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Purpose-built dispatch and mobile for NEMT.

DriveBoss ships a complete dispatch suite with two dedicated mobile apps — one for drivers, one for supervisors — and in-app communications that eliminate the need for Slack, WhatsApp, or radio apps on the side.

Scheduling

  • Visual Time Planner — each Vehicle-Driver Route on its own timeline, color-coded by trip state, break time, and transfer legs.
  • Multiple scheduling algorithms — cost-aware optimization with driver rate, vehicle run cost, fuel economy, and gas price as tunable inputs. Routes built to maximize profit per trip, not just minimize distance.
  • Smart Will-Call insertion — add a last-minute trip and the algorithm picks the best VDR pair to execute it.
  • Standing orders + special-address tagging — methadone clinics, dialysis, nursing homes, mental health facilities. Standing orders auto-populate and get priority placement.
  • LOS compliance enforced at assignment — system blocks WCH-to-AMB mismatches. Override requires explicit dispatcher force and is audit-logged.
  • Rider management — regular rider profiles with alternative addresses, blocked-rider list that auto-flags for reroute back to broker.

Driver App

  • Native iOS + Android on phone or tablet. Offline-capable after initial sync.
  • Geo-fence auto-triggers — arrival at pickup, signature capture moment, and trip end fire automatically as the driver enters/exits geo-fences. Reduces driver taps and timestamp fraud.
  • In-app comms with dispatcher — text and voice/audio messaging built into the app. No Slack, WhatsApp, or Zello needed.
  • One-click passenger dial, next-day schedule preview, hide-finished-routes, built-in navigation launch.
  • Signature capture with signor-type tagging (Self / Facility / Parent-Guardian / UTS) — eliminates ambiguity at billing and audit time.
  • Triple-redundant data pipeline — offline events are not lost. Daily backup file preserves major events. Dispatcher-side restore if a trip ever goes missing.

Supervisor App

  • Separate lightweight app for field supervisors on phone or tablet. Assign, unassign, and reassign trips without a desk.
  • Designed for the reality of large-operation yards, lunch rushes, and supervisor ride-alongs.
  • Same backend as the driver app. Different role, different UI.
  • No competitor publicly documents a dedicated supervisor-role mobile app — this is a differentiator.

Communications

  • Dispatcher-initiated SMS to passengers for trip confirmation and cancellation.
  • Automated 15-minutes-away notification fires as the driver approaches pickup.
  • IVR line for passengers to dial in and look up their driver’s current ETA — no app required.
  • Click-to-track passenger view — within 15 minutes of pickup, the passenger SMS includes a tracking link that opens a web view showing live location, route, and ETA. No install, no account.

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