Student Transportation System

Vendors regarding a web based, transportation routing and planning hosted solution, including, but not limited to a GPS system to be used by Dallas Independent School District Student Transportation Services, district staff and student families. The goal is to meet the following business objectives:
1. Manage routing and planning systems and administrative functions in a seamless and consolidated manner.
2. Reduce redundancy and overhead costs associated with transportation routing and planning management of the large number of students across multiple enrollment events.
3. Aggregate data management for routing and planning processing. Reduce batch updates and errors.
4. Streamline training on core functionality.
5. Streamline data structures and increase data integrity.
6. Create timely and accurate summary reporting as a result of a single ‘source of truth’ database.
7. Reduce errors and improve cycle time.
8. Create reporting solutions that encapsulate the entire student body transportation events, statuses, demographic trends, and key transportation measurements.
9. Enhance reporting for Student Ridership, Routing Optimization, and Cost Accounting per Transportation Service Offerings and /or School Program.
- Transportation Services are typically requested for the student by one of the following methods:
1. Enrollment into a school or program
2. Special Education ARD meeting
3. Approval by the School Leadership (field trips / extracurricular / sporting events)
4. Approval by a Transportation Routing Manager (special circumstances)
- Transportation Services has the following service offerings for enrolled students:
1. Attendance Zone Transportation Services
2. Curb to Curb Transportation Services
3. School to School Shuttle Services
4. Alternative Transportation Services (McKinney-Vento, Foster Care, DAEP)
5. Field Trips/Extracurricular Transportation Services