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Jun152016 by Vlada TereninaNo Comments

How to Increase Route Efficiency and Improve Employee Performance

Ensuring drivers are following route directions and vehicle maintenance policies, and tracking whether students were picked up at their stops on time can be time-consuming. Lack of easy access to information often creates the burden of additional paperwork to track hours worked, bus inspections, student lists, and route instructions. So how can transportation departments increase efficiency of their fleet operations while helping their workforce perform better? (more…)

May272016 by Vlada TereninaNo Comments

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...

Feb32016 by Vlada TereninaNo Comments

Top School Bus Safety Priorities and Challenges in 2016

School Bus, Video Camera Surveillance

With one month of 2016 already behind us, we surveyed several school transportation professionals and examined lessons learned to predict school bus safety priorities and challenges for the rest of the year. While student and driver safety still top the list, rapid technology advancements have spurred adoption of new services for students and parents, such as on-board Wi-Fi and online apps and portals for real-time bus arrival notifications. We’ve gathered a list of what we see as the major trends in school bus safety to help you adjust your plans, compare them with other districts, redistribute resources and set in place strategies for the future. (more…)

Nov202015 by Vlada TereninaNo Comments

Seon at NAPT 2015: Presenting New Tools and Resources for School Bus Safety

School Bus, United Against Bullying

Last week, at the NAPT 2015 Trade Show, Seon presented three new products designed to increase school bus safety and efficiency. The demonstration of innovative technology followed the announcement of the winners of the United Against Bullying grant program held by Safe Fleet and its subsidiaries from August 15th through October 15th. (more…)