Title: GPS Technology
1GPS Technology School Transportation
Synovia - FAPT
Florida Association for Pupil Transportation
2Requirements For A Successful GPS System
- Company has School Bus Specific Experience
- Application Designed Specifically for School
Transportation Management - Data is Live Time Real Time
- Hardware
- Proven Not Beta
- Firmware Updated Over the Air
- Store and Forward Feature
- Signal Receipt and Acknowledgement Feature
3Requirements For A Successful GPS System
- Hardware Installation
- Install Crew Experienced in School Bus
Installations - Install for Long Haul Solid and Firm
- Electrical Connections
- Installation Guaranteed for at Least 1 Year
- Software Features
- Live Time Real Time and Historical Reporting
- Useful Management Reports
4Requirements For A Successful GPS System
- Offers Comparative Analysis of Planned vrs Actual
Operations (Planned Route Data Auto Secured from
Routing System) - Offers a Local Map Option (Makes Use of Local Map
Updated Regularly by District) - Offers District Controlled Server and Company
Hosted Server Options - Customers that Are Successful and Happy with
Solution. (Talk to Several from Customer List)
5Emerging Technologies with GPS
- Driver Tracking and Payroll
- Student Tracking
- Sub-Driver - Driver Direction Terminal
- Integrating AVL/GPS/Driver Data with
- Payroll System
- Vehicle Maintenance System
- State Reporting
- Mileage
- Student ridership
- Field Trip system
- School District Report Card System
6Setting the Standard for School Bus Tracking
- 6 Years of school transportation GPS focus
- 100 Customer retention
- 110 Years of industry experience
- 4,500 GPS systems on school buses
- Over 40 customers in 14 states
- Fully integrated solutions (routing/payroll)
7School Transportation Success
- Flagler County Public Schools, FL 150 Total
Buses - Marion County Public Schools, FL - Contract
- Fairfax County, VA 1,600 Total Buses
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC 1,400 Total Buses
- Houston ISD, TX 900 Total Buses
- Forsyth County, GA 350 Total Buses
- Indianapolis Public Schools, IN 250 Total Buses
- Davis School District, UT 210 Total Buses
8How does it work?
- HARDWARE
- GPS units are installed on the buses and
- automatically report live data
- Options include student tracking technologies
- such as RFID and MDTs
- COMMUNICATIONS
- The system sends information in real-time over
- cellular networks (ATT, Sprint/Nextel,
- Verizon, etc)
- SOFTWARE
- Synovia software allows you to track
- buses and create management reports both
- live and historically
- Synovia can integrate with any routing data
9Fully Real-Time Tracking
- Real-time tracking of one or
- all buses at any time!
- Bus stop reporting
- location/time/duration
- Idle monitoring based on
- district limits (5 minutes, 10
- minutes, etc.)
- On-time performance reporting
- for school arrivals
10Compare Planned vs. Actual Route Activity
- Integrated with any routing/scheduling data
- Local map overlay for increased accuracy
11Increased Safety and Security
Live Dispatch Track any bus, any where,
any time especially during emergencies Reduced
Liability Accurate data for route and accident
analysis
12Reduced Operating Costs
Time Management Manage driver time on/off bus
routes, reduce wasted staff man hours Fuel
Reduction Monitor idling and manage increasing
fuel costs
13Driver Time Tracking
- Synovia Driver ID Tracking Module
- Live Time Real Time - Time In / Time Out
- Driver Time Available in Same System as Actual
and Planned Route Data - Exports Driver Time Data to Payroll Systems
14Return on Investment
- Driver Payroll
- 100 Buses, 15 Minutes/Day, 180 Days, 13/hr
- 58,500 Annually
- Idling and Fuel Waste
- 100 Buses, 20 Minutes/Day, 180 Days, 3.50/gal
21,000 Annually - Route Reductions
- 1 Eliminated Route Per Year - 26,000
- Administrative Man-Hours
- Problems are solved at first call
- reducing overhead costs dramatically
15Synovia Contact Info
- Woody Fitzmaurice Project Manager
- Phone 317-208-1708
- Mobile 317-373-8335
- Email wfitzmaurice_at_synoviacorp.com
- Brad Bishop - Chief Operating Officer
- Phone 317-208-1703
- Mobile 317-748-1963
- Email bbishop_at_synoviacorp.com
- 9190 Priority Way West Dr, Suite 115
- Indianapolis, IN 46240
- www.synoviacorp.com
- Office 317-208-1700
- Fax 317-208-2202