DALLAS, Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs
(NYSE:J) has developed Travel Service Optimization to
transform the home-to-school travel experience for Special
Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) children and young
people – helping to advance social inclusion,
while also supporting broader environmental and economic benefits.
Travel Service Optimization combines Jacobs' transport planning
capability with a new proprietary software system to shape and
support travel strategy and planning on a continual basis.
In England, where Travel
Service Optimization has been developed, councils and local
government spend more than $1 billion
(£800 million) a year providing statutory transport for SEND
children and young people. With the size of this population
growing, transport budgets tightening, the quality and quantity of
bus and taxicab supply shrinking, Jacobs recognized an important
need to improve the home-to-school travel experience for these
children and young people.
Travel Service Optimization differs from traditional transport
planning solutions by digitally clustering travel groups for more
appropriate ride sharing within those groups, rather than focusing
on vehicles. It is a socially inclusive service that better
considers the needs of each child or young person with special
educational needs. It helps heads of travel who want to improve the
individual's travel experience, while using their limited budgets
in smarter ways by increasing travel efficiency and
effectiveness of procurement and potentially reducing
transportation carbon emissions in some cases.
"The development of Travel Service Optimization is a
great example of our people looking beyond to raise the bar and
deliver tangible ways to increase the quality and social
inclusivity of journeys to school for children and young people
with special educational needs," said Jacobs People
& Places Solutions Senior Vice President Europe and Digital
Strategies Donald Morrison. "We are launching Travel Service
Optimization in the U.K. initially to enable authorities to
transport more children safely, with a travel experience more
closely aligned to their individual needs, all within budgetary
constraints. We see real potential for this to have global
application and benefit children and transport planning teams
around the world."
Jacobs created Travel Service Optimization by working with local
authorities in England, parents,
caregivers, schools and operators to create a travel planning
service that streamlines processes, giving children with
special educational needs a chance to enjoy the
life benefits of shared travel inclusivity.
For more information, visit the Travel Service Optimization
website and click here to view the video.
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