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How to choose your ideal school bus fleet management partner

Choose the best long-term provider with the right technology that delivers the best total value.

Make your fleet more resilient to today’s challenges.

Navigate several of today’s top trucking challenges with the right smart fleet technology.

11 ways to do more without blowing your fleet’s budget

Safeguard students, keep buses healthy and streamline daily operations…without breaking the bank.

Prep your bus fleet for rolling back to school

While your vehicles are idle, prepare your school bus fleet for a smooth back-to-school transition.

Plan ahead to act fast during school bus emergencies.

Quickly, effectively respond to school bus emergencies using smart fleet management data.

The California intrastate ELD countdown is on.

Get to know the California ELD mandate, its differences, and how to prepare.

Down and dirty facts about the CARB Clean Truck Check program.

Catch up on the CARB Clean Truck Check program with a short FAQ.

Electric school buses | Fleet management

Sidestep these pitfalls of self-installing fleet telematics.

Avoid costly problems and downtime by avoiding these misconceptions about self-installing fleet telematics.

Overcome 3 common barriers to EV school bus adoption.

Find out why electrifying your pupil transportation fleet is easier than you may realize.

Add telematics to your EPA-funded EV school buses.

Add telematics to maximize your EV bus investment and help comply with the EPA's Clean School Bus Program.

Fleet gamification for commercial drivers

Raise your fleet's performance by motivating and rewarding drivers based on objective performance data.

Driver performance | Fleet management

Gamification’s place in business

Learn why gamification is on the rise for incentivizing drivers to perform more safely and efficiently.

Driver Retention: How Workflow Unification Helps.

Make working for you less stressful and more profitable to attract and keep talent instead of only offering bonuses.

Fuel management

Stop internal fuel theft with fuel tracking & analytics.

Spot red flags and investigate based on facts besides just MPG to keep fuel theft from draining your bottom line.

Top 5 differences between U.S. and Canadian ELD

Avoid violations by knowing the details and differences between these two ELD mandates.

Adapt by adopting fleet management apps.

Find out why extending your fleet's technolgy capabilities to driver tablets with mobile apps is no longer optional.

School bus tracking apps ease pain points for everyone.

Make life easier and reduce parent call volumes with greater digital transparency and student rider safety.

Driver safety | Safety & compliance

Change truck driver turnover into retention.

Explore ways of retaining drivers by treating them like professionals and investing in their essential driver tools.

Protect against staged crashes and nuclear verdicts

Refute false claims with irrefutable, data-based evidence and vehicle data.

Why the Zonar and BusPatrol Partnership is Pivotal for Student Safety

Hold stop-arm violators accountable with the latest stop-arm enforcement technology and smart fleet management.

Zonar and the Canadian ELD mandate

Know what you need to comply with Canada's ELD mandate and learn how we're ready to help.

Driver safety | Safety & compliance

What is a CSA score?

Understand what a CSA score is and how to keep yours healthy with smart fleet management technology.

Top 5 CVSA citations

See what made the CVSA's top citations for Operation Safe Driver Week 202 and how to prevent them.

Contact tracing in schools

Learn how contact tracing works and how to implement it to keep student riders and bus drivers safe.

Personal Conveyance Best Practices

Know what it is, when it can and can't be used, and how it applies to HoS limits.

Fleet health | Fleet management

Fundamentals of fleet management

Refresh on what fleet management is, what fleet managers do, and how smart fleet tech fits in.

Keep your fleet nimble to keep up

Make sure your smart fleet management solution is fully equipped to support agility, efficiency and safety as things change.

Life still rides on transit

Prepare your public transit fleet for bringing ridership levels back to pre-pandemic levels.

Best practices | Safety & compliance

5 Zonar resources you may not know about

Make the most of your investment with resources and tools to help your fleet run more smoothly.

5 keys to PTASP-compliant vehicle inspections

Build and implement a vehicle inspection portion of your safety plan that meets PTASP criteria.

Fleet health | Safety & compliance

Where DVIR and eDVIR stop, EVIR^® ensures compliance.

Compare the three types of inspection processes and their limitations.

5 Ways Geofences Provide More Control Over Your Fleet

Safeguard students, optimize routes and enhance utilization with expanded use of Zonar location data.

Driver performance | Driver safety

Get to know fleet gamification

Learn what fleet gamification is and why it works to encourage safer, more efficient drivers.

Help your drivers fight highway hypnosis

Keep drivers' minds on the road and driving safely, especially when on long stretches.

Driver performance | Safety & compliance

FHWA Funding Opportunity for Transportation Technology Grants

Learn more about this grant opportunity for your transportation technology-based project.

Dangers of Speeding and Aggressive Driving

Teach drivers to slow down so they save lives, lower CSA scores and save your fleet unnecessary costs.

Best practices | Safety & compliance

The Latest on the Canadian ELD Mandate

What to look for in an ELD provider

Choose the right ELD technology and the right provider to avoid avoidable violations.

6 Things to Look for in a Telematics Provider

Partner with the right provider upfront to avoid financial suprises and downstream problems.

Top 6 ELD Exemptions

Know when your driver doesn't need to comply to maximize hours and avoid violations.

Driver performance | Fuel management

From Connected Trucks/Fleets to Smart Fleet Management

Manage your operations, win the job, and make data-driven decisions across your fleet.

Improving Driver Behavior to Maximize Fuel Economy

Make data-based decisions to help drivers and vehicles perform as efficienctly as possible.

How schools pay for bus technology with Medicaid reimbursements

Driving the School Bus Forward

Protect student riders from being lost or stranded by making your fleet safe and running healthy.

Zonar and NAPT Don Carnahan Memorial Grant Application

Discover how this joint-sponsored grant provides up to $50,000 of funding for new fleet tech.