BOSTON (WHDH) - School officials in Boston are working with MIT to make the city’s bus routes more efficient, which could result in some losing their job, but save millions of dollars. Two MIT ...

Back in the hazy olden days of the pre-2000s, navigating between two locations generally required someone to whip out a paper map and painstakingly figure out the most optimal route between those ...

Most navigation apps can show you the fastest possible route to your destination and some can even suggest an eco-friendly route calculated to produce the least amount of carbon emissions. But what if ...

The yellow school bus is an iconic feature of the American streetscape—their rumbling presence through neighborhoods signals the end of summer and the beginning of a new school year for kids. But as ...

Boston Public Schools faced a crisis in busing inefficiency and expense. Amid skepticism, two MIT doctoral students won a contest with an algorithm to improve busing. It's been a tremendous success, ...

For about as long as consumers have had access to GPS technology, scientists have wondered if our reliance on it harms our ability to navigate on our own. Signs point to yes, but given the way ...

Mapping services and GPS devices are generally used for finding the shortest routes between two points while walking around or driving a car. Over the last few years, GPS technology has improved with ...

For a delivery truck making rounds, minor tweaks in a route can save huge amounts of time and gas. That’s why UPS spent a decade and hundreds of millions of dollars building an algorithm to help ...