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

School buses sit idle at a bus yard after drivers walked off the job in the morning in Boston, Massachusetts October 8, 2013. Boston Mayor Thomas Menino vowed to punish school bus drivers who walked off the job on Tuesday in a labor action the city contended was illegal, and which even the drivers' union organization condemned. Some 33,000 public and private school students were left to find alternative routes to school on Tuesday after a union representing some 700 drivers and also represented by the United Steelworkers of America Local 8751 did not show up for work. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1E9A904F501

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

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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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