Justin R.

Founder
United States
Justin Rakestraw, Founder & CEO of Transit Trends, Inc., has over 15 years of transportation industry experience and transformed SCR Medical Transportation into a leading paratransit provider. He now focuses on innovation at Transit Trends, leveraging AI and machine learning to create advanced mobility solutions. Justin holds a BA in Marketing from Butler University and has completed leadership and development programs at Harvard and Northwestern.

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Achievements

VP Commercial Development

2024

Secured $144M in new contracts for Beacon Mobility

Founder

2024

Transit Trends optimizes paratransit operations by enabling data-driven decision-making. It replaces reactive incident management with systematic analysis, integrating historical data across drivers, vehicles, routes, and passengers to identify root causes and optimize solutions. Our process transforms raw operational data into actionable insights, specifically correlating metrics like driver incidents, schedule adherence, and attendance patterns with profitability KPIs. Current Deficiencies in Paratransit Data Utilization: Typically, paratransit operational data exists in silos, hindering systematic analysis. For instance, a slip-and-fall incident often triggers broad reactions (e.g., universal retraining) without assessing incident frequency, cost impact, or the ROI of targeted interventions (like installing slip-resistant mats). Similarly, driver performance records and customer complaints are rarely directly correlated with financial consequences. This prevents managers from quantifying the ROI of specific initiatives like targeted training, route optimization, or scheduling modifications. Transit Trends: Linking Operations to Financial Performance Transit Trends bridges this gap by directly linking operational metrics to financial outcomes. We move beyond optimizing compliance or reducing incidents as isolated goals, tying these improvements directly to profitability. By mapping these connections: • Reduced Incidents (via targeted training/interventions) → Lower Repair Costs & Fewer Absences → Decreased Overhead → Improved Net Revenue. This framework shifts management focus from reactive fixes to strategic, cost-driven optimization based on quantifiable operational data.