b'Supersized TechnologyEnsuring students get onAndrew Grasty, assistant the right bus and get off attransportation director the right stop since 2013 for Centerville City Schools near Dayton, Ohio, reviews planned routes for the new school year and tracks all 122 buses in the fleet.Smallville ics standpoint and we can Independent School DistrictCLARK wirelessly download the KENT*011068* video in our office.Grasty continued, noting that for fleet maintenance, they use a software called Fleet, which is made by Student Tracking/ Trapeze. That app helps Authorization know where the buses are. They also haveensures that their mainte-the ability to run actual versus schedulednance crew is performing time and location as well. We can makepreventive maintenance on GPS Fleet sure the buses are making their scheduledthe buses, as required by stops, to make sure that all students arethe manufacturer.Tracking transported as scheduled. Our mechanics use the Grasty acknowledged that CentervilleCummins software and the uses Transfinder as its routing software,Allison transmission soft-Pre/Post-Trip and he praised the product. We absolutelyware to diagnose and repair Inspection love Transfinder, Grasty commented. It isthe engines and transmis-a forward-thinking company that has top- sions, he said, adding that notch customer service and the interests ofthe acquisition of the tech-the customer in mind. nology was for safety and Automated Grasty has observed that the companysefficiency.Reports software is intuitive. Our router can see allWe felt the need to have of the routes for a school building, so sheGPS on our buses, so we can make sure the scheduling of the buseswould know at all times is being done in the most efficient waywhere they are on the possible. routes and have the ability 512.686.2360 Other technologies for Centerville in- to respond in times of need, clude surveillance cameras. We use REIGrasty stressed. With 122 smart-tag.net for the cameras inside our buses, Grastyyellow buses on the road sales@smart-tag.net informed STN. They have great resolution.every day, you must know Theyre easy to install from our mechan- where your assets are.60School Transportation NewsSEPTEMBER 2019'