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RIDE: Pawtucket buses run largely empty; staggered bell times could save millions
Summary
A RIDE audit found Pawtucket's fleet is underused — dozens of full-size buses carry very few students — and recommended staggered bell times, purging nonriders, route consolidation and more vans to reduce costs and improve on-time performance.
Mario Corino, chief operations officer at the Rhode Island Department of Education, told the Pawtucket School Committee that district routing and compressed bell times have produced large inefficiencies. In an in-person presentation March 24, RIDE reported 51 district buses with an average of 75% empty seats and concluded the district is operating far more vehicles than required by its current ridership pattern.
Corino said an hour-long compressed start-window…
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