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Consultant finds Plymouth bus system efficient under current bell schedules; urges caution on in‑house takeover
Summary
A consultant’s transportation study concluded Plymouth’s routes are near-optimal given the district’s bell schedules and geography, found seat utilization around 40% but high use of tier time, and advised the committee to seek competitive bids before considering bringing bus operations in‑house.
An independent transportation study presented to the Plymouth School Committee concluded the district’s system is largely efficient given local constraints, but warned that seat utilization is low while available routing time is nearly fully used.
Rich Labrie of Alliance Education Associates told the committee the district is “using about 40% of the seats that are capable,” and that Plymouth’s long tier times and driving distances mean the system already consumes nearly all available routing time in the morning and afternoon. He said that combination — low seat percentage and high tier-time utilization — reflects the district’s geography, bell schedules and…
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