Both the Federal and State governments continue to push for adoption of electric buses in the nation's school districts. This makes sense on an individual level for a number of reasons. Electric school buses run more cleanly, they're cheaper to operate, an..
Transportation_Management_Software, transportation_management_services, student_transportation_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety, vehicle_tracking_software
Seat belts in school buses are once again a hot topic, thanks to Congressman Steve Cohen and Senator Tammy Duckworth reintroducing the School Bus Safety Act. The act would mandate seat belts - as well as a variety of other student safety gear - in school b..
Transportation_Management_Software, transportation_management_services, student_transportation_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety, vehicle_tracking_software
At this point, there's little doubt that Electric Vehicles (EVs) are the new future of motor transportation. Sales of EVs continue to rise, and governments around the world are increasingly looking to promote their adoption.
transportation_management_services, school_bus_routing_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety, route_efficiency, vehicle_tracking_software
Student safety is one of the most critical aspects of operating a school bus system, and everyone agrees that students need to be protected. However, the issue of how to best protect them can get thorny - as we see in frequent debates over the need for sea..
Transportation_Management_Software, Student_Tracking_Software, transportation_management_services, student_transportation_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety
Prior to 2020, distance learning was a niche idea at best, mostly used to serve people living far away from schools or children who were physically unable to attend. However, with the COVID-19 outbreak, the situation changed radically. Most schools impleme..
Student_Tracking_Software, transportation_management_services, student_transportation_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety, school_bus_route_scheduling_software
Your bus routes are rarely as dangerous as they are in the winter. Cold weather makes bus driving far more difficult, with numerous new hazards to consider. Yet student safety must be maintained at all times, no matter the weather. So, let's talk about pre..
transportation_management_services, school_bus_tracking_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety, route_efficiency, vehicle_tracking_software
School bus drivers have one of the most difficult jobs in a school district. They have to successfully navigate long routes while wrangling a large number of kids who may not be well-behaved. They also frequently have to do this alone! However difficult it..
school_bus_routing_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety, route_efficiency, school_bus_route_planning_software, school_bus_route_scheduling_software
As of writing, it has been nearly a month since Hurricane Helene ravaged the east coast, and many schools in affected areas are still closed. Many of these are due to the schools themselves having been flooded and are now unfit for students. Other schools ..
school_bus_routing_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety, route_efficiency, school_bus_route_planning_software, school_bus_route_scheduling_software
One question we occasionally see is whether it's safe to decorate school buses for the year-end holidays. Generally speaking, the answer is yes! As long as you keep student safety in mind, and use some common sense, there's no reason you can't decorate you..
transportation_management_services, school_bus_routing_software, student_ridership, student_transportation_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety
Should your school district implement electronic ID cards for student ridership tracking on buses? Since the first use of ID cards to track students in Houston, in 2004, the practice has been highly controversial. Yet schools continue to experiment with ID..
transportation_management_services, school_bus_routing_software, student_ridership, student_transportation_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety
Spooky season is nearly here - is it coming to your bus routes? Drivers and students alike can enjoy the holiday, and have a good time doing so. It's a great way to break up the monotony of daily routes during the fall semester. However, of course, you can..
transportation_management_services, school_bus_routing_software, student_ridership, student_transportation_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety
If there's a problem on one of your bus routes that affects the student ridership, how long does it take to notify everyone involved? There's no single "right" answer to the question, but that span of time should be as short as possible. From getting assis..
Student_Tracking_Software, school_bus_tracking_software, student_transportation_software, RFID_student_ridership_tracking, Student_School_Bus_Safety
Everyone says, “Think of the children!” when it comes to school bus tracking, but perhaps we should be saying, “Think of the parents!” instead. Discussions about bus tracking tend to revolve around the many safety benefits that tracking brings to students,..
Transportation_Management_Software, Student_Tracking_Software, student_ridership, student_transportation_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety
Ever since its early adoption by some school districts, student and bus tracking has been a hot-button debate topic. Over the last few years, myths have been formulated and then debunked, and the benefits have abounded and transformed the skeptics.
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It’s generally agreed that loading and unloading are the most dangerous times for a child riding a school bus. In fact, the loading and unloading area is even occasionally referred to “the danger zone” because of how many problems could potentially occur. ..
school_bus_routing_software, school_bus_safety, student_transportation_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety, route_efficiency
While politicians may still argue over the impact of global climate change, few people on the ground still seriously doubt that climate change is real - and it's causing a lot of unpredictable weather. School districts and school bus drivers need to be pre..
Transportation_Management_Software, school_bus_routing_software, school_bus_drivers, Student_School_Bus_Safety, school_bus_route_scheduling_software
For many districts, onboard video camera systems represent an excellent solution to many school bus security issues. With video cameras, you can keep a close eye on the behavior of students and drivers, while always having footage available if there are di..
transportation_management_services, Student_School_Bus_Safety, School_Bus_Security, School_Bus_Surveillance, school_bus_route_optimization
It’s a situation bus drivers have seen countless times: They bring the bus to a stop, extend the stop-arm, begin to let students disembark – only to see a car behind them ignore the stop sign and speed past. Every time this happens, children are endangered..
transportation_management_services, school_bus_routing_software, stop-arm_camera_technology, Student_School_Bus_Safety
One of the cornerstones of a proper school bus safety training program is an emphasis on the "Danger Zone." That is, the area immediately surrounding the school bus where children could be in danger of being hit by other cars - or the bus itself - and are ..
Transportation_Management_Software, transportation_management_services, school_bus_safety, Student_School_Bus_Safety, vehicle_tracking_software
If you follow school bus safety news at all, it’s hard to avoid headlines about students being accidentally left behind on buses. It happens several times a year, at a minimum, and always causes concern. Sometimes the police are involved. Sometimes, career..
Transportation_Management_Software, Student_Tracking_Software, school_bus_routing_software, school_bus_safety, Student_School_Bus_Safety
When managing a school bus transportation network, there are a lot of factors to keep track of, and sometimes it's easy to let the little things slip by. However, in the case of school bus idling, it's a little thing that adds up to big problems! Your driv..
Student_School_Bus_Safety, school_bus_idling, route_efficiency, school_bus_route_scheduling_software, vehicle_tracking_software
The choice to implement student GPS tracking within your school district is a major decision that requires a great deal of dialogue among administrators and other school district employees. Understandably, those in charge of making the decision on student ..
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When managing a school bus transportation network, there are a lot of factors to keep track of, and sometimes it's easy to let the little things slip by. However, in the case of school bus idling, it's a little thing that adds up to big problems! Your driv..
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Subject: Student GPS Tracking Helps Keep Riders Safe Meta Description: School districts across North America use student GPS tracking systems to keep students safe and minimize costs.
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Without a doubt, one of the biggest threats to the safety of students riding school buses is other drivers. Illegal school bus passing is a huge problem nationwide. Ongoing studies in recent years have suggested that it happens tens of thousands of times e..
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There are things we do in BusBoss to minimize left turns, but we do not prevent them. Specifically, in the routing algorithm, we assign a "value" for navigating an intersection. It's not exactly like this, but it's close enough for discussion purposes.
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There's a lot to keep track of when managing a school district's bus fleet - but don't allow basic licensing and other credentials to go overlooked! Your drivers' licenses and insurance must be maintained, and your buses will also require regular inspectio..
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Districts everywhere are suffering from a lack of school bus drivers, and the shortage shows no signs of going away. If you’re going to get the drivers you need, you often have to be more clever than other recruiters. In previous blogs, we’ve covered many ..
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School bus safety is critical at all times of the year, but it's particularly crucial during the winter months. Snowy weather and icy roads present some of the biggest dangers a bus and its passengers can face, yet your drivers will be called on to drive i..
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School district years are August-May or September-June. But for many districts, planning for the 2024-2025 school year begins before January. One of the top priorities this year will be student transportation and how to get kids to and from school without ..
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At this point, the issue of creating static school bus routes has been largely solved. Modern bus routing software can work with even the largest districts, chewing through thousands of potential routes for hundreds of buses to deliver optimized solutions...
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Most of us cite 2020, the year of COVID-19, as the beginning of the school transportation driver shortage. Yes, the current school bus driver shortage is making global headlines, but student transportation industry issues have always existed. In 1950, seve..
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Few school districts have ever struggled with having "too much" money, and budgets are tight most of the time. However, things are particularly bad now. With the coronavirus outbreak continuing to create challenges, schools are having to spend a lot of mon..
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It's hard to believe that just a few decades ago, all school record-keeping was done by hand. Today, a good database-driven school management system is absolutely a necessity. Between the proliferation of helicopter parenting and ever-increasing societal f..
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Many states have laws that prevent registered sex offenders from living too close to schools and parks, but I am not aware of any that restricts their residence based on bus stop location. Given that suburban and rural America is splattered with bus stops,..
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All too often, being a bus driver can feel like a thankless job. School bus drivers have to work genuinely inconvenient hours, and spend most of their time on the job getting yelled at by their passengers, district parents, or both. Not to mention the stre..
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Good parental communication is a cornerstone of a successful school transportation system. Parents need to be kept in the loop regarding buses, schedules, pickup/dropoff points, and more. A smoothly functioning bus system keeps parents “on board” with ever..
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School transportation systems are becoming ever harder to manage in the 2020s. Budgets are flat, or even being cut, even as more burdens are placed on district transportation systems. Even as districts struggle to keep their buses running and ensuring thei..
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Throughout 2023 and into the next few years, school bus transportation may see systemic shifts in student ridership trends. These patterns and trends are causing parents and schools to explore alternative transportation methods as well as software solution..
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When developing policies and choosing technology investments into your school bus fleet, are you taking the student experience into account? It's easy to overlook the students when planning bus policies, but catering to them can bring real benefits. When t..
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Technology investments in your school bus fleet are a tricky business because you need to have one eye on your current needs, and the other eye on the future. Any purchase should be as "future-proofed" as possible, intended to be used for many years, and c..
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When it comes to school transportation, you might not immediately think of environmental impact and cost efficiency. However, schools across the country are now adopting green initiatives to not only reduce their carbon footprint but also save valuable res..
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Student GPS tracking has been a topic of hot debate amongst parents. While certain myths about student tracking have been spread around, the benefits of this added safety feature to school bus routing software have proven to be far more powerful than the m..
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When training and maintaining your school bus drivers, few topics are more important than bus safety. School buses are among the safest types of transportation on the road, but that requires drivers who are driving properly and aware of the limitations of ..
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Millions of students ride school buses each day, and they are considered to be one of the safest forms of transportation. Unfortunately, emergencies do happen and it’s important for drivers to be prepared, especially when they transport students with disab..
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These are hard times for school bus transportation directors. Costs are rising, while bus drivers are becoming increasingly difficult to find and retain. You need to keep up with modern best practices without costing too much, and ideally reducing costs wh..
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High-profile school bus tragedies such as the crash that took the lives of six students in Tennessee have parents concerned across the country. With an uptick in bullying and school violence, there is also valid worry about these incidents carrying over to..
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School buses have been a cornerstone of student transportation and education for over a century. But did you know that their fascinating history dates back to the early days of carriages drawn by horses?
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Student bus transportation safety is an all-important topic, and one which tends to become controversial whenever there's any sort of incident involving a bus accident. The tendency of the media to blow up any accident can often overshadow how incredibly s..
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In recent years, school districts around the country have had to improve security in response to ever more shootings, violence, and even terrorist activity. It's a dangerous world, and schools have to be prepared. However, all too often a district will foc..
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Most students love field trips - but most teachers and administrators dread them. Field trips can be a great experience, or just get the kids out of a stuffy classroom for a day, but the actuality of wrangling the students can be incredibly stressful. Ther..
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When a school bus is on the road, nothing is more important than ensuring the safety of its passengers. While there are numerous ways a bus can be designed to improve safety, your drivers cannot be overlooked! New technologies are making it easier for driv..
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Schools reopening this fall are almost certainly going to be making significant changes to their buses and routing, in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus. If these changes are going to involve adding new bus stops - such as to prevent too many students f..
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If your district is looking for better ways to communicate with parents about your transportation system, one of the best options is setting up a parental portal app. Parent portal apps are protected and secured interfaces which allow recognized parents an..
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Finding ways to save more money for education is always a valid and worthwhile endeavor, as there can’t be an upper price placed on your children’s education. However, whether your district chooses to consolidate the total number of schools into a smaller ..
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When it comes to "classic designs," it's hard to get more classic than the big yellow school bus. The basic look of American school buses was cemented in the 1940s, and hasn't changed much since... but the technology inside them has. Modern school bus desi..
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Does your school district need an all-in-one software solution for keeping up with your students? After all, one of the biggest issues when schools look at updating their computer systems is the problem of systems integration. Ultimately, , since otherwise..
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For those overseeing school district transportation, keeping students safe is the top priority. As students travel to school every day, it's important to have confidence in the transportation system. But thanks to new technology, there are even better ways..
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School-related violence is on the rise in the United States and this has parents and school district officials worried about the safety of students on buses. Bus drivers work in tight spaces and must constantly multitask. This stressful environment can be ..
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As a school administrator or transportation coordinator, you are well aware of the complexities involved in managing transportation efficiently. Coordinating multiple bus routes, accommodating student locations, and ensuring timely arrivals and departures ..
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Student GPS tracking has been a topic of hot debate amongst parents. While certain myths about student tracking have been spread around, the benefits of this added safety feature to school bus routing software have proven to be far more powerful than the m..
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Supervising a school bus fleet can often feel like a challenging task. Ensuring the safety and efficiency of your school transportation system is of most importance. Fortunately, with the advent of technology, there are now advanced school bus fleet manage..
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When it comes to drawing up bus routes, most districts try to do it at the beginning of the school year and stick with it. Sometimes that’s just not possible, and circumstances beyond their control dictate that routes may have to be re-planned during the s..
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Proper training of school bus drivers means preparing them for as many on-road eventualities as possible, including ones which are relatively rare. One of the rarest – but most dangerous – is the possibility of one or more buses being on their routes when ..
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Many states have laws that prevent registered sex offenders from living too close to schools and parks, but I am not aware of any that restricts their residence based on bus stop location. Given that suburban and rural America is splattered with bus stops,..
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It seems to happen so rarely, but doesn't your school district run more smoothly when everyone's more-or-less satisfied?
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Throughout the many years BusBoss has been bringing school districts transportation management software, we have heard numerous stories about school bus accidents, and these accidents are deeply troubling to us.
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With school district finances being stretched to the max, administrators are being asked to find innovative solutions for saving money to avoid cutting programs. School District transportation departments are often called upon to minimize their budgets and..
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The current shortage of school bus drivers is really a twofold problem. Part of the problem is recruitment, but the other part is in retention. School bus drivers have a turnover rate that's significantly higher than average - particularly when it comes to..
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No one likes to contemplate the idea of a school bus being involved in a major accident, such as one which leads to it flipping or rolling. But, the reality is that such accidents are always a possibility. Even the best-trained school bus driver can be und..
Transportation_Management_Software, school_bus_routing_software, school_bus_tracking_software, student_transportation_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety, route_efficiency, school_bus_route_planning_software, school_bus_route_optimization, school_bus_route_scheduling_software
Even though big yellow buses are most commonly associated with schools, that doesn't mean school bus transportation is only about schools. A fleet of buses is a genuine asset for any community, and they can be put to creative use in ways that go beyond the..
Transportation_Management_Software, school_bus_routing_software, school_bus_tracking_software, student_transportation_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety, route_efficiency, school_bus_route_planning_software, school_bus_route_optimization, school_bus_route_scheduling_software
More and more districts are starting to adopt GPS tracking systems in their buses, to help them track and optimize their fleets. However, GPS systems can have another big benefit. When paired with the right school bus GPS parent app, it can make life easie..
Transportation_Management_Software, Student_Tracking_Software, school_bus_routing_software, school_bus_tracking_software, student_transportation_software, GPS_Parent_App, Student_School_Bus_Safety, route_efficiency, school_bus_route_planning_software, school_bus_route_optimization, school_bus_route_scheduling_software
Scheduling safe school bus routes is a serious initiative for every school district. As a school administrator, transportation manager or transportation contractor, your main goal is to get students to and from school safely, every day.
Transportation_Management_Software, school_bus_routing_software, school_bus_tracking_software, student_transportation_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety, route_efficiency, school_bus_route_planning_software, school_bus_route_optimization, school_bus_route_scheduling_software
For hundreds of years, field trips have been a tried and true teaching technique. Taking students out of a classroom and into a "real world" situation has always been a good way of reinforcing the lessons, and showing that they aren't just abstract exercis..
Transportation_Management_Software, school_bus_routing_software, school_bus_tracking_software, student_transportation_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety, route_efficiency, school_bus_route_planning_software, school_bus_route_optimization, school_bus_route_scheduling_software
Bullying in the educational setting is a problem that has captured the attention of school districts across North America. Anytime the physical and emotional safety of a child is threatened, their ability to learn decreases. According to the U.S. Departmen..
Transportation_Management_Software, school_bus_routing_software, school_bus_tracking_software, student_transportation_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety, route_efficiency, school_bus_route_planning_software, school_bus_route_optimization, school_bus_route_scheduling_software
A school bus tracking app for keeping track of students is a priority that is increasing in importance in school districts across North America and around the world. One of the easiest and most cost-efficient ways to track students is by utilizing an ID sy..
Transportation_Management_Software, Student_Tracking_Software, school_bus_routing_software, school_bus_tracking_software, student_transportation_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety, route_efficiency, school_bus_route_planning_software, school_bus_route_optimization, school_bus_route_scheduling_software
When a bus stops and children are loading or unloading, you'd want to think the driver is in full control of the situation - but they aren't. Buses, by their nature, have massive blind spots which impact the driver's visibility. This is a school bus safety..
school_bus_safety, keeping_students_safe, Student_School_Bus_Safety, school_bus_safety_plans
For as long as the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak lasts, it's going to be absolutely vital to keep your school buses clean and sanitized. Buses will always be a high-risk area for transmission, so they call for high levels of diligence. Parents need to feel..
Student_Transportation, electric_school_buses, Student_School_Bus_Safety, school_bus_cleaning
For better or worse, back-to-school 2020 is here around the country, despite the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. Every district has their own solutions for how to continue providing education despite the coronavirus, but one thing is indisputable: drastic chang..
Student_School_Bus_Safety, School_Bus_News, school_bus_safety_plans, covid-19
Schools reopening this fall are almost certainly going to be making significant changes to their buses and routing, in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus. If these changes are going to involve adding new bus stops - such as to prevent too many students f..
school_bus_routing_software, school_bus_safety, School_Bus_Routing, Student_School_Bus_Safety
Will your school district be reopening this fall, in the wake of the coronavirus? If so, one of the biggest challenges you're likely to face is the problem of running your school bus transportation system in a way that minimizes the chances of disease tran..
school_bus_safety, Student_School_Bus_Safety, covid-19, restarting_school_bus_operations
With the rising costs of health care in the country, more and more people are turning to non-prescription products in an attempt to cure their various ailments. Among various alternatives, the use of cannabidiol (CBD) oil is growing, due to its seeming eff..
school_bus_drivers, Student_School_Bus_Safety, CBD_oil
How robust is your school bus safety plan? Of course, any school district will have safety plans in place for their buses and transportation system. However, these plans are rarely complete. Arguably, they cannot be - unexpected situations are always possi..
Student_School_Bus_Safety, school_bus_safety_tips, school_bus_safety_plans
Here's a school bus safety violation that shouldn't happen, yet it does with surprising frequency: running buses that are overcrowded. In Texas, for example, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) was forced to step in and issue public advisories, due to re..
school_bus_safety, school_bus_fleet, Student_School_Bus_Safety
When a parent allows their child to ride a bus, there's a lot of trust involved. They need to believe that the driver is going to protect the students, and consider school bus safety to be their top priority. Unfortunately, this is not always the case - as..
school_bus_safety, school_bus_drivers, Student_School_Bus_Safety
For decades, arguments have raged over whether or not school bus seat belts were a good idea. The official stance was that school buses were already so safe that the additional protection brought by belts would be minimal, or even cause as many problems as..
school_bus_seat_belts, Student_School_Bus_Safety
In May 2018, a truly tragic school bus accident occurred in New Jersey. A bus traveling on I-80 apparently overshot its intended exit, causing the driver to attempt to pull a massive U-turn across multiple lanes. This led to a direct side-on collision from..
school_bus_drivers, Student_School_Bus_Safety, school_bus_laws
Last month, a potentially very dangerous mistake occurred in Waterloo, Iowa: A school bus driver mistakenly dropped off an autistic girl at the wrong location. Unsupervised, she wandered more than a mile away and was found at a local Target. Fortunately, s..
special_needs_student_transportation, school_bus_driver_training, Student_School_Bus_Safety
Most of the time, when a bus driver does something that endangers students, it's due to poor judgement. Occasionally, however, it can be malicious - as we saw earlier this year in Farmington, Utah. In a deeply disturbing incident, a 14-year-old biracial ch..
school_bus_safety, student_bus_transportation, Student_School_Bus_Safety
As we start the new school year, one of the most important issues on the mind of every transportation director should be school bus safety. Even though school buses are already by far the safest vehicles on the road, they can always be made safer. We've ma..
school_bus_routing_software, GPS_Student_Tracking, Student_School_Bus_Safety, School_Bus_Security, School_Bus_Passenger_Safety
For many districts, onboard video camera systems represent an excellent solution to many school bus security issues. With video cameras, you can keep a close eye on the behavior of students and drivers, while always having footage available if there are di..
Student_School_Bus_Safety, School_Bus_Security, School_Bus_Surveillance
When drivers endanger school bus riders thousands of times every day by ignoring stop-arm signals, it’s clearly a problem that needs solving. But how? One of the more common solutions being adopted is the use of stop-arm cameras, which work in roughly the ..
school_bus_safety, Student_School_Bus_Safety, Stop-Arm_Fines
It’s a situation bus drivers have seen countless times: They bring the bus to a stop, extend the stop-arm, begin to let students disembark – only to see a car behind them ignore the stop sign and speed past. Every time this happens, children are endangered..
school_bus_routing_software, stop-arm_camera_technology, Student_School_Bus_Safety
How much does your district spend on school bus safety training? If yours is a typical district, it's probably not much. Yet, over and over, districts which have implemented more robust programs have found that bus safety training can significantly reduce ..
Student_School_Bus_Safety
Let's be honest, these are tough times to be involved in school management. Pressures are mounting on all sides, with very few release valves available. School budgets are constantly being cut, so you have to make do with less each year, or so it seems. Ye..
Transportation_Management_Software, school_bus_routing_software, school_bus_tracking_software, student_transportation_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety, route_efficiency, school_bus_route_planning_software, school_bus_route_optimization, school_bus_route_scheduling_software
In days past, back when school systems had better finances, gas prices were reasonable and parents had actual relationships with their children’s school bus drivers, there was little need for tracking school buses and other transportation.
Transportation_Management_Software, school_bus_routing_software, school_bus_tracking_software, student_transportation_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety, route_efficiency, school_bus_route_planning_software, school_bus_route_optimization, school_bus_route_scheduling_software, vehicle_tracking_software
Let's be honest, these are tough times to be involved in school management. Pressures are mounting on all sides, with very few release valves available. School budgets are constantly being cut, so you have to make do with less each year, or so it seems. Ye..
Transportation_Management_Software, school_bus_routing_software, school_bus_tracking_software, student_transportation_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety, route_efficiency, school_bus_route_planning_software, school_bus_route_optimization, school_bus_route_scheduling_software
In days past, back when school systems had better finances, gas prices were reasonable and parents had actual relationships with their children’s school bus drivers, there was little need for tracking school buses and other transportation.
Transportation_Management_Software, school_bus_routing_software, school_bus_tracking_software, student_transportation_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety, route_efficiency, school_bus_route_planning_software, school_bus_route_optimization, school_bus_route_scheduling_software
With so many responsibilities that need to be taken care of throughout the day (or even during the entire week), the last thing a transportation supervisor wants to deal with is a stolen vehicle.
Transportation_Management_Software, school_bus_routing_software, school_bus_tracking_software, student_transportation_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety, route_efficiency, school_bus_route_planning_software, school_bus_route_optimization, school_bus_route_scheduling_software
One of the most frustrating and difficult responsibilities when it comes to managing an entire fleet of transportation vehicles, whether it is cars or buses, is making sure that all of those vehicles are where they need to be, on time, and don't have any m..
Transportation_Management_Software, school_bus_routing_software, school_bus_tracking_software, student_transportation_software, Student_School_Bus_Safety, route_efficiency, school_bus_route_planning_software, school_bus_route_optimization, school_bus_route_scheduling_software
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Orbit Software, Inc.
424 King Street
Pottstown, PA 19464
(484) 941-0820