Technology • This system must be a Geographic Information System, not using any proprietary mapping technology. • Mapping and database technologies must be fully integrated, not requiring synchronization, re-indexing, or other routing procedures between. • The system must be able to export reports to Microsoft Word, Excel, HTML, and text. • It must be able to be viewed by tablets, such as the iPad. • The routing software provider must perform daily backups. • Allow students to download from Infinite Campus and upload to Infinite Campus with bus stop and routing assignments. • Ability to create a polygon layer for the group student election • Ability to create polygon layer(s) to identify different types of road hazards (such as students cannot cross streets or roads under construction) that can be used in calculating bus routes. • Ability to use online GIS data sources from the city (parcels) and the schools (attendance zones) is preferred. • Ability to assign students to stops using defined criteria, such as distance to closest stop, etc. • Automatic and manual student-to-stop assignment, including single and multiple student selection-based capability. • Ability to display live GPS data from within the routing software to compare actual versus planned bus routes. • Ability to push bus routes through tablets to display the route map with visible and audible turn-by-turn navigation directions. • Should have differentiated user types. For example, routers should have full access to view and edit, but supervisors have more limited views and no editing ability. Geographic Information System (GIS) Mapping • The System must use a county-wide map of Newton County, Georgia. • Must be able to use satellite or Orthographic GIS map data within all maps in the routing system. • The system must be able to use tax parcel data or structure point data to assign each address a longitude, latitude, or geocode. • The system must allow users to adjust the address point or tax parcel in Map Editing or a similar mode. • The user must be able to update GIS Map Data when necessary. • Map editing must be integrated and not require a separate or external software package. • The user must be able to zoom into a location when required. • The map must be moved by the cursor when needed. Routing Algorithms • Stop times, speeds, and directions should be able to be adjusted manually by the user for each route; adjustments should not be an overall change within the system that affects all routes. • The user must be able to see all students on a route simultaneously, and not just one at a time. • System must allow dual bus assignments for students who utilize multiple buses due to shuttling, custody arrangements, or daycare situations. • The user must be able to see all transportation-eligible students assigned and not assigned to a route. • The system must be functional for creating and maintaining special needs routing, vocational routing, and other types of specialty routing, such as out-of-district and multiple-school drop-offs. • The system must visually indicate which students are assigned to each stop, showing the user-defined boundary. • If the user turns on automation, the system will assign new students to each stop as they move into the stop’s area. The system must also alert users to ridership loads that exceed designated load limits. • The user must be able to group any students on the map for placing them on a route or moving from one route to another. • The system must have a point-and-click distance measurement capability to determine walk-to-stop distance or distance between stops.
