Spare announced an expansion of its unified AI-native platform with the launch of Spare Fixed Route.

With fixed-route planning, scheduling, operations, and GTFS now built into the same AI-native platform that agencies already use for demand-response, transit teams can manage every major mode of service in one modern system, officials explained.

The launch marks a major milestone in Spare’s vision for unified transit operations.

Unifying Operations

Transit agencies have often used separate systems for route planning, service scheduling, operations management, and rider communications. Spare said its AI-based platform combines those functions into a single system designed to help agencies coordinate services across transportation modes and manage operational changes and rider demand.

With the introduction of Spare Fixed Route, agencies can now plan routes and stops, build schedules, monitor live service, and publish GTFS data to rider-facing apps within the same platform. Rather than stitching together multiple vendors and manual handoffs, transit teams can run fixed-route, on-demand, and paratransit services through a shared, AI-native operational foundation, explained Kristoffer Vik Hansen, CEO and co-founder of Spare.

“Our vision is to create a single, AI-native platform that connects planning, operations, and rider information across every type of transit service,” he said. “This unified intelligence layer helps agencies bring those services together in a smarter way by spotting transfer opportunities, reducing operational blind spots, and improving how the whole network works. Fixed route is a key part of that vision, and this launch is another step toward giving agencies one flexible foundation for running public transportation.”

Moving Toward Optimization

Spare officials added that its Fixed Route product reflects a broader shift in transit operations: moving agencies away from managing individual service types in silos and toward optimizing the network as a whole.

Through an intuitive map-based interface, planners can design routes and stops, define service calendars and timetables, and create reusable templates for recurring service patterns. Schedules can then be built and visualized by day, week, or month, giving teams a simpler way to plan, coordinate, and manage service on a single unified platform.

The platform provides operations teams with real-time information on vehicles, routes, and schedules across services. According to Spare, dispatchers can use the system to monitor schedule adherence, track traffic conditions, and implement detours during service disruptions or special events.

Spare Fixed Route also simplifies one of the most challenging aspects of transit operations: GTFS data management, said officials.

Instead of maintaining a separate GTFS system, agencies can generate schedules and real-time feeds directly from the platform. Spare then publishes this data to rider-facing services, helping ensure riders always see accurate schedules and live vehicle locations through a unified source of truth.

“Transit networks are becoming more dynamic, and the agencies that will thrive are the ones with technology that can keep pace,” said James McCarthy, VP of growth, for Spare. “When agencies share data and operations across modes, they can identify transfer opportunities, respond to service gaps in real time, and help riders move through the network more seamlessly.”