Kentucky school bus fiasco tied to tech firm AlphaRoute
The startup promises to algorithmically solve school bussing, but it had a problem in Cincinnati last year.
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The startup promises to algorithmically solve school bussing, but it had a problem in Cincinnati last year.
The company pitched its mathematical models and machine-learning technology as a way of saving money and smoothing out complex bus routes.
AlphaRoute, the company responsible for Louisville’s disastrous rollout of a new school bus system, had similar issues with Ohio’s Cincinnati and Columbus districts.
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