Software can draw a hundred versions of your routes. Knowing which ones will actually work for your district takes experience, and hours you don't have during a driver shortage. Our no-cost route study puts our people on your runs. We tell you whether you can cover the same stops with fewer buses, and if you can't, you'll know your operation is already tight.
No budget required to start. No prep on your end. An honest answer either way.
*Free for districts evaluating Crosswalk K-12. Not looking to switch? We'll still take on your routes as a paid consulting engagement. Details below.
The shortage is real, and you can't hire your way out of it overnight. Sometimes the only place left to find breathing room is in the routes themselves. Sometimes it isn't. Most directors don't have a spare week to find out.
That's the part we do. We take on the analysis so you don't have to pull yourself off dispatch to run it. Then we tell you straight: here's what we found, or here's confirmation that your routes are already tight.
You hand us what you already have. We do the heavy lifting. You get an answer you can act on or set aside.
Your existing runs, bell times, and stop data. Whatever format you keep it in. No cleanup required before you send it over.
Not a button and a report. Experienced routers look at your real constraints and test whether the same coverage can be done with fewer buses.
We walk you through what we found. If there's room to consolidate, it's yours to keep. If there isn't, you'll know your operation is already lean.
Real optimization lives inside constraints that software alone doesn't weigh. That judgment is what our people bring.
When we find real inefficiency in your routes, you don't just trim mileage, fuel, and cost. You need fewer drivers to run the same service. In a shortage, that is the ultimate combination: documented dollar savings on one side, and fewer empty seats you're scrambling to fill on the other.
It's the single biggest reason a route study is worth your time, and the reason it takes experienced eyes to find savings that hold up once real students, real bell times, and real drivers are back in the picture.
And the details our people weigh to get there:
We show you exactly where you can cover the same stops with fewer buses, and what it would take to get there. You decide whether and when to make the change. The savings are yours to keep.
We tell you plainly that we didn't find meaningful room. That's not a wasted study. It's independent confirmation you can take to your board that your operation is running lean.
A 15-minute call is all it takes to start. We'll tell you what we'd need and set the study in motion. No budget, no prep, no obligation.
*About the no-cost route study. The free route study is our way of showing districts considering Crosswalk K-12 what we'd bring to their operation, with no obligation to buy. Districts that aren't evaluating a switch are still welcome to put our routing team to work as a paid consulting engagement. Either way, you get the same expertise on your routes and the same honest answer.