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Leander ISD Saves $1M Through Route Optimization
Leander ISD identified more than $1 million in projected annual savings after using AlphaRoute to optimize bus routes without changing schedules or stops.
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SEARCHMENUSEARCHLeander ISD identified more than $1 million in projected annual savings after using AlphaRoute to optimize bus routes without changing schedules or stops.
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The latest developments related to several of this year’s largest school bus contractors.
Read More →The school bus contractor will use the Propane-Powered Vision units to transport students under its agreement with Bozeman (Mont.) Public Schools. The buses feature GPS, digital video cameras, the Child Check-Mate electronic reminder system and crossing gates.
Read More →The school bus contractor’s agreement with Kenowa Hills Public Schools begins Sept. 1, and the contract is the company’s first in western Michigan. Durham will use 34 buses to serve six schools and more than 2,400 student riders, with a plan to replace a significant portion of the fleet over time, officials say.
Read More →The Alabama school bus driver receives a posthumous School Bus Champion Award from the American School Bus Council for his actions to protect his bus passengers during a standoff with a gunman. Dale County Schools Superintendent Donny Bynum, who accepted the award on behalf of Poland’s family, says, “Not a day goes by that I don’t think about Mr. Poland and what he did. He is the definition of a hero.”
Read More →Cleveland-based Repros is a provider of large-format color graphics solutions. VP Lou LaGuardia says that “by acquiring Sun Art, we suddenly become experts in the school bus graphics niche market and acquire a more proficient expertise in the fleet and vehicle market."
Read More →Police in Geneseo, N.Y., encountered Manon Coyne after she had transported five students to summer school. She allegedly had a blood alcohol content of .24%. The New York Association for Pupil Transportation says that "if all the charges are proven true, her actions were inexcusable and put the lives of the children on her school bus at risk."
Read More →Do your homework to understand how one operation compares to yours, and then — and only then — dare to compare.
Read More →During the 2012-13 school year, police in New Britain, Conn., issued 88 illegal-passing citations as part of an enforcement program using the Redflex Student Guardian system. Four local school buses are equipped with the camera system.
Read More →The vice president of sales for Easy Way Safety Services got his start in the industry when he was asked to become involved in manufacturing seat covers and safety vests for the company. In a letter announcing his retirement, he writes that he relishes the friendships he’s made, and he’ll miss those friendships.
Read More →The fee will be higher starting with the upcoming school year. The South Sioux City (Neb.) district is looking for a way to balance its transportation budget; it was only reimbursed by the state for half of the nearly $570,000 that was spent on busing last school year.
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