EverDriven is expanding beyond alternative transportation and into school bus routing. In this interview, Greg Jackson shares how the company’s new Consolidated Routing Services division is designed to support transportation teams facing driver shortages, tighter budgets, and increasingly complex student needs.

What you’ll learn in this interview:

• What prompted EverDriven’s move from alternative transportation to the yellow bus
• Who qualifies to use their consolidated routing services
• What EverDriven’s new service is, and what it isn’t
• The expertise Greg and EverDriven bring to the new division
• What costs are involved and how little it can take to get to a budget surplus
• Examples of route efficiencies EverDriven can help identify and why it matters
• What the process and implementation for customers will look like
• How success for the division will be measured
• Where school bus routing is headed and AI’s place in the puzzle
• How to be a part of the pilot service

This video is sponsored by EverDriven, which provides safe, small-vehicle student transportation that works alongside district bus fleets, supporting students who need specialized routes or more flexible solutions, including special education, foster care, and McKinney-Vento students.

To learn more and get started with EverDriven’s consolidated routing services, visit everdriven.com or contact Jackson at gjackson@everdriven.com or 945-227-8300.

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If you’re a transportation director tired of bidding everything year after year or wondering whether your district is leaving opportunities on the table, we’ve got just the conversation for you.

In this episode of The Route, Amanda Huggett sits down with Andy Campbell and Steph Eckes from Sourcewell to talk about all things cooperative purchasing. We cover how group purchasing power can help school transportation departments save time, reduce administrative burden, and protect limited budgets.

In this discussion, you’ll learn:

• What cooperative purchasing actually means and what product categories it includes

• How it compares to traditional bids and state contracts

• Why “low bid” isn’t always the best value

• How districts can maintain compliance while gaining flexibility

• Common misconceptions about cooperative contracts and how to get started

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Just in time for Minnesota’s School Bus Driver Appreciation Day during Love the Bus month, meet one local driver with half a century of experience driving students.

School Bus Fleet editor Amanda Huggett sits down in Princeton, Minnesota, with Connie Duff, a school bus driver who began her career in 1972 and hasn’t looked back since.

From stick-shift buses and no training to today’s rigorous safety standards, Duff shares how the job has changed — and what hasn’t.

Watch to hear:

• How training has evolved over five decades

• The biggest changes in traffic and safety

• Lessons learned from emergency situations

• Advice for new drivers

• Why appreciation matters

• And why the industry still needs more drivers