31 October 2018 | 0

GPS: Around the world in 800 milliseconds

I was in the car with my son recently on a trip, testing out a new BusWhere tracker in Europe for an international customer. So I plugged our “plug and play” tracker in the cigarette adapter and started driving. BusWhere has detailed graphical logs, with five-second updates and “DVR-style” controls to rewind, fast forward, and […]

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25 October 2018 | 0

National School Bus Safety Week

Welcome to the midway point in 2018 National School Bus Safety Week (October 22-26)! Observed by school districts nationwide, National School Bus Safety Week is for the many stakeholders–parents, students, teachers, motorists, school bus operators, school administrators, and other interested parties– who are  working to ensure that the nation’s 25+million students are safe while they are […]

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8 October 2018 | 0

How GPS tracking and other strategies may fix school transportation

“The educational system frequently describes transportation as a plumbing issue. It’s something that nobody notices unless it’s not working.” So says Jennifer O’Neal Schiess, a principal at Bellwether Education Partners, a national nonprofit focused on dramatically changing education and life outcomes for underserved children. (Quote from this article in Curbed.) In 2017, Schiess co-authored “Miles to […]

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7 October 2018 | 0

Public Transportation Fun Facts

Did you know that the word bus is short for “omnibus” and that the first organized public transit system in a city appears to have originated in Paris, France in the mid-17th century? That little factoid, perfect for cocktail parties, PTA meetings and school board gatherings, is one of many things that you may not […]

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