Optimization tools in TIMS are used to improve the efficiency of transportation services. Uniform reporting from TIMS makes possible the production of LEA‐level and statewide data. The data summarized here gives school transportation providers and local policy makers a tool to help assess the quality of the services they provide.
TIMS Service Indicator Reports:
Each year TIMS Support Staff aggregate date from every LEA in North Carolina to produce the Service Indicator Reports, the most comprehensive report of public school transportation services in the nation. District officials, policy makers, family members, and other stakeholders can use them to compare LEAs across the state on data such as:
- Average Student Ride Time
- Average of the Longest 5% of Student Ride Times
- Average Distance to School for Students
- Student to Stop Distance
- Earliest AM Pickup and Latest PM Drop-off
- Range of School Start Times
- Average Number of Runs per Route