Road XS Blog

The latest news, tips and software updates

What Makes a Really Great Transport Software

Transport software can save you hours of time, frustrations and money. Equally, if you adopt the wrong transport software you may find yourself tied into a three year deal (or more) and unable to get out of it – essentially stuck and not able to move forward at the...

8 Ways to Cut Costs and Boost Productivity

Community transport providers are always under constant pressure to get the most out of their services, whilst at the same time operating with a smaller and smaller budget. There have even been instances where transport contracts have been awarded to providers outside...

Are You Driven to Distraction?

Are you completely sure of who is controlling your vehicle at all times? Believe it or not, we are getting lazier and lazier when it comes to driving – through no fault of our own. Semi-autonomous driving (which is a posh way of saying assisted driving) is here to...

The Increasing Cost of Transport in the UK

Transport costs have been quietly on the rise, from fuel prices, train and bus fares to Government spending cuts - these costs are now starting to take their toll. In May, petrol prices rose 6p a litre. This was the biggest monthly increase in prices since the RAC...

Is the Future Too Soon?

By now, no doubt you have formed an opinion relating to driverless car technology (autonomous driving) and whether it’s a good or bad thing for society. Volvo have been developing assisted driving and now ultimately autonomous driving systems for years. They are...

Plan for Sustainability

Just image this... You woke up tomorrow to find all your funding has been cut immediately. Do you know what you would do? Would this be the end for you or would you think around the problem and come out the other side 'stronger' as some might say? I suppose you...

The Power of Cloud Refresh and the Impact on Community Transport

Road XS community transport software has come a long way since 20th September 2016 – yep version 100! (or 1.0). Through our Cloud Refresh programme we are constantly improving the software, moving it forwards, reacting to how your community transport services...

How Road XS Enables Remote Working and Increases Your Teamwork

When we started development of Road XS in June 2016, little did we know the impact that first step would have on community transport services. Fast forward to 2018, and Road XS has handled almost 200,000 journeys and counting. The impact on those passengers lives is...

The Handy (Free) Snipping Tool

A lot of you have have commented and it seems often wondered how we on earth we easily send across screenshots of areas on a screen and how quick we have been able to do it. Well, to those of you who haven't heard of this tool it's called the Snipping Tool. Best of...

Chat Live With Us

There have been a number of on-going updates to Road XS via Cloud Refresh (see what's new), but in the background there have also been a number of business improvements too to enhance support, training and customer service. We realise how hectic the life of a...

New Driver Portal Launching Soon

We are pleased to announce that very soon the new driver portal will be launching on Road XS! Version 2 of the driver portal presents a cleaner, more user friendly design and a few more integrated features to provide your drivers key information when they need it. The...