# The Routing Company (TRC)

> The Routing Company sells routing and transit management software to transit agencies, municipalities, fleet operators and campuses. Its Pingo platform coordinates on-demand, fixed, flexible and paratransit services through rider and driver apps and an operations dashboard; its algorithm is also available for licensing.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** Boston, United States
- **Founders:** Alex Wallar (Co-founder; CTO in the 2022 company interview), Menno van der Zee (Co-founder; Staff Engineer in the 2022 company interview)
- **Products:** Ride Pingo, Drive Pingo, Pingo Dashboard, Pingo Access, Pingo Analytics
- **Notable:** TRC reported growth from 10 deployments to 32 during 2023., TRC announced one million passenger movements in March 2024 and five million passenger trips in April 2026., Cofounders were named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe in 2024.

## Products & services

- **Ride Pingo** — Rider app for booking and tracking on-demand, advance, fixed, flex and paratransit trips.
- **Drive Pingo** — Driver app with navigation, pickup and drop-off workflows, schedules and dispatcher communication.
- **Pingo Dashboard** — Operations software for service configuration, fleet management, call-center bookings and reporting.
- **Pingo Access** — Paratransit functionality, including commingled service using a shared fleet.
- **Pingo Analytics** — Transit performance analytics and customer reporting.
- **The Hub** — Dispatcher view bringing shifts, drivers, vehicles and trips into one operational timeline.
- **Pingo Rural** — Package combining rural shuttle, first and last mile microtransit and commingled paratransit tools.
- **Pingo Sandbox** — Transit operations simulation environment for testing software before procurement.
- **Routing technology licensing** — Nonexclusive licensing of proprietary transit-matching technology, including the Zoox agreement.

## Achievements

- TRC reported growth from 10 deployments to 32 during 2023.
- TRC announced one million passenger movements in March 2024 and five million passenger trips in April 2026.
- Cofounders were named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe in 2024.
- TRC announced SOC 2 Type 2 compliance in December 2024.
- Goodwin confirmed the 2025 Zoox nonexclusive licensing agreement.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Transit Orange partnership announced; launch planned later in the year.
- **2026-08** — VCU RamsLink accessible transportation launched.
- **2026-08** — Mobility for All partnership announced for a Bremerton pilot.
- **2026-06** — Great Lakes Community Action Partnership deployment announced for Sandusky County, Ohio.
- **2026-04** — TRC announced five million cumulative passenger trips.

## Links

- Website: https://theroutingcompany.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theroutingcompany
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/routing_company
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theroutingcompany
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theroutingcompany/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRoutingCompany/

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Last updated: 2026-10-05