SafeStop™ and Zonar Announce Strategic Partnership to Integrate School Bus Tracking and Fleet Management Solutions
October 12 2017 - 4:02PM
SafeStop™, the industry-leading school bus tracking and
communications app, which lets parents know where the vehicle is
and when it is coming and Zonar the leader in smart fleet
management technology, announced today a strategic partnership to
further expand their collective reach in school bus tracking and
analytics.
Zonar, the industry’s leading provider of GPS
services is integrating the SafeStop school bus tracking app into
its fleet management offerings for pupil transportation.
The SafeStop app, created in 2013, provides
real-time updates on school bus location, alerts from the
transportation department, plus parent communication and feedback
tools. SafeStop also supplies school transportation officials with
data and analytics to identify underused school bus stops and
monitor on-time performance by comparing planned route information
to the GPS data collected on each vehicle.
Zonar’s fleet management solutions cover such
areas as school bus inspections, engine diagnostics, student
visibility, and GPS.
“The integration of SafeStop continues Zonar’s
commitment to safely transporting kids back and forth from school
and improving communication between parents and school officials,”
said Vanessa Haughton, Chief Marketing Officer at Zonar. “With
SafeStop, school and district administrators can deliver vital bus
information to the palm of a parent’s hand and dramatically reduce
the number of phone calls they receive, allowing them to focus on
improving overall safety and performance inside the SafeStop
Analytics platform.”
“We have had nice growth within the school
transportation industry the last few school years and we are
continuing on that trajectory with this announcement and many
others in the queue,” added Patrick Gallagher, Director of Sales
for SafeStop. “We also recently announced our new contract with The
Scion Group and are now growing in over 15 colleges and
universities residential complexes. The app is now a fundamental
offering in many school transportation and technology contracts and
we continue to attract customers and partners inside and outside
the school transportation industry where customers expect accurate
and transparent information on demand. By working together with
Zonar’s already large customer and user base using their smart
fleet management solutions and GPS tools, we are able to meet
parent demands for access to real-time information from their
children’s bus and provide school officials’ with data to
help them make more informed decisions. Schools are interested in
the cost efficiencies we bring them with real time data.”
SafeStop is a division of Student Transportation
Inc. Managed Services Group (TSX:STB) (NASDAQ:STB). The app is
available for download at the Apple App Store or Google Play. For
more information, go to zonarsystems.com/safestop.
About SafeStopSafeStop, a
product offered by SafeStop, Inc., is a powerful and secure
application that connects parents and school administrators with
the vehicles transporting their students. Created in 2013 by a
transportation solutions provider with vast experience in the
industry, SafeStop app provides a secure registration process,
real-time map feature, estimated times of arrival, student
scanning, SafeStop Analytics and an alerts and messaging center for
its users in addition to world-class customer support. The app
brings timely, accurate and valuable information to parents and
school officials across North America. For more information, visit
www.SafeStopApp.com.
About ZonarFounded in 2001, Zonar has pioneered
smart fleet management solutions throughout vocational, pupil, mass
transit and commercial trucking industries. Zonar helps fleets of
all sizes maximize the use of their assets with solutions dedicated
to improving compliance, efficiency, maintenance, ridership
visibility, safety and tracking. Cloud-based services with open
API's drive Zonar's smart fleet solutions by making it easy for
fleet owners and managers to stay connected to their fleets and
drivers and operators to dispatch. Headquartered in Seattle and
majority-owned by technology company Continental, Zonar also has a
Technology Development Center in downtown Seattle, a regional
office in Cincinnati, and a distribution center outside of Atlanta.
For more information about Zonar, go to www.zonarsystems.com.
For more information:Patrick GallagherDirector
of Sales800.843.8936pgallagher@safestopapp.com
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