Routefinder PLUS is the industry award-winning easy-to-use, full-featured, super-fast, browser-based transportation department solution that is revolutionizing school transportation. Now with Formfinder and so much more! Routefinder PLUS is Simply Smarter Routing.
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Routefinder PLUS - School Transportation’s Most Powerful Web-Based Routing Software Just Gets Better and Better.
Are you puzzled trying to find the best transportation routing solutions for all your stakeholders and customers? Transfinder has the missing piece!
Powerful Web-Based Routefinder PLUS is better and better with new features we keep adding.
Here are some of the new features in Routefinder PLUS v4.0 include:
- On-time reporting - Easily report on your routes on-time performance using accurate GPS data. Track exactly what routes arrive to schools early, on-time, or late so you can track performance over time.
- School Location and Geo Region Events - Routefinder PLUS allows creating zones so you know exactly when vehicles arrive and depart your schools, bus lots, or other locations. Users can set alerts to get notified of important arrivals and departures.
- Compare Map Canvas - Compare your routes side by side with the new Compare Map Canvas feature allowing you to view AM and PM trips or live routes vs optimized what-if scenarios.
- Map Viewer Sketch Layers - Visualize map data easily including custom drawn map layers to plan for future development or other plans.
- Form Rules - Create unique forms that dynamically changed based on users responses. Allow forms to send notification emails for important rules like inspection defects or student behavior incidents.
- Field Trip Invoices Grid - Create and track field trip invoices to bill accurately using driver and vehicle costs as well as district specific fields.
- Improved Auto Data Import to included which Geocode layer to use – Address Points, Parcel or Address Range
- Exceptions on Student Schedule - Our calendar-based routing is amazing, but what if clients want to do anything they want? Yes, it's called exceptions – and it's now easier!
- Improved Auto Data Import to included which Geocode layer to use – Address Points, Parcel or Address Range
- Formfinder - interface to enter all of those user defined forms
- Driver Certifications
- Pre/Post Trip Inspections
- Student Bus Conduct
- Time & Attendance for drivers and staff
- Virtually any survey or form, and so much more
- And more!
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What School Bus Routing Software problems are you trying to solve?
Fast Routing
- Lasso Students - Quickly draw a shape around the students you want to create a trip for and let Routefinder PLUS build it.
- Recycle Stops – Don’t lose your already pre-approved stops. Easily Move or Copy Stops from one trip to another.
- Analyze Data - Simply Sort and filter any data on the fly.
- Concurrent Work - Multiple routers can work simultaneously to create Trips - Have your team get it done faster.
- Intuitive Interface - Right Mouse Click for fast and easy access to your data.
- Save time - Update both your morning and afternoon trip at the same time.
- Autonomous - Remove tedious work from your life without sacrificing the institutional knowledge of your team.
Safe Routing
- Define vehicles approach to each stop. Keep students safe by using Right-Side only pick up.
- Choose which side of a corner to stop (a four-way street corner has 8 possible locations).
- Prohibit students crossing streets to reach their pickup or drop off Stops.
- Geocode students to Address Points or Parcel, if available. Street Address Range is least recommended.
- Be alerted when a bus crosses a railroad.
Smart Routing - uses your local knowledge to optimize your trips. Routefinder PLUS gives you capabilities to define custom maneuvers, travel regions and curb approaches – which all can be categorized as Travel Scenarios. Routefinder PLUS also incorporates prohibiting options at the student level, stop level and even at street level.
- Full Calendar Based Routing - Not just Monday-Friday, but any date.
- Fast Implementation - Import stops from a file, Drag-and-drop, or from RouteBuilder app (future).
- Sequence Optimization – Have Routefinder PLUS create the best Sequence to optimize for time or distance.
- Analysis – Analyze Community and Operational Impact of the changes you’ve made to your trips.
- Smart Sequence – Let Routefinder PLUS figure out where new stops belong while minimizing Community and/or Operational Impact.
- Smart Stop Assignment – For student loading/unloading, the ability to identify street crossers or prohibit street crossing to bus stops. Smart Assignment can prohibit students crossing streets and is assignable to the student level or in groups. If you are concerned about ensuring righthand or curb-side pickups – the “Smart Assignment” feature in Routefinder PLUS is a necessity for your district.
- Optimize Selected Trips - Have Routefinder PLUS reroute all selected trips. Optimization can help solve the driver shortage that you may be facing. Optimize routes to help with your driver shortage and increase efficiencies without sacrificing safety. Transfinder has moved past Optimization and have created “Smart Optimization”.
- Trip Absorption - Select a Trip to be absorbed by other trips.
- Unlimited Shuttles and Transfers.
- Create What-if Stops before adding them to trips.
Artificial Intelligence Optimization™ “AIO”
Transfinder has made Routefinder PLUS faster, safer, smarter, and easier to use with the inclusion of AIO. School Bus Route optimization is about finding the most efficient, fastest order for stops while minimizing drive time and mileage. Artificial intelligence is always evolving, and with it, route optimization is becoming a streamlined process. With this ability at your fingertips coupled with your local knowledge, you can consistently ensure the most advanced routes and procedures are being utilized.
Map Editing
Travel Scenarios – Routefinder PLUS gives you the power to manage various travel scenarios (Example: Morning, afternoon, big bus). These travel scenarios help your Smart Routing Technology become localized and personalized, including the following:
- Travel Regions - Select an area on the map to Prohibit, Restrict or Prefer buses while routing for safer and even more efficient automated routing.
- Curb Approaches - Select side of Street to Prohibit or Restrict buses while routing. Routefinder PLUS helps to ensure curbside/right hand pick up of students.
- Maneuvers at Junctions/Intersections - Select which turns to Prohibit or Restrict buses whiles routing for safer and even more efficient automated routing.
- Multi-route editing: In Routefinder PLUS we offer the ability for Multi-route editing. You will work faster and be able to delete or edit “work” smarter.
Unlimited User Defined Fields - Create and maintain any fields with any attribute.
A Fully Custom User Experience - Create Edit and Read-only screens to meet your need.
School Non-Eligibility Zones - Define areas around a school to manage students not eligible for transportation.
Mail Merge - Create templates for letters and emails fast.
Built-in Report Writer - Create your own reports.
Data - Import or export any data.
- Overlay any mapping data.
- Unlimited Contacts.
- Unlimited Documents attachments.
Routefinder PLUS is faster, safer and smarter – and it does not sacrifice safety!
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Routefinder PLUS - The Industry's Most-Powerful Smart Routing Software Routefinder PLUS is the industry award-winning easy-to-use, full-featured, super-fast, browser-based transportation department solution that is revolutionizing school transportation. Routefinder PLUS is Simply Smarter Routing. Click here for the video. |
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Tech Tools Webinar Series Transfinder showcases the groundbreaking Routefinder PLUS and the powerful parent app - Stopfinder. During our 4-part series we'll provide a paint-by-number approach to how you can successfully implement Transfinder solutions, providing what we all want most: Peace of Mind.
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New Routefinder PLUS Case Studies!
- Hannibal Central School District, New York
- Livingstone Range School Division, Southern Alberta, Canada
1. What is Routefinder PLUS and what makes it different?
Routefinder PLUS is Transfinder’s award-winning browser-based routing software known for its speed, ease of use, and Smart Routing technology that incorporates local knowledge. It provides calendar-based routing, map editing, and custom reporting—all accessible from any internet connection.
2. How does Smart Sequencing in Routefinder PLUS work?
Smart Sequencing automatically determines where new stops should be inserted on existing routes. It optimizes for shortest distance or shortest time while minimizing operational and community impact.
3. Can Routefinder PLUS ensure students don’t cross streets dangerously?
Yes. Smart Stop Assignment identifies potential unsafe crossings and can prohibit students from crossing major or restricted roads. Curb Approaches restrict buses to specific sides of the street for safer pickup.
4. What are Travel Scenarios in Routefinder PLUS?
Travel Scenarios allow districts to model different routing conditions such as morning vs. afternoon rules, vehicle restrictions, or localized maneuver requirements. This creates personalized, safer routing.
5. Does Routefinder PLUS support calendar-based routing for any date?
Yes. Routefinder PLUS can apply routing rules to any date, not just standard Monday–Friday patterns. It also supports exception schedules like half-days, early dismissals, or special events.
6. How does AIO optimization help with driver shortages?
Artificial Intelligence Optimization (AIO) can consolidate routes, reduce trip times, and absorb multiple routes into fewer runs. This helps districts reduce the number of required drivers during shortages.
7. Can multiple staff work in Routefinder PLUS at the same time?
Yes. Routefinder PLUS supports concurrent multi-user editing, allowing multiple routers to work simultaneously without interfering with each other’s assignments.
8. What is the Lasso Students feature used for?
Lasso Students allows routers to draw around a group of students on the map and automatically generate a trip for them. It is ideal for special programs, SPED routes, or activity shuttles.
9. How do What-If Stops help with route planning?
What-If Stops allow routers to test potential stop locations and evaluate impacts before committing them to live routes. This is especially useful for redistricting and new housing developments.
10. Does Routefinder PLUS include built-in reporting capabilities?
Yes. Routefinder PLUS includes Formfinder, a custom report writer that generates routing, mileage, timing, safety, and community impact reports to meet district-specific requirements.
