Kent said the district is improving accu-


rate ridership data but won’t know more specifics until a QR code student ridership system is fully implemented. “We can get accurate live ridership


data to be able to help us make those solid routing decisions, where I can go back and go look at the stop and see that nobody has scanned on and off for three weeks,” he said, adding that could contrib- ute to elimination of the stop.


This month, the district completes its


pilot of a QR code system, available to stu- dents via smartphone or a physical card, with plans to fully roll them out with driver tablets when the new school year starts in August. Miles Cole, chief strategy officer at card


provider CI Solutions, said he has seen an increase in student ridership of around 20 to 25 percent year-over-year since 2020. He ad- vised districts interested in RFID technology


A screenshot of northside routes for Snohomish School District in Washington. The district underscores the importance of melding routing software and human intervention when creating routes.


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