Revolutionising the management of home-to-school transport, for enhanced safety and efficiency
Councils are spending almost £2bn a year on education and community transport and it is expected to keep increasing by almost 10% per year.
With the rising demand for school transport and increased pressures on budgets, how can you be sure that you’re choosing the most cost-effective, compliant, and safest travel for your passengers?
Safeguarding is at the heart of everything that we do
Flexiroute exists to offer an end-to-end solution and drives considerable improvements for Councils, service users, families, carers, schools and transport providers.
Integrated Applications
The driver app allows a two-way communication for drivers to speak directly to dispatch and/or passengers when on the journey run.
Efficient Planning
The system’s advanced routing algorithms enable journeys to be automatically planned, based on real-time traffic data.
User Defined Automation
The ability to set up your own rules for automation for letters, alerts, contract variation and reminders to parents to apply for.
Route Optimisation
Quick optimisation of transport networks that can reduce costs and fuel usage. Built in reports for comparison.
An advanced digital system, Flexiroute is used to plan, dispatch, track and trace people, vehicles and passengers, end-to-end.
“The team needed something that was not just ‘an entitlement piece’, but something that was truly operational and would help with the management of the full service, incorporating adult social care as well as home-to-school.”
Emily Goodhead, Customer Experience Project Manager, Shropshire Council
Our technology delivers automated route planning, real-time tracking of journeys and resource management. The system provides role-based access permissions (RBAP), restricting the access of sensitive information in relation to each position and guidelines.
Key Features
- The smart Driver App presents only the necessary data at the necessary time, to the appropriate individual. Prior to beginning the journey, the driver only has access to limited information regarding the passenger and the journey
- Integration with Google Maps provides a real-time update on the anticipated arrival time, taking into account any traffic delays or detours
- Users are able to manage journeys, making changes as needed (such as cancelling or amending), and full vehicle tracking provides complete peace of mind when the child or young person is on their journey
- The platform allows parents to easily apply for transport and review each stage of the process, receiving a real-time decision from the Council
- Ensuring that a comprehensive eligibility process is provided within the platform means that we can accurately reflect policies and practices in line with statutory guidance
- Built-in reports to compare current vs optimised networks with route optimisation
- Easily allocate passenger assistants and drivers to the relevant routes and vehicles using our scheduling functionality
- The system’s advanced routing algorithms enable journeys to be automatically planned, based on real-time traffic information
- Efficient management of invoices for transport providers, linking directly with the Driver App to ensure exact detail, based on time and attendance
- Councils are able to save valuable time in the booking process by utilising the DPS, which provides them with transport suppliers at their fingertips
Benefits
- Reduced calls and administration time for councils, transport providers, and private organisations
- Significantly reducing parent/carer/passenger anxiety with increased controls
- Provide the safest, fastest, and greenest routes to education
- Highly accurate invoicing functionality that is backed up with time and attendance data directly from the Driver App. This allows for swifter payments and a reduction in discrepancies
- Greater control over information and tracking of their own shifts improves efficiencies for transport providers, Local Authorities, and private organizations by using the Operator Portal
