Fleet Management and Surveillance Solutions for the Student Transportation and Public Transit Industries

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Driver Recruitment and Retention Best Practices: Switzer-Carty Transportation

Driver Recruitment and Retention Best Practices: Switzer-Carty Transportation

Customer Success Stories, Expert Advice Series, School Bus
90% of school districts and school transportation companies across North America have experienced a driver shortage. Strict industry regulations, safety concerns, low wages and sometimes even negative public perception of driving buses keep people from entering the field. At the same time, school transportation faces a high turnover rate with the best employees jumping from one company to another. Recruiting and training new drivers is more expensive than retaining existing personnel, and the lack of qualified workforce forces transportation managers to figure out how to keep their best people. And raising the salary range might not be the deal breaker here: some other factors like low employee engagement or lack of respect at work can be drawing your workforce away. So, what can be done t...
How to Minimize Fuel and Operational Costs with Fleet Management Solutions

How to Minimize Fuel and Operational Costs with Fleet Management Solutions

Expert Advice Series, School Bus, Transit
Every year bus fleets spend 30% of their budgets on fuel and are always looking for ways to reduce their gas/diesel bills. Even though fuel prices are expected to remain relatively low in 2016, this is a factor that is always outside of our control while rising ecological awareness and local ‘green’ regulations point to increased efficiency. (more…)
Video Surveillance Footage Review – Best Practices

Video Surveillance Footage Review – Best Practices

Expert Advice Series, School Bus, Video Camera Surveillance
One of the key pain points when it comes to surveillance footage is the volume of requests for video. Once video has been used to successfully exonerate a driver from a false accusation, or school administrators have used it to solve student discipline issues, these requests can become overwhelming. And most of these issues are time sensitive. Here are six tips to find video faster and investigate reported incidents in record time: (more…)