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Optibus

Optibus is a cloud-native SaaS platform that helps the world’s leading transit providers better run mass-transportation through artificial intelligence and advanced optimization algorithms.
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New York City, NY 10016
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Optibus is a cloud-native SaaS platform that helps the world’s leading transit providers better run mass-transportation through artificial intelligence and advanced optimization algorithms.

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Scheduling platform
Planning and scheduling cloud native SaaS platform.
Nov. 21, 2019

Press Releases

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The new ITS platform will consist of Equans’ NAVINE CAD/AVL system and the Optibus Planning, Scheduling, Rostering and Operations software.
Aug. 6, 2024
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Volvo Buses will make Optibus’ public transportation management software available to Volvo Buses customers in select markets in pilot mode during 2024.
Optibus and Stoneridge will work with Volvo Buses to encourage the development of more efficient and sustainable people transportation.
July 17, 2024
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Right, the Optibus Driver App home screen and, left, a screenshot of the driver calendar.
The Driver App was designed in partnership with drivers, for drivers, offering a single space for digitizing and centralizing depot-driver communications and work information....
Oct. 11, 2023
TRC began providing scheduling and dispatch software Oct. 1, with access to the company's entire suite of on-demand Pingo™ features.
Oct. 10, 2023
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The agency will use Optibus’ combination of optimization algorithms and artificial intelligence to create blocks and run cuts that combine and optimize both fixed route and demand...
Sept. 15, 2022
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The feature is available on an end-to-end planning solution that accounts for a variety of preferences in cost calculations.
May 4, 2022
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The software’s optimization algorithms, artificial intelligence, and easy-to-use KPI dashboard increase MTA’s visibility into opportunities for efficiency.
April 19, 2022
Optibus’ acquisition marks the company’s growth into passenger information management systems and the opening of its Global Center for Open Transit Data.
April 12, 2022
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MVTA will also be one of the first transit agencies to implement Optibus’ new Operations module in early 2022.
Jan. 25, 2022
The partnership brings safety data to the early stages of transportation planning for increased passenger comfort and satisfaction.
Oct. 13, 2021

Articles

CPCS, HNTB, Optibus
Left to right: CPCS has brought on Ian Griffiths to serve as transit practice lead for its U.S. markets while Maureen Marshall, PMP has joined HNTB Corporation as project director and Optibus has named Sharad Agarwal as managing director, North America.
Personnel updates from around the public transit industry.
Oct. 4, 2024
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Ted Graves, Lead Solutions Engineer, Optibus
Aug. 23, 2022
Individual headshots: Optibus; Cambridge Systematics; Mott MacDonald and NRC
Clockwise from top left: Waiching Wong; Angela Miller; Roan Bennett; Dean Radeloff; Gary Kohnert; Chad Anderson
Personnel updates from around the transit industry.
May 6, 2022
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The principles of smart rostering can help with the service reductions and driver shortages that are among the implications of the pandemic.
April 23, 2020
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An empty train platform at New York's Grand Central Terminal.
As agencies implement contingency plans to deal with the immediate situation surrounding COVID-19, there may also be an opportunity to improve underlying scheduling practices....
April 2, 2020
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Full blown MaaS will be made of several distinct and separate moving parts and in its wake, the technology driving today’s transportation providers will morph into something entirely...
March 13, 2020
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Planning and scheduling of electric fleets shouldn’t be an art form; more tools are coming online to help transit providers optimize their zero emission programs.
Aug. 14, 2019
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As the industry continues to develop more futuristic modes of transportation continue to emerge and changing infrastructure allows mobility to continue changing.
Dec. 12, 2017

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Nearly 20 percent of the company’s employees will work from Optibus’ new London Spitalfields location.
Sept. 13, 2021
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Optibus is used in cities including New York, Los Angeles, London, Melbourne, Brasilia, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Aug. 5, 2021
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The temporary license is aimed at helping agencies create multiple scenarios as they work to recover from the pandemic.
July 7, 2021
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Optibus says optimizing EV schedules makes it easier to operate EV routes, meet regulatory requirements and bid for new EV business.
The partners say their combined talents will help transit providers manage risk and cost associated with transitioning to zero-emission fleets.
April 30, 2021
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The Custom Maps Layer visualizes transportation routes alongside municipal boundaries.
The company also announced it has raised $107 million in a Series C round, which will fund its continued expansion and product development.
March 11, 2021
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The tool enables cities and agencies to visualize and understand how route changes will affect selected demographic groups living along those routes.
The tool enables transit providers to incorporate impact analysis into their post-lockdown planning and scheduling changes.
June 16, 2020
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Optibus is helping agencies create an exit strategy amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Evaluating multiple exit scenarios can help public transit agencies transition from the pandemic lockdown stage to the exit strategy stage.
April 22, 2020
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Any city or agency can request no-cost assistance from Optibus through June to prepare coronavirus contingency plans, with no strings attached.
March 12, 2020
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Kevin Foreman has been selected for the position.
Oct. 28, 2019
Optibus has launched a new cloud platform-based set of multi-route planning capabilities that enables agencies and operators to plan multiple routes at once, making it easier ...
July 31, 2019
Optibus platform leverages AI and advanced algorithms to help more than 300 cities improve mass transportation operations and rider experiences, making mass transit central to...
Dec. 12, 2018
Optibus has announced that Leon Daniels, former managing director of Surface Transport for London, is joining the company as an investor.
Aug. 22, 2018
As cities throughout the world increasingly introduce electric buses into their fleets, they face significant logistical challenges — including time and frequency of charging ...
March 8, 2018
The round was led by Israel-based venture capital firm Pitango, and includes strategic investor Verizon Ventures and venture capitalist Sir Ronald Cohen.
Nov. 7, 2017