Protect reliability by giving time back to drivers — starting with low-speed depot moves that consume capacity every day. Watch the video below to see smartbus – the driver’s friend in the depot.
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Europe & bus drivers — the scale in numbers
Bus drivers are the backbone of public transport. In large public transport companies, they can represent up to ~70% of the workforce. Europe is already short ~105,000 bus & coach drivers (around 10%), with the gap projected to exceed 275,000 by 2028. When schedules slip, traffic spikes, or staffing is tight, drivers are the ones who hold the system together. As the shortage deepens:
- Rosters get tighter. Buffers disappear.
- Small delays spread faster across the day.
- Absence is harder to cover, so missed trips increase.
- Pressure on existing staff grows, driving fatigue and churn.
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The hidden time leak: depot minutes
Depots create dozens of repeated, low-speed movements per vehicle — staging, parking, tight turns, reversing, lining up for charging/wash, pull-in/pull-out. Each move is small; across the fleet, it becomes meaningful capacity.
With smart depot, you can support drivers where it counts by automating exactly these repetitive, low-speed depot moves that drain time and energy — helping give drivers time back for line service, ease fatigue from non-productive shunting, and strengthen both retention and service reliability.
Depot Time Calculator
How much driver time is your depot consuming every day? Use our Depot Time Calculator to estimate the hidden impact of staging, parking, reversing, charging, and wash movements across your fleet — and see where automation can recover time for line service.