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Council committee recommends $72,707 increase to RouteSmart contract to finish trash‑routing rollout

2588864 · February 26, 2025
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The standing committee recommended increasing the RouteSmart contract by $72,707 to support a transition from RouteSmart’s discontinued enterprise product to its web application, funding a brief overlap of both systems while in‑cab testing and route optimization occur.

Pittsburgh City Council’s Innovation, Performance, Asset Management and Technology Committee recommended approval of a $72,707 increase to an existing contract with RouteSmart (Root/RouteSmart Technologies) to continue implementation of turn‑by‑turn routing and route optimization for environmental services.

Director of Public Works Chris Hornstein told the committee the additional money covers a transition period in which both the enterprise routing system and RouteSmart’s web application must be run concurrently while in‑cab testing continues. “The contract…

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