Effective Technology Consulting
For Your Transportation Department
Unlock your districts potential with the right technology to fit your needs
Effective Technology Consulting
For Your Transportation Department
About Transportation Planning Solutions
Our Story
Our Services
Our Services
At Transportation Planning Solutions, school transportation is not just a job, it's a passion. Our founder has driven a bus, been a trainer, a transportation manager, designed multiple software programs for school transportation and worked with many of the vendors in the industry. With over 40 years of experience, we care about your department and your success and are driven to make school transportation safe, efficient and better for the district, children and parents.
Our Services
Our Services
Our Services
We offer a variety of consulting services at Transportation Planning Solutions
- RFP consulting
- Software implementation
- Project management
- Route Optimization
- Bell Time studies
- Employee resources and more
Too often we see districts that end up buying what they don't want or need. We can help from the beginning of determining what you need, creating the RFP and assisting through acquisition and implementation.
Our Approach
Our Services
Our Approach
At Transportation Planning Solutions, we believe that collaboration is key to success. Onsite meeting's, virtual meetings and regular calls are key to making sure you get the service and answers you need. We work closely with our clients to understand their challenges meet their goals and develop technology solutions that are tailored to their unique needs. Our approach is transparent, results-driven, designed to help you be successful.
Consulting Solutions For Your Needs
Management Consulting
Our Management Consulting services helps your transportation department to improve their organizational structure, leadership, and management practices. What are your transportation policies and procedures? Do they protect you, the drivers, the students and the district? Do they provide efficiencies and save the district money? We work with you to identify areas of improvement, develop a customized plan, and implement change to optimize your operations.
Route Optimization & Bell Time Studies
We have worked with some of the foremost experts in route optimization. Companies like FedEx, Old Dominion Freight, the US government and hundreds of companies all over the world know and trust the methodology we use. Don't be fooled by the latest and greatest claims. Let us help you find a reasonable approach to optimization and bell times that works for your district.
Digital Transformation Consulting
What is Digital transformation consulting? Sure if you are a large district you may have done this years ago. But many medium to small districts are still paper and pencil. Let us help you find the right solutions to make the move to the digital world, what is it you need, parent notification, student accountability, routing, navigation, gps? There are many options and plenty of sales people that will try to convince you they have the perfect solution, We can help you create that RFP or find the product that fits you best.
Risk Management Consulting
Keeping your children safe also means limiting the liability a district has. As a consultant who also writes opinions for lawyers in court cases we understand what can keep the district safe and limit your liability. Having the right policies and procedures in place not only keeps children safe but the district as well.
Marketing Research Consulting
Our Marketing Research Consulting services help you make informed business decisions by providing valuable customer insights. We work with you to conduct market research, analyze data, and help you create the RFP that will make the right decision and optimize your transportation operation.
Sales Consulting
We are not aligned with any company, meaning we don't have the favorite company or software, rather we want to find the best solution to fit your needs. There are many companies that provide similar products, but which is the right one for you and is it just cost that is the driver. You may find the cheapest product but is that really what you need. Let us help you cut through the demos and aggressive sales tactics to find the right product.
Implementation and Project Management
Districts all across the nation buy products and then are not able to properly implement them. We see failed implementations all across the nation. Project management is essential even in the smallest of implementations. We can provide full project management services or just some help getting started. Even if you have software already what do you need to get it back on track? Do you really need to do an RFP and buy a different system? Let us help get your system up and running through our implementation services.