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District shifts more routing, driver-management work to Transact to boost efficiency
Summary
Transportation staff told the board that Transact will assume additional routing and driver-management responsibilities to improve efficiency and parent tracking.
Mister Moore updated the board about an expansion of services with Transact, a routing and fleet-management provider the district has used for several years. He said the district shifted driver-management and dispatch responsibilities to Transact to centralize functions that previously were split across multiple vendors.
Moore described the expanded Transact modules as including driver management tools (data-collection, vehicle location, driver behavior monitoring and parent-facing arrival tracking) and a dispatch module that helps optimize driver scheduling and real-time fleet tracking. He said this change did not increase overall spending for routing services so much as consolidated line items from multiple contracts into a single Transact engagement, which pushed the vendor contract over a previously applicable procurement threshold and resulted in tonight's agenda item.
Trustees asked clarifying questions and expressed support for efficiencies that improve operations and parent communication. No formal vote was required Nov. 6; the board heard the update.
