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From School Transportation News / By Ryan Gray / July 23, 2024 RENO, Nev. — Transfinder defended last year’s best hardware and software wins and added a safety technology award, while RIDE was voted as having the best green technology as judged by STN EXPO West attendees during the trade show held last week. The 125 attendees who cast votes in the third annual STN EXPO Innovation Choice Awards on July 15 and 16 represented a 47-percent increase in participation from last year. [...]

Austin Public Schools offering new app to track school buses and contact transportation office From KIMT3 / By Mike Bunge / July 22, 2024 Parents and guardians of students in Austin Public Schools (MN) have a new way to track their children’s school bus in real-time. The school district says it is teaming up with Palmer Bus Service to create a new app called Stopfinder to give authorized users access to school bus information. “We are pleased to be offering this service to [...]

Six winners of the second annual Top Transportation Team Award from Transfinder shared their advice in a Monday lunchtime session at STN EXPO Reno.

From School Transportation News / By Tony Corpin / July 1, 2024 Crafting a successful school transportation team demands a multifaceted approach that blends leadership vision, effective communication and a culture of trust. As record 11-time NBA champion coach Phil Jackson famously said, “The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” This sentiment resonates profoundly in the context of school transportation operations, where the [...]

6 Schools, Including 1 Repeat, Named Top Transportation Teams