GPS tracking allows you to take control of what is happening with your vehicles and students, and reduce confusion for drivers and parents. This means fewer calls with questions and requests for information to field.
By collecting the data that is relevant to you now, you will be able to better plan for the future with accurate information on planned versus actual routes, on-time performance, and more. Busology’s GPS Tracking solution provides full integration with operations, planning, scheduling, and parent communications systems.
Mary works in the office of an elementary school. At about 8:30 each morning, she enjoys a cup of coffee and greets teachers coming in and out of the office. It wasn’t always this way. This time of day used to be hectic as Mary is responsible for school bus arrival and departure. Sometimes buses were late and she did not know why.
With the Busology GPS Tracking solution, Mary is now able to respond quickly and confidently to enquiries about student and bus locations. The GPS Tracking solution tracks bus locations in real time, tracks speed and direction, and compares actual routes with planned routes. This has not only reduced inquiries that Mary needs to answer from parents and students waiting for buses, but has improved on-time performance. The actionable insights the agency derives from the data allows them to plan better for any service disruptions and inform schools and parents proactively. So there are far fewer calls in the first place.
Mary breathes in the aroma of her coffee and smiles as she greets the teachers bustling in and out of the office.
Manuela is a Routing Manager at a transportation agency providing school bus programs. She receives school bus and rider data in real time so she can act quickly if an urgent situation arises. She knows if the buses are running on time and if they are adhering to their planned routes.
It is Friday and Manuela notices a pattern with buses running the 2A route which travels through the downtown core. They are not following the optimized, planned route. This has caused a slight delay in buses arriving on time.
Before she can question this further, she receives an alert from one of the school bus drivers, telling her there is an unexpected detour due to a protest. The driver communicates this by using their onboard tablet. Manuela alerts the schools affected that there is a delay. Even if she forgets to do this, parents and students, who have programmed customized proximity alerts in their Busology Parent App, will be notified automatically.
Manuela smiles as she thinks about how the tracking data has changed the way she does her job. No more relying on anecdotal information regarding routing and timeliness, or guessing at whether students boarded the right bus (with RFID tags students carry she knows that they boarded the right bus or disembarked at the correct stop). Busology’s GPS Tracking solution does it for her.
Colleagues in Operations tell Manuela they use the GPS Tracking data in their roles too. The solution provides not only fast answers to pressing questions, but the ability to compare real time and historical data to make more informed safety, efficiency, and service improvements.
Rich drives a vehicle for students with special needs. The busing for special needs children can be a bit more complicated than standard busing, because the kids are picked up from their homes, curbside, and each student is unique, requiring different accommodations.
He is on his way to Kathy’s house now, a special needs student who always had a friendly wave for Rich. Before his agency implemented GPS Tracking for its buses, Rich would occasionally arrive at Kathy’s house, unaware that her mom had been trying to find out where the school bus was.
She did not want Kathy to wait too long in the cold, but the school bus timing varied and the agency did not know where the bus was at any given moment. Sometimes Rich would be delayed at a previous stop and this could delay the entire route that day.
Now, if a stop takes longer than normal due to unexpected equipment that needs to be onboarded, for example, Rich informs the school district and parents with his onboard tablet of the delay. In addition, schools, parents, and students who have customized proximity alerts in their apps, receive this information in real time and can plan accordingly. This way Kathy and her mom don’t wait in the cold or heat, becoming uncomfortable and impatient.
Rich pulls the bus to a stop outside Kathy’s house just as she and her mom are coming down the front path. Rich activates the wheelchair ramp and together with Kathy’s mom, they get her settled and safely secured on the bus.
The Busology solution provides an app, fueled by GPS tracking data, just for you so that you can get these answers quickly, in real time.
Make Busology your first stop. Students carry RFID tags so the system can tell you if they boarded or disembarked, and if they did so at the correct stop.
We can definitely help. With the handy Parent App, you can instantly see where your child’s bus is, and when it will arrive. This is done through GPS tracking of the bus so it is real-time information.
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