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Prep your bus fleet for rolling back to school.
While buses sit idle over a break, ensure your operation is ready to roll.
Plan ahead to act fast during school bus emergencies.
Learn more about using smart fleet management and mobility solutions to prepare your fleet to respond swiftly with real-time fleet data..
Sidestep these pitfalls of self-installing fleet telematics.
Before you commit to self-install, let's cover some common pitfalls.
Keep tire pressure problems from becoming OOS violations.
Flat and underinflated tires are the leading reasons for vehicle out-of-service (OOS) violations.
Overcome 3 common barriers to EV school bus adoption.
Despite the rise in popularity, the road to electric school buses outnumbering ICE-powered buses remains long.
Add telematics to your EPA-funded EV school buses.
Adding telematics to manage your entire school bus fleet is one way to realize your electric vehicles’ full potential.
What puts your student riders most at risk?
Some of the most serious incidents happen outside the bus, not inside. Zonar and BusPatrol are committed to helping you safeguard student riders.
Sharp eyes save lives. End human trafficking.
Join the fight to end human trafficking. Learn more from those on the frontlines.
How a bus tracking app reduces parent calls to dispatch
Empower parents with a bus tracking app.
Adapt by adopting fleet management apps.
Fleets that integrated more mobile apps have seen how much faster and more efficiently their operation runs.
School bus tracking apps ease pain points for everyone.
Riding the school bus is different than when many of us were students.
CVSA Brake Safety Week 2021
Why you should take a moment to check your brakes. It can save lives.
Best practices for implementing telematics
See a high-level list of what’s needed for rolling out a modern solution.
Why the Zonar and BusPatrol Partnership is Pivotal for Student Safety
Zonar announced an exclusive partnership with BusPatrol, the leader in stop-arm enforcement technology.
Time is money. Save both.
Digitize time & task management to streamline payroll and manage costs
2020 National School Bus Safety Week
Learn what's behind top incidents, especially stop-arm violations.
Learn the ABCs of contact tracing in schools
Contact tracing is a public health and safety practice of following a pathogen’s path as it spreads from person to person.
Fundamentals of fleet management
Fleet management is the administrative process of overseeing fleet operations.
Mind your inspections: School buses
Your guide to the flow of what—and how—to inspect the school bus.
Take the time to clean up your fleet’s data.
See our high-level checklist for key areas on the backend to clean up.
5 Zonar resources you may not know about
Have what you need to make the most of your Zonar solution? Read about some resources and tools that could help your fleet run more smoothly and safely.
Retain drivers using fleet gamification
Make them want to stay without relying on financial incentives.
Where DVIR and eDVIR stop, EVIR ensures compliance
Imagine knowing your fleet inspections are being performed properly—every time. How would it feel, knowing all i’s are dotted, all t’s are crossed?
Get to know fleet gamification
A three-part series, in which we explain what fleet gamification is, who’s using it and how you can implement it to make your drivers safer and more efficient.
5 Ways Geofences Provide More Control Over Your Fleet
Over recent years, GPS tracking has become a staple for tracking fleet vehicles, but using geofences takes that location data and provides additional insights.
How the yellow bus became what it is today
See student transportation’s journey from a horse-drawn carriage.
Top 6 unsafe driving behaviors Infographic
Find out what the top citations and warnings were issued.
Help your drivers fight highway hypnosis
Most drivers know the risks of distracted driving and falling asleep behind the wheel. Highway hypnosis is just as dangerous.
Keeping drivers and passengers safe
See the numbers and rules around staying safe around school buses.
Countdown to comply with the Paul Lee Law
Ensure you’re ready to comply with the Paul Lee School Bus Safety Law.
6 Things to Look for in a Telematics Provider
Smart fleet management is an investment, in more ways than upfront costs.
School Bus Safety in the U.S.
See which states have higher and lower accident rates relative to the average.
The Paul Lee School Bus Safety Law: What you need to know to ensure compliance
The California child check bill—known as the "Paul Lee School Bus Safety Law"—requires all buses to be equipped with a "child safety alert system,"
Improving Driver Behavior to Maximize Fuel Economy
According to the American Trucking Association, over 70% of all the freight tonnage moved in the U.S. goes on trucks.
How to get school bus technology to pay for itself with Medicaid Reimbursements
For many schools having a system that lets it know the time, date and location of each entry and exit from the bus of students for real-time child search and child check
Driving the School Bus Forward
According to the American School Bus Council, school buses transport 26 million of the 50 million students who attend school each day
Zonar and NAPT Don Carnahan Memorial Grant
The National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) and Zonar Systems, Inc. are pleased to announce jointly sponsoring the Don Carnahan Memorial Grant opportunity
5 Things to Ask Your Kid’s School Bus Driver
What to ask to learn about how they safeguard their riders.