ATLANTA and IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 1,
2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CalAmp (Nasdaq: CAMP), a global
technology solutions pioneer transforming the mobile connected
economy, today announced one of the country's most diverse and
dynamic school districts is adopting its award-winning Here Comes
The Bus school bus tracking technology. The Atlanta Public Schools (APS) joins Peach State
districts Cobb, Paulding, Troup
County Schools, and Valdosta—along with scores of other
school districts nationwide in applying CalAmp's powerful
technology to help their schools more intelligently manage student
transportation.
Each day APS will transport 11,708 students to and from their
homes and 66 district school buildings in addition to intra-day
school sports and social activities. They will outfit over 400
buses with CalAmp's mobile GPS fleet intelligence devices and
essential software that comprise the Here Comes The Bus solution.
APS will also use CalAmp's tablet and app-based Trip Inspection
module to better comply with daily, state-mandated school bus
inspections.
"The APS Transportation Department has maintained a goal to
provide improved customer service with a bus tracking application,
and we are now happy to roll out Here Comes The Bus," said
John Franklin, APS Executive
Director of Transportation. "We recognize how CalAmp's
technology can keep students safe, help families plan and improve
our transportation efficiency."
The Here Comes The Bus app, developed in 2015 by CalAmp's
subsidiary, Synovia Solutions, currently serves about 330 school
districts across North America,
including some of the largest and most dynamic in the Southeast and
beyond.
"We know schools rely on our technology to improve the way they
operate transportation logistics in order to keep students safer as
they travel to and from the classroom as well as during sports and
other activities," said Jeff Clark,
senior vice president of product management for CalAmp. "We're
proud that a district as large, diverse and dynamic as Atlanta Public Schools has placed its trust in
CalAmp's Here Comes The Bus solution to provide improved services
to its community."
Here Comes The Bus has more than two million users, garnered a
4.6 star rating on the Apple App Store - with ~70,000 reviews - and
recently captured the OCTANe High Tech Award for Best Consumer
Technology Innovation, GSMA's coveted 2020 Global Mobile Award
(GLOMO), an IoT Evolution Excellence Award, and an IHS Markit
Innovation Award.
Media can access Here Comes The Bus assets here.
About Atlanta Public
Schools
Atlanta Public
Schools is one of the largest school districts in the state of
Georgia, serving approximately
51,000 students across 87 schools and five programs.
The District is organized into nine
K-12 clusters with 64 traditional schools, 19
charter schools, six partner schools, two alternative schools and
five alternative programs. To learn more about Atlanta Public Schools, follow us on social
media – Twitter (@apsupdate), Facebook (Atlanta Public Schools), and Instagram
(apsupdate) – or visit us online
at www.atlantapublicschools.us.
About CalAmp
CalAmp (Nasdaq: CAMP) is a global
technology solutions pioneer transforming the mobile connected
economy. We help reinvent businesses and improve lives around the
globe with technology solutions that streamline complex mobile IoT
deployments and bring intelligence to the edge. Our software and
subscription-based services, scalable cloud platform and
intelligent devices collect and assess business-critical data from
mobile assets and their contents. We call this The New How,
facilitating efficient decision making, optimizing mobile asset
utilization and improving road safety. CalAmp is dedicated to
improving road safety and is an active member of Together For Safer
Roads, a coalition focused on addressing the challenges of fleet
safety. Headquartered in Irvine,
California, CalAmp has been publicly traded since 1983 and
has 20 million products installed and over 1.3 million software and
services subscribers worldwide.
LoJack®, Tracker™ and Here Comes The
Bus® are CalAmp brands. For more information, visit
calamp.com, or LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or CalAmp
Blog.
CalAmp, LoJack, TRACKER, Bus Guardian, Here Comes The Bus,
iOn Vision and associated logos are among the trademarks of CalAmp
and/or its affiliates in the United
States, certain other countries and/or the EU. Any other
trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their
respective owners.
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