Specifications Pertaining To Routes. G-20 Routes:
A. Service for this contract is awarded on the basis of a bus or groups of buses. A single bus may service one or two routes both in the morning and in the afternoon. Routes or groups of routes may be a combination of pickup and delivery to more than one school site. Where buses have been grouped, it is to provide logical combinations of AM and PM routes. In some cases within a group, there may be more or less buses required for the PM return service than for the AM pickup service or the AM pickup service than for the PM return service. While it is normally the case, there is no guarantee that a company will be awarded both the AM and PM service for a route. Routes and buses have been developed based on projected 2015-2016 requirements. The routes do not necessarily reflect the final routes for the start of the school year, either in the first year or subsequent years of this contract. Bus routes will be updated based on additional student data. Bus/route prices will be recalculated in June, 2015 and each consecutive June of the contract, and will be the contract price for each year of the contract.
B. For all Milwaukee Public School computer-scheduled routing, route summaries describing the location and sequence of stops, the number of riders, and the elapsed time and mileage will be provided by Pupil Transportation Services from the Trapeze Routing Information Program (T.R.I.P.). Contractors must make all stops in the sequence shown. Contractors should notify PTS when stops are unused (“dead”). PTS will remove “dead” stop from route within 3 days. Contractors with T.R.I.P. authorization from MPS will have the capability to make changes to stop sequence order, pickup/drop-off times, and/or dropping of “dead” stops. Contractor is responsible for communicating changes they have made to schools, students, parents and PTS. C Routes are scheduled to arrive at school in the AM 10 minutes prior to the starting bell time. Contractors may not drop off students prior to 10 minutes before the starting bell time. Buses are scheduled at school in the PM 5 minutes prior to the dismissal bell time for the first tier schools. Failure to arrive 5 minutes prior to the dismissal bell for a first tier school will result in liquidated damages. Bus drivers must adhere to the District’s Anti-Idling policy found in Section XXI.
