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		sct202 on Aug 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kentucky school system closes after first day: ‘tr... This is not the first disaster for AlphaRoute. Columbus Public Schools in Ohio had similar issues last year. The company is probably promising large projected savings from optimizing and consolidating routes but those savings are infeasible in practice. https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/education/2022/11/15/col...

1letterunixname on Aug 14, 2023 [–]

Perhaps they optimize for maximum vendor lock-in, marketing persuasion, and recurring profits rather than user satisfaction, time, cost, or publicity?

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