About Us

Run Equity Score™ was developed by Patrick Parents, a former transit operator, scheduler, and transportation entrepreneur who has worked across the operational and planning sides of the industry.

Before creating the framework, Patrick spent years inside transit operations — first behind the wheel as a bus operator, and later in service development helping design schedules and assignments. Working from both perspectives exposed a recurring reality: assignments that appeared equal on paper often created very different experiences in real life.

As an operator, he experienced firsthand how long spans, split runs, and relief logistics shaped the true cost of a workday. As a scheduler, he saw how difficult it was to balance service requirements, labor realities, and operational constraints without a shared way to measure time beyond paid hours.

Run Equity Score™ emerged from this intersection of experience.

Why Run Equity Score™ Exists

Across transit agencies, conversations about schedules often focus on compliance, efficiency, and pay rates. Yet one variable is frequently missing from the conversation — the total time a worker is tied to the job.

Run Equity Score™ was created to help make that time visible.

Rather than judging schedules or prescribing outcomes, the framework provides a neutral lens for understanding how assignment structure impacts compensation, sustainability, and workforce experience.

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A Practical Understanding 

Patrick’s work sits at the intersection of operations, workforce development, and real-world transit experience. His approach is grounded in the belief that better conversations happen when everyone shares a common language for understanding tradeoffs.

The goal of Run Equity Score™ is not to replace existing systems, but to add clarity where it has long been missing — helping organizations, planners, and operators see time the way they already see money.

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