton Rapids, Michigan
Austintown Local School District, Austintown, Ohio
Oak Ridge School District, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
VersaTrans Helps School Districts Check In with Time and Cost Savings

Saving time and money was the bottom line for these three districts. With the help of VersaTrans' routing, planning and redistricting features, all of them were able to accomplish their goals.

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Chester County Intermediate Unit, Exton, Pennsylvania
VersaTrans' "What-if" Capabilities Help Chester County Schools Realize Significant Savings

Chester County Schools' challenge was to efficiently route school buses serving multiple districts whose students attended widely dispersed out-of-district schools. Their solution was to use VersaTrans Routing and Planning with One Touch Routing (OTR). They ended up saving $106,000 a year!

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Duluth Independent School District #709, Duluth, Minnesota
Helping a Duluth School District Solve Its Complicated Transportation Equation

Duluth's challenge was to effectively redistrict to accommodate school closings and consolidations due to declining enrollments, to provide multiple "what-if" planning scenarios for the school board and to collectively analyze student data to minimize mid-year bus stop changes. In the end VersaTrans Routing and Planning with its One Touch Routing (OTR) and planning features provided the solution.

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Radnor Township School District, Radnor, Pennsylvania
Cost Savings and Efficiency Results From Radnor Township's Use of VersaTrans

Radnor's challenge was to cost-effectively and efficiently route school buses in congested traffic areas, economically utilize fleet resources and to redistrict to accommodate a new elementary school building. Their solution was to use VersaTrans Routing and Planning with it's One Touch Routing (OTR), fleet scheduling and planning features. They ended up saving $160,000 a year!

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Davis County School District, Clearfield, Utah
VersaTrans e-Link – Easy, efficient on-line access to student transportation data for Davis County

Davis County School District is a 235 square mile district with an enrollment of 58,500 students. Transporting more than 16,650 students to 77 schools, Davis County School District Transportation Department receives over 200 calls a day during the busy summer months. The challenge was to efficiently communicate pupil transportation information to school officials, the school community it serves, and the general public, minimizing telephone calls to various school offices. The solution was VersaTrans e-Link.

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Holmen School District, Holmen, Wisconsin
VersaTrans SIF Agent & Schools Interoperability Framework– SIF ends the redundant entry of student information

Holmen School District transports more than 2700 students over 88 miles. Holmen School District has been an active VersaTrans client since 1998. The challenge was to have accurate and reliable student information on all database programs throughout the district thus reducing clerical tasks of transportation personnel and ending data isolation. The solution was Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF) with VersaTrans SIF Agent, SASIxp™ SIF Agent and SIFWorks™ Enterprise ZIS from Edustructures®.

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Student Transit, Inc., Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Cut cost and become more efficient at the same time

This contractor needed accurate and reliable transportation information. The software needed to be flexible, easy-to-use as well as provide the perfect routing and planning solution. They found VersaTrans Routing & Planning and VersaTrans FleetVision to be exactly what they needed.

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Converting to VersaTrans, Washington
A Washington School District Switches To VersaTrans Routing & Planning

This district had to annually prepare new routes for driver bidding, build summer school routes, create routes for double shifts and be prepared for mid-year re-routing to accommodate a new school - all with a routing product that didn’t work. The solution was VersaTrans Routing & Planning 8.2.2.

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Round Rock Independent School District, Round Rock, Texas
VersaTrans FleetVision Automation Makes Strong Operational Processes Even More Efficient

Round Rocks needed an integrated solution for both fuel usage and odometer reading in order to have a successful preventive maintenance program. They also needed a way to control inventory and track the maintenance done on their fleet of 306 district vehicles. VersaTrans Fleetvision was able to do all this for them and more.

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