Paperless. Automated. Built for the people who drive the bus.
RTD-Tools is an offline-first operations hub that replaces paper forms, printed Trailblazers, posted notices, and 3-week manual voting with automated, auditable digital workflows — on any tablet, no extra hardware.
Three pillars of value
Cost Savings
Automation that removes paper — and the labor wrapped around it.
- Eliminate Trailblazer printing (3x/year, thousands of copies)
- Retire sign-in sheets, mailboxes, posted schedules, and hold down boards
- Compress the 3-week seniority voting process to days
- Reduce unpaid post-shift paperwork — a labor relations win
Compliance
Every document timestamped, versioned, and auditable.
- Verified notification acknowledgement with comprehension checks
- Digital DVIR with damage attribution timelines
- Extraboard assignment timestamps for labor compliance
- Form version history for disputes and audits
Communication
Who read it. Who understood it. Who is current.
- Verified management notifications with read + comprehension tracking
- Spaced repetition training with completion tracking
- Management dashboard: in-flight documents, compliance rates, trends
- Critical alerts plus operator community messaging
Everything an operator touches, in one place
Digital forms & approvals
10+ paper forms digitized with auto-population and full submission → review → approval workflows.
Paperless DVIR
Pre/post-trip inspections tied to the bus, with repair loop and damage attribution — no paper chain to break.
Offline route packages
Swipeable turn-by-turn, time points, and detour overlays cached on the tablet — works with zero connectivity.
Seniority voting
Asynchronous cross-division voting with validation and confirmation receipts — days instead of weeks.
Verified notifications
Acknowledgement plus comprehension quizzes replace posted notices nobody can prove were read.
Spaced repetition training
Policy changes become tracked micro-training, so compliance is provable, not assumed.
Management analytics
A Tufte-principled dashboard that tells the story: where we are, what needs attention, the trend.
Offline-first PWA
Installs from the browser onto any tablet. No app store, no proprietary hardware.
How it compares
Existing platforms serve schedulers, dispatchers, or a single function. RTD-Tools serves the operator — the primary user at every transit agency.
| Capability | RTD-Tools | Enterprise scheduling platforms | Telematics / DVIR add-ons | Generic inspection & forms tools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document forms & approval workflows | Full | — | — | Partial |
| Offline route packages (turn-by-turn) | Full | — | — | — |
| Seniority voting (asynchronous) | Full | Partial | — | — |
| Digital DVIR workflow | Full | — | Full | Partial |
| Verified notifications + comprehension | Full | — | — | Partial |
| Spaced repetition training | Full | — | — | — |
| Operator messaging & community | Full | Partial | — | — |
| Offline-first, no added hardware | Full | Partial | — | Partial |
| Typical annual cost (~1,000 users) | Dramatically lower TCO | $500k–$1M+/yr, ~15% of operator needs | $100k–$300k+/yr, hardware required | $250k–$500k+/yr, no transit domain features |
See it on your routes
Get a walkthrough with your own forms, routes, and divisions — and a TCO comparison against what you run today.
Contact us — info@applytruth.com