Trends
Contracting, Safety Technology & Field Trip Trends
This month, we present findings from recent reader surveys on the latest calls for school bus safety enhancements, as well as how student transporters address sleep apnea in drivers, cellular data needs and directions for field trips.
78%
of readers surveyed said student transportation is operated in-house versus 20% that contract out (2% answered “Not Applicable”). (Out of 296 responses.)
On the Recent NTSB Recommendations:
32% said they are interested in adopting lap-shoulder seat belts.
24% said they are interested in adopting collision avoidance systems.
18% said they are interested in adopting electronic stability controls.
Meanwhile, 26% said they are not currently interested in any of the above.
for sleep apnea diagnoses for school bus drivers.
75% 81%
of readers said their operations DO NOT pay
33%said they currently use cellular data plans on school buses (Out of 283 responses.).
Cellular Data Uses: (Multiple choices are possible; the total does not equal 100%.)
48% GPS 36% Messaging 34% Bus location/student tracking apps 20% Wi-Fi 12% Vehicle Health Monitoring
16 School Transportation News • JULY 2018 1-500
501-1,000 1,101-2,000 2,001-3,000 3,001-5,000 Over 5,000
said
their operations DO NOT pay for equipment to treat sleep apnea.
Number of Field/Athletic Trips Operated Per School Year (Out of 473 reader responses.).
44% 20% 10% 9% 7% 6%
Not Applicable 4%
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