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Thoughts about scheduling, planning, mass transit, technology, algorithms and more.

One Size Does Not Fit All: A Roadmap for Retaining Bus Drivers Across Every Generation

The global transit industry is facing a difficult challenge. Around the world, there is a shortage of 2.4 million...

Transforming Bidding into a Driver-Centric, Compliance-Ready Process

Manual bidding is a time-consuming, error-prone, and stressful process that undermines efficiency, compliance, and...

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Public Transportation in 2024: Innovating the Way We Move, Together

In a recent webinar titled "Public Transportation In 2024: Innovating The Way We Move, Together," a panel of experts...

Driving Change: Insights from the Driver's Seat of Public Transportation

Public transportation plays a crucial role in our communities, with bus drivers serving as the frontline heroes. In our...

Introducing the Optibus Driver App: Improving driver-depot communications

Part of Optibus Operations, Optibus’ Driver App was designed for drivers, in partnership with drivers, to improve...

The 5 key takeaways from the first Optibus Hub User Conference

On November 15th Optibus returned to Paddington Station in London, where its European business started out years ago....

Public Transportation in 2022: How to Adapt to Changing Paradigms and Priorities

New paradigms in public transportation require new ways of thinking and new approaches to diverse challenges that span...