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New bus system easier for parents, more efficient By: Gracie Hart Brooks | Orange County ReviewOrange, VA Published: August 16, 2012 Updated: August 16, 2012 - 3:59 PM When school starts next month, the Orange County Public School Transportation Department will be ready, with a few new pieces of technology backing it up. A new web-based program is being introduced this week which allows parents to find school bus pick-up and drop-off times without sifting through extensive route lists. The [...]

Transfinder today announced that the company is unveiling its latest innovation, Infofinder mobile, at the 2012 STN EXPO being held at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno. Infofinder mobile allows school personnel to access their critical transportation information on the go, anywhere and anytime. This newest application from Transfinder, available for the iPad®, iPhone®, and iPod® touch will allow district personnel for the first time to: Document actual events, such as bus [...]

Bus tracking awaits 9-1-1 addressing   Hampshire Review, Romney, West Virginia By Jim King, Review Staff Wednesday, May 23, 2012   ROMNEY — Transportation Director Calvin Davis thinks he can make bus scheduling and all the questions that go with it a lot easier, if he can only get some help from parents and the post office.   The main tool is in place, he told the Hampshire County Board of Education Monday night. That’s a software program called Transfinder that the [...]

Officials: Increased efficiency in Hernando school bus routes to yield at least $740,000 Tampa Bay Times,  St. Petersburg, FLBy Danny Valentine, Times Staff WriterWednesday, June 20, 2012   BROOKSVILLE — The Hernando County school system will save at least $740,000 next year mostly because more efficient bus routes will allow more students to ride each bus. The money should go a long way to eliminating the district's $2.6million estimated shortfall for next year's budget and also [...]

Transfinder today announced that the company is holding its Third Annual Client Conference from Thursday, May 17 through Saturday, May 19 at the Desmond Hotel and Conference Center in Albany, New York. Timothy Kremer, Executive Director of the New York State School Boards Association, is giving the Keynote Address. Attendees are expected to number close to 200 school transportation officials from more than 110 school districts in 26 states and Canada. They will participate in more than 30 [...]