TRENDS How Readers Use Technology


We received 313 total responses for this month’s survey from nearly 5,300 readers who have the job titles of transportation director or fleet manager, for a response rate of 6 percent. Here is what they told us about their experiences with using new technologies in their fleets.


52% use GPS to track the location of their school buses (Out of 309 responses)


24%reported GPS dead zones on their routes


62%did not report coverage issues


14%don’t know (143 responses)


Tablets, Wi-Fi & Collision Mitigation


23% said they have implemented onboard tablets for school bus drivers (142 responses)


42% of those readers said they use tablets to track movement of students on and off the bus


(33 responses)


50% who have tablets on buses provide drivers with turn-by-turn navigation (32 responses)


70% said the tablets are used for pre- and/or post- trip inspections (33 responses)


45% use tablets to report and track maintenance items and requests (31 responses)


93% said they have yet to implement Wi-Fi on their buses for student homework (285 responses)


86% of those with Wi-Fi limit internet browsing 5% don’t know (21 responses)


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66% do not currently have / have yet to order school buses that are equipped with electronic stability


controls (276 responses)


87% do not currently have or have yet to order school buses that are equipped with collision mitigation technology (268 responses)


36%spend between $20 and $30 per month per bus on data


17%spend $10 per month on data


17% don’t know how much is spent (114 responses)


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