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TRANSPORT FOR PASSENGERS WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Supporting travel
for SEND students
QRoutes’ proprietary algorithm consistently calculates transport solutions that meet the needs of your clients within the capacity of your fleet. It’s the ultimate tool for teams who know and care about what good looks like, and want to find savings of up to 20% more than competing optimisation products.
Supporting SEND students at every step
When you need to test different options and think creatively about the best solution:
QRoutes quickly processes multiple routing scenarios so you can compare outcomes and explore what works best
When you need to balance in-vehicle time with passengers’ needs and service pressures:
QRoutes calculates the impact of changes to journey time, so you can make informed trade-offs
When you need to match the right passenger assistant to the right route:
QRoutes shows how different assistant assignments affect journey dynamics, helping you make people-first decisions
Case study
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council plan SEN transport with confidence and clarity
Supporting SEND students at every step
When you need to balance shorter routes with longer walks to pick-up points:
QRoutes calculates total mileage – including depot to route – so you can pick the most efficient option
When you need to assign the right vehicle from your fleet:
QRoutes quantifies the effect of different stop locations on overall travel time and walking distance
When you need to plan around Clean Air Zones, LTNs, or restricted access:
QRoutes visualises restricted areas and automatically adjusts routes to keep journeys compliant and practical
VANTAGE
The ultimate tool for SEND, Mainstream, and Adult Social Care transport coordinators, service directors, and CFOs who want to explore every available avenue to protect services now, and creatively shape their future. Optimisation without compromise. Planning without borders. Transformation without limits.
QROUTES
Route optimisation for shared journeys when costs, carbon, and journey experience really matter. It’s designed for SEND and Mainstream transport planners who know and care about what good looks like, and want to find savings of up to 20% more than competing optimisation products.
Restricted access areas
Clean air zones, low traffic neighbourhoods and school streets are increasingly common. You can now overlay these in QRoutes to see which routes are affected.
Vantage users can specify which vehicles can and can’t pass through restricted areas (without picking up or dropping off).
Create your own vehicle fleets
Build fleets from a combination of vehicles – either generic or specified. Add their height and width (or use our provided estimates) to make check the feasibility of those vehicles accessing narrow roads or passing under low bridges. And include distance to-and-from depots in the route optimisation.
An extra pair of hands
Our team has spent decades working with – and within – home-to-school transport teams across the UK and internationally. We bring market-leading routing technology and comprehensive operational knowledge to every project.
We understand the complexities: you’re managing passenger needs, operator relationships, tight budgets, and fleet constraints. And we also recognise what only you can know – your local geography, your community, and the lived realities of your passengers.
Working side-by-side with your team, we can hit the ground running and help you move short-term projects forward with clarity, efficiency, and confidence.
How QRoutes
optimisation makes
your life easier
Fast route optimisation makes it easy to maintain efficient routes that meet your clients’ needs and protect budgets.
Quickly identify space on existing vehicles before commissioning new routes.
Use Vantage to take a bird’s eye view of your transport provision and opportunities for improvements by running what-if scenarios in hours rather than weeks
Vantage’s dashboard is an invaluable tool for transport coordinators, service directors, and authorities who want to keep a lid on costs.
We feel we’ve moved from a position of not knowing the best way forward to having a tool that allows us to be at the forefront of UK local authorities in our ability to plan and manage complex SEN requirements.
Sally Killips
Home to School Transport Consultant
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
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