SMART Tag is the premier on-bus tablet solution for student ridership management with pre/post-trip inspection, fleet GPS and e-messaging. The user-friendly rugged tablet and RFID cards help ensure students ride the correct bus, get off at the right stop and are not left on the bus. Offering guardian check for Pre-K/SPED riders, SHARS reports, and integration with your existing routing and maintenance software. Fleet visibility and student info is accessed through our secure web portals for ISDs, campuses and parents.
“SMART tag truly is a magnificent leap in student transportation… the tablet does so much it's actually unbelievable.”
Multi-channel monitoring has become an almost indispensable feature on new school buses, with a 94 percent usage rate, according to a new STN survey.
purchases are thoroughly researched and vetted for the best possible solution.” When it comes to any future role in school buses for artificial intelligence, he said he
foresees extensive use of traction control, stabilization and crash avoidance, through radar or automatic braking.
HUNTINGTON BEACH (CALIFORNIA) UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Jeff Hutchings, manager of maintenance operations and transportation at Huntington
Josh Rice
Dir. of Transportation New Caney ISD, TX
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Beach Union High School District in Southern California, reported Zonar is used to track bus locations and perform electronic vehicle inspections. Te district has 51 buses and 50 drivers. Hutchings said the district is now adding video cameras on all new bus purchases, and is also using BusHive for field trip requests and billing. Hutchings said he is researching routing software that works for the organization and that features “value and ease of use.” He estimated that the final cost of the equipment and services saved the district about $3,000 to $5,000 per year, which was roughly what he forecasted. Plus, Huntington Beach saved about as many hours of employee time. “I cannot put a value on the additional safety it has added to our organization,”
Hutchings said. Hutchings said the Zonar product was purchased primarily for safety reasons. “Tis enabled us to track our buses at all times. We (now) have an electronic record of when
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