Where is Isaac? How Technology Can Prevent School Bus Safety Issues
Written by: Erico Barcelos IoT and Networking Product Manager at Safe Fleet Written by: Erico Barcelos IoT and Networking Product Manager at Safe Fleet Seven-year-old Isaac was supposed to be home by 3:00 PM. The school bus was once again late. [...]
From Iconic Yellow Bus to Cloud-Powered Marvel: The Connected School Bus
The yellow school bus is an icon of transportation. For students, a symbol of learning and socializing, for ex-students (adults) an emblem of safety and future potential. Throughout the years, this vehicle has undergone improvements to maintain its status as the safest vehicle on the road. And in today's [...]
Advantages of GIS Routing for School Bus Transportation
Written by: Kerry Somerville Senior Product Manager, Safe Fleet A GIS Certified Professional with over 35 years of experience specializing in school bus routing. Easy access to mapping applications, which rely on Geographic Information System (GIS) technology has made our lives easier. So, what is [...]
Peace of Mind: How and Why Tracking Students on School Buses Enables Enhanced Safety
The tracking of students on school buses is all about safety and parent empowerment. To do their jobs properly, school districts need a reliable way to communicate student and bus data to authorities during emergency situations and to parents for everyday peace-of-mind. From a safety perspective, boarding a school [...]
Safe Fleet School Bus Product Roadmap
Our game-changing Predictive Stop Arm® (PSA) continues to protect students from the risk of stop arm violations, but will now offer enhanced system integration. We are also building more robust AVL/Fleet Management software with added features such as turn-by-turn software that will redirect based on real-time traffic and road [...]
Why Cloud Computing might be right for you
Shopping for a video surveillance system and wondering whether a cloud-based system is right for you? Or you already have an on-premise system and are wondering about a possible transition to the cloud. This one image succinctly summarizes why cloud computing might be right for you now, and why [...]
6 Challenges Fleet Managers Solve Using Wireless Downloading
The more often you remove and reinstall media, the more you run the risk of damaging the media. Can you accept that you might find yourself without video backup when you need it most? But not all fleets that use video surveillance systems choose wireless downloading as part of [...]
3 Free Tools (And One Low-Cost One) Small School Districts Should Consider to Manage Bus Fleets
We love talking with transportation staff at small school districts. Sometimes our calls with Transportation Directors get interrupted because of the many hats these Directors wear. A recent example: the Transportation Director had to end a call to start a troublesome lawnmower. At another district, we discussed routing plans [...]
A New Approach to tackling School Bus Route Operations
The safety of students and drivers underscores every step a school bus transportation department makes. What happens outside the bus is just as important as what happens inside — often more so as the majority of fatalities and injuries happen outside the bus.How does Route Operations Planning factor into the [...]
Moving from Paper to Digital with School Bus Route Planning Software
5 Easy Steps to get School Bus Route Management off your Walls During a weekend with my young nephews, I was surprised to learn that they didn’t know how to hand write in cursive. When I asked why, they answered that they type out their homework on computers, and [...]
The Importance of Real-Time Information for School Bus Fleet Management
In the past technology limitations kept student transportation departments from gaining real-time data about their fleet operations. Today, software can provide immediate insight on what is happening on any vehicle on the road and allow live video streaming from the bus. Those school districts that use fleet management solutions [...]
How Route Optimization Can Make Your School Bus Fleet ‘Greener’
Even though one school bus replaces 36 cars on the road, student transportation systems contribute to global climate change and are still a target for air pollution reductions. This puts a lot of pressure on schools to adopt “green” business practices and decrease their fleet’s carbon footprint. Efficient route [...]
Now Offering Student Tracking
Seon announces the launch of vMax® Trac, an RFID-card based student tracking system that gives school transportation staff real-time information on whether a student is on the bus, missed the bus, or got off at the wrong stop –critical information when a student is missing or a school bus [...]
School Bus Cameras Plus Live GPS Tracking — a Powerful Combination
4 ways mobile video and live GPS tracking can help improve school bus operations. Over the past 10 years, mobile video and live GPS tracking have quickly become must-have tools for student safety and fleet management. The purchase of a school bus camera system is a necessary safety precaution, [...]
