This US city put an algorithm in charge of its school bus routes and saved $5 million

Aug 22, 2019

25 million US children travel on the iconic buses every day. Image: REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Sean Fleming

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A school bus used for transporting New York City public school students is seen driving down 135th avenue in the Queens borough of New York January 15, 2013. New York City school bus drivers will go on strike on Wednesday, an action that Mayor Michael Bloomberg said would complicate the commute of more than 152,000 students in the nation's largest public school system. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION CIVIL UNREST) - GM1E91G07A901

US school buses cover a distance of around 6 billion km a year. Image: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION CIVIL UNREST) - GM1E91G07A901

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