Read Spare's 2023 Global Impact Reportもっと詳しく知る

家に帰れ
"When one of us grows, we all grow." Featuring a few members of the software development team at Spare.

Unveiling Spare’s Guiding Principles: Growth Mindset

Welcome to the second edition of our blog series “Unveiling Spare’s Guiding Principles”. In this week's edition, we take a look into our ‘Growth Mindset’ principle. Each blog will dive into one of our guiding principles—Take Ownership, Growth Mindset, Execute with Urgency, Drive Results, No Assholes, and Customer-Obsession— exploring what they mean to us, how they shape our culture, and the impact they have on our daily operations.

A fellow Spartian exempting our guiding principle "Taking Ownership" at our Spare Hackathon!

Unveiling Spare's Guiding Principles: Taking Ownership

Introducing our new blog series: “Unveiling Spare's Guiding Principles”. Over the next few weeks, we invite you to join us on a journey through the core values that drive our organization forward and make Spare, Spare. Each blog will delve into one of our guiding principles— Take Ownership, Growth Mindset, Execute with Urgency, Drive Results, No Assholes, and Customer-Obsession— exploring what they mean to us, how they shape our culture, and the impact they have on our daily operations.

An image of Spare's present and past co-ops who were interviewed for this blog post.

A Closer Look into the Co-op Experience at Spare

Read the firsthand accounts of our present co-ops, Fathima Tabassim and Abbey Moores, and gain insights from the journeys of Kaleigh Crawford and Vasilii Perfilev, who initially joined Spare as co-op students and have stayed ever since, continuing to contribute to Spare’s platform as Software Developers!

Image from the Hackathon closing ceremonies

A Recap of Spare's 2023 Fall Hackathon

In this blog, we recap the highlights of Spare's October Hackathon in Vancouver. From a team-wide road test to cross-functional collaboration, discover how this event reinforced our collaborative team culture and resulted in impactful enhancements to the Spare platform.

Cost reductions with open fleets features like fleet prioritization, wait time threshold, etc.

4 Sustainable Ways to Control Costs using Open Fleets

Maximizing transit capacity with Open Fleets shouldn’t come at the expense of rising costs. Adapt your dispatch rules by considering fleet priorities, wait time thresholds, fare sharing models, and fleet limits when seamlessly integrating third-party fleets into your service today.

Giving dispatchers superpowers image

Dispatchers: The Unsung Heroes of Paratransit and Microtransit Operations

The high-stakes world of transit dispatch teams is a constant game of give-and-take and decisions made on the fly directly affect the microtransit and ADA paratransit services riders receive. Here’s how Spare is building tools that give dispatchers superpowers to make their day-to-day less stressful and more efficient.

text: Q3 Engagement Survey Results, image: Spare employees giving a presentation

2023 Q3 Engagement Survey Results

We share the results of Spare's Q3 2023 engagement survey. Find out why Spartians are proud to work at Spare, the top scores in employee satisfaction, and areas for improvement. Learn how Spare addresses concerns through their accountability model and encourages individual ownership.

Interview with Stacy Forte, Director of Administration and Compliance, GATRA

From Traditional to On-Demand: GATRA's Evolution in Transit

In this interview, I sat down with Stacy Forte, Director of Administration and Compliance, from the Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA) based in Massachusetts. Through its fixed-route, GATRA GO microtransit services, and paratransit services, GATRA plays a pivotal role in connecting the cities of Attleboro, Taunton and many towns in the community to neighboring city, Boston. Stacy shares how the GATRA GO services have evolved since first partnering with Spare in 2020.