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Jun122018 by Kerry SomervilleNo Comments

A New Approach to tackling School Bus Route Operations

The safety of students and drivers underscores every step a school bus transportation department makes. What happens outside the bus is just as important as what happens inside — often more so as the majority of fatalities and injuries happen outside the bus. How does Route Operations Planning factor into the equation? And could better, more efficient route operations lead to increased student and driver safety? (more…)

May282018 by Yumi AngNo Comments

Moving from Paper to Digital with School Bus Route Planning Software

Industry Trends, Routing, School Bus

5 Easy Steps to get School Bus Route Management off your Walls During a weekend with my young nephews, I was surprised to learn that they didn’t know how to hand write in cursive. When I asked why, they answered that they type out their homework on computers, and only remembered how to write their names in cursive. Schools and districts across North America are moving toward a digital learning and management environment, but what about our school transportation departments? Why is the management of bus fleets and digitization of school routes still behind the curve for some districts? (more…)

Dec182015 by Vlada TereninaNo Comments

Boy Scouts Use Seon Routing Software to Speed Christmas Tree Pick up

Customer Success Stories

For the last dozen years Boy Scout Troop 116 in Ridgefield, Connecticut, has picked up Christmas trees after the holidays to recycle as flower bed mulch in the spring. It used to be a time-consuming process starting at dawn the first or second Saturday in January, with more than 85 volunteers travelling multiple routes from home to home, regardless of the weather. Then, three years ago, US Computing (acquired by Seon in April 2015) donated their Compass Logistics routing software to simplify the task. This year, Seon will donate the use of the software once again to support this heroic effort. (more…)

Feb112015 by Vlada TereninaNo Comments

How Route Optimization Can Make Your School Bus Fleet ‘Greener’

School Bus, Uncategorized

Even though one school bus replaces 36 cars on the road, student transportation systems contribute to global climate change and are still a target for air pollution reductions. This puts a lot of pressure on schools to adopt “green” business practices and decrease their fleet’s carbon footprint. Efficient route planning and vehicle tracking tools can help significantly improve the situation and even lower operating costs, while helping save the planet. (more…)