As expectations change, so, too, do approaches to technology acquisition. In Canada, an initiative to help British Columbia public school districts establish shared product and services contracts is tackling the challenges of deliv- ering consistent, cost-effective student transportation management software. Te BC Education Marketplace (BCEM) signed an agreement with Tyler Technologies’ Traversa solution last year. BCEM Director Maria Melan indicated in a news
release that the system will be piloted in nine school districts this year. Te company’s first provincial Corporate Supply Ar- rangement (CSA) with the BC Education Marketplace includes software licenses, professional services, training and support to meet the initiative’s requirement for scalable, easy-to-use, cost-effective software for routing, fleet maintenance and office operations.
Ted Tien, vice president and general manager for
Tyler’s transportation group, said Traversa’s scalability in prior implementations in similar-sized districts were all factors in the successful bid result. Tyler provides K-12 transportation solutions to school districts in five Canadian jurisdictions, including Yukon Territory and the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Alberta and British Columbia. Back in Ellicott City, Maryland, whether or not the
Howard County school board opts to change school hours, Ramsay said he is sold on the latest step in inno- vation’s inexorable march. “In my mind, you can’t test enough. You test, test and test some more because it’s got to be done right,” he said. “You have to have the highest degree of confidence when bus routes are redesigned that they are going to work…We have that high degree of confidence in the information our system is yielding.” ●
Transfinder’s ViewFinder is one of the many technology tools that brought school-bus routing into the 21st century.
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Consumers have standards. Mobile platforms have become sophisticated. Tat creates new opportunities for us to share data through mobile devices, but it also creates high expectations.” —Antonio Civitella, Transfinder
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