Design, manage and optimize routes with network-level intelligence
TDS helps bus carriers plan smarter routes and optimize schedules using real demand signals, operational data and network performance, all in one platform.
3,295 stops 7.5M+ routes
From guesswork to continuous optimization
Most carriers still manage routes with spreadsheets, legacy tools or historical assumptions. TDS connects demand trends, booking behavior, travel patterns and operational constraints, so you can design routes that maximize ridership, improve utilization and strengthen profitability. One system to plan, run and improve your network.
Plan, run and improve your network
Network planning tools
Design new routes, stops and schedules from real performance data and market signals, not just intuition.
Schedule optimization
Adjust frequency, departure times and connections to booking curves, seasonality and demand shifts.
Capacity alignment
Match vehicle size, service levels and frequency to actual ridership, to reduce empty seats and missed demand.
Stop & corridor analysis
See which stops drive revenue, where demand is emerging, and where service changes can improve performance.
Demand-driven planning
Forecast demand by route, corridor and time of day from historical bookings, travel patterns and market signals.
Scenario modeling
Test new routes, schedule changes or stop adjustments before you make them, and see the projected revenue and ridership.
Connection optimization
Align schedules across your routes and partner carriers to reduce transfer friction and expand trip options.
Performance monitoring
Track route performance continuously, with alerts when utilization, yield or timing drifts from expectations.
How we optimize schedules
TDS compares every timetable with what buses actually do, using GPS positions and driver check-ins from every departure. It shows what needs attention, where time is gained and lost along each route, and suggests timetables your schedulers can check and publish.
Measure every departure
GPS and driver check-ins time each bus at each stop, so every departure is compared with its timetable.
Find what needs attention
Late routes, stops buses leave early, segments without enough time and trackers that go quiet, ranked and explained in plain language.
Suggest better timetables
TDS builds alternative timetables from the time real trips took, and projects how many departures would run on time.
Check and publish
Schedulers review each suggestion stop by stop, adjust it, and publish the new timetable to sales, partners and trip planners.
Needs attention
What to look at first, in plain language.
- Least punctual route
Route 120 was on time for 12% of 48 departures. The typical departure was 14 min late.
- Leaving early
Route 215 left stops early on 31% of departures, so its timetable has more time than it needs. Riders who arrive on time can miss the bus.
- Timetable too tight
Lakeside → Hillcrest typically takes 10 min longer than the timetable allows (24 trips on Route 340).
- Least punctual stop
Hillcrest was on time for 29% of 24 departures; the typical departure was 11 min late.
- GPS reporting
Bus 412 went silent 23 times while moving. Check its tracker before relying on its times.
- Stop setup
6 stops are rarely reached by buses on their route, usually because the stop's map location is wrong.
TDS insightRetiming Lakeside → Hillcrest on Route 340 would lift on-time departures more than any other single change on the network.
Sample data: fictional routes and stops. Late means 3 min or more after the timetable.
Running times and suggested timetables for every route are in Route Analysis. See running time and suggested timetables
Built for real intercity networks
TDS isn't generic routing software. It's designed for bus carriers that run multi-route, multi-region and multi-partner networks, so it accounts for:
- Interline coordination and shared corridors
- The pricing and revenue impact of schedule changes
- Distribution performance by route
- Booking patterns by origin-destination pair
- Network-wide effects of local service changes
Instead of optimizing routes in isolation, TDS helps you optimize the whole network together.
Connected to the full TDS platform
Route management isn't a standalone tool. It connects directly with:
- Revenue and pricing optimization
- The inventory and scheduling engine
- Distribution channels and OTAs
- Data analytics and forecasting
- Partner and interline coordination
So route decisions flow straight into pricing, sales and operations.
An AI-powered routing engine
Optimal efficiency starts with optimal routes. From static schedules to on-demand trips, carriers can create and manage hundreds of stops with ease:
- Static, dynamic and hybrid routing
- Scheduled, on-demand and door-to-door services
- Daily and long-range schedules, holiday patterns, frequency plans and exceptions
- Stops with GPS and naming control, linked to shared stations or city zones
- Real-time publishing to POS and the API
A scalable design lets carriers expand their networks with confidence.
What carriers get
- Higher load factors across routes
- Stronger revenue per departure
- Faster response to demand shifts
- Better use of fleet and drivers
- More successful new route launches
- Less trial-and-error planning
- Clearer insight into profitable corridors
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