Dashcam with GPS tracking system for School Buses

School Bus Video Telematics Solutions

The Client

A leading education group faced several pain points and challenges that prompted them to seek a solution from Trinetra Wireless. They approached us for a solution to ensure safe transportation, school bus tracking for students, to enhance mobile surveillance, implement RFID reader technology and monitor fuel levels.

Business Requirement

A discussion with the school management sorted out what they faced as challenges that urged them to find a solution:

  • School Bus Tracking for Students: Real-time tracking for student safety.
  • Mobile Surveillance and Management: Enhanced safety through road and driver monitoring.
  • RFID Reader Integration: Streamlined attendance records and security.
  • Fuel Level Monitoring: Real-time fuel level monitoring for cost savings.

Trinetra Solution

Addressing these challenges was to ensure the safety of students during their daily commute and to enhance the overall efficiency and security of the school bus transportation system. A customized video telematics system was provided to address these pain points in a comprehensive solution. The school bus monitoring solution featured the following components:

  • School Bus Tracking Application: A GPS-enabled mobile application allowed students to track their school buses in real-time on a digital map. It provided estimated time of arrival, offering peace of mind to parents and students.
  • Mobile Surveillance and Management: Video telematics cameras, including dashcams, were installed in buses to monitor both the road and the driver. The software integrated with dashcams provided a live feed to school managers, ensuring vehicle and students’ safety during the journey.
  • RFID Reader Integration: RFID readers were integrated into the fleet management system to read student identity cards and store students’ information on a server, facilitating accurate attendance records and enhancing security.
  • Fuel Sensor: A fuel sensor was installed in the vehicle to monitor and report fuel levels in real-time, helping the school authorities to detect and prevent fuel theft and related concerns like travel distance or route optimization.

Benefits:

  • Real-time Updates: The solution provided real-time updates on the shortest route and driver location, ensuring on-time arrivals and departures.
  • Instant Alerts: Stakeholders received pop-up messages on alerts and trip updates, enhancing communication and emergency response.
  • Fuel Theft Prevention: By monitoring fuel levels, instances of fuel theft were significantly reduced, saving the school management money besides cost management.
  • Operational Excellence: The system ensured the efficient operation of the school bus fleet, reducing delays, enhancing service reliability, and cost efficiency.
  • Efficient Vehicle Journey: Transport Managers could detect unwanted stoppages within the trip time and reduce it, ensuring a smooth and timely journey for students.
  • Energy Management: The telematics solution helped the school management optimize energy management, reducing fuel consumption and running costs.
  • Driver Behaviour Monitoring: The fleet management system allowed for real-time monitoring of driver behavior, ensuring that drivers followed safety protocols and behaved properly during the journey with recorded video footage available, thanks to dashcams.
  • Insight into EV Fleet: For electric buses, the solution provided insights into driver behavior and energy consumption, optimizing the school’s electric fleet management.

By partnering with us, the software and the implementation of video telematics technology, including dashcams, helped the client enhance safety, efficiency and communication within its school bus transportation system.

School Bus GPS Tracking System

school bus gps tracking system

Introduction

The client is a premier educational institution located in Bangalore providing quality education to students around the region. With excellent infrastructure, the school takes pride in providing an environment promoting the progress of the students. The school also provides transportation for its students coming from different locations with 50+ buses.

Business Requirement

The school wanted a school bus GPS tracking system so that parents and administration could know where their students are at any given time on any of their buses. The school wanted to place top emphasis on the safety of students with efficient vehicle tracking solution.

Trinetra Solution

Trinetra FMS – Fleet management, mobility & IoT solutions improved the educational institution’s day-to-day school bus operations by helping them monitor and manage the fleet. With Trinetra, school bus tracking system installed in their school buses, they can now easily track the movement of all the school buses and also receive alerts for driver violations such as idling for more than 15 minutes, braking, acceleration, RFID card punch miss outs and speeding through email and SMS. Trinetra – vehicle tracking application also makes it simple for the school to help identify misused vehicles, unauthorized trips or entry into areas that the vehicles are not permitted. Additional security measures such as Biometric and RFID integration are implemented to track the entry and exit of students from the school bus. With Trinetra – User friendly fleet management solution on its side, the school can now handle parental concerns immediately with a parent mobile app; respond to emergencies or bus breakdowns by locating the nearest vehicle available for assistance and increase driver accountability. The Fleet Maintenance module is an additional benefit for the institution that helps in extending vehicle life.

Benefits

  • Enhanced vehicle safety & student’s security
  • Comprehensive Monitoring of school buses
  • On time arrival at bus stops
  • Identify misuse of school buses
  • Efficient management of school buses & Vans
  • Avoid parent worries on student’s safety

School Bus Tracking App

School Bus Tracking App for Island Schools

The Client

The individual who contacted us represented the management of educational establishments, including schools, located across the island state. As they were serving a large student population the management wanted to efficiently and safely handle the transportation needs of the group. They wanted the aid of cutting-edge technology to streamline and operate their fleet of vehicles and school-buses. Their interest lay in a mobile app empowered with school-bus transport management software to cater to current demands, coastal areas that they covered, coordination with local authorities, future expansion and green goals.

Business Requirement

In the discussion with the client’s representative, critical requirements were highlighted:

  • Mobile app for tracking school buses within a 50km coastal radius.
  • Real-time notifications and estimated arrival/departure times for stakeholders.
  • Central command center for coordination with local authorities, like the coast guard.
  • Optimized route planning for economic and eco-friendly transportation.
  • Mobile-enabled surveillance and management software for data storage and verification.
  • Fuel sensors to track fuel levels, reduce theft, and cut operational costs.
  • Student safety monitoring during trips, especially in coastal areas.

Trinetra Solution

Trinetra provided a customized school bus tracking app with fleet management software. The transport manager gains real-time vehicle monitoring through a comprehensive dashboard with instant alerts and driver behavior reports. Vehicle Telematics updates shortest routes and driver whereabouts, enhancing passenger safety. Video telematics and dashcams ensure a smooth journey, increased reliability, and reduced fuel theft. Achieve Operational Excellence and Energy Management with our school bus tracking system.

Benefits:

  • Save fuel and energy by tracking and improving vehicle usage.
  • Improve operations with over 30% visibility of key metrics.
  • Track vehicle location with GPS and plan routes efficiently.
  • Receive automated and timely alerts on various parameters.
  • Reduce driver violations by keeping them engaged and informed.
  • Customize and enforce fleet management rules as per the need.
  • Monitor performance based on expectations and report events.
  • Stay updated with the latest hardware and software features.

The fleet management app implemented by Trinetra not only met the client’s requirements but also provided a comprehensive solution to efficiently manage their school transportation system while ensuring student safety and environmental sustainability.

Fleet Telematics For School Buses

Fleet Telematics For School Buses

The Client

The client who approached us runs a number of educational institutions, such as schools and colleges, spread across the state, with students enrolled in large numbers. To manage their transportation requirements, the client needed the help of the latest technology to coordinate and run the vehicles involved. They need a school bus management application customised to meet their present requirements and future growth, mainly students safety.

Business Requirement

A discussion with the transport manager of the group revealed some pain points to be addressed. The vehicle or bus tracking application for students (mobile application), required that students must be able to see the bus on the Digital Map and the estimated time for arrival on the planned routes, for the stops pre-fixed along the route.

What they needed is a mobile surveillance and management software supported with RFID readers to read the students identity cards and to save the data in the server for future use or verification. The fleet management app also required fuel sensors installed to read and send the fuel level data of each vehicle to help them in reducing running costs.

The client not only needed to ensure students’ safety during the trip but also make sure that driver behaviour is properly monitored during the journey or the trips made across various locations. The same software seeds to identify the unwanted stoppages within the trip time and distance.

Trinetra Solution

Trinetra had the right solution configured, with the customisation done on the fleet management software offered to the client. The transport manager can utilise the dashboard to monitor the location of vehicles in real-time. The software can trigger instant alerts and generate reports of driver behaviour if discrepancies occur. Vehicle Telematics offers real-time updates on the shortest route and driver location, and helps send Pop-Up Messages to the stakeholders on alerts and trip updates. RFID-enabled identity cards and readers can be deployed in the school bus tracking system.

The school bus monitoring system decreases instances of fuel theft and in many ways helps to achieve Operational Excellence and maximize the reliability, accountability and stability of operations. The video telematics system with dashcams enables a seamless vehicle journey and safety of occupants. It helps to optimize energy management and also to gain insight into drivers’ behaviour in real-time.

Benefits:

  • Monitor & Optimize fuel and energy management
  • Optimize operations with visibility of over 30%
  • High visibility of fleet movement with GPS location tracking
  • Managers get automated real-time alerts on various parameters
  • Keeps driver engaged for fewer violations on multiple aspects
  • Fleet Management rules can be inducted and monitored as per the requirement
  • Expectation-based monitoring and event-based reporting
  • Evolving hardware and software updates

The ParentLink App: An End-to-End Solution For School Bus Tracking

School Bus Tracker App For Parents

The Client

The client is a prominent educational institution providing quality education to students of the region. The school provides a conducive and safe environment for students studying here with excellent infrastructure. The school has a fleet of buses to provide transportation for students from different locations.

Business Requirement

To understand the pain-points of the client, our team had a discussion with the institutions’ administration. Our team realised that the transport manager needed real-time fleet management & school bus tracking system to enable parents and administration to know the whereabouts of the students and vehicles with an emphasis on the safety of the students. This can be done by real-time monitoring of the bus and driver behaviour. They need to know which student boarded on which bus with location and time, to help them send student status to parents through a mobile app. The client also wanted to know the alternative routes and the shortest route to reach the school on time.

Trinetra Solution

With school bus tracking solution devices installed in the school buses the application helps to address real-time critical alerts and also receive alerts for driving violations, such as excessive idling, braking or acceleration. It helps to make sure that driver is behaving properly during journey and identify the route deviations. Monitoring the school bus journey is easy as they are able track the movement of all the buses with advanced GPS technology.

Trinetra vehicle tracking application also makes it simple to identify misuse of vehicles, unauthorized trips, or routes, or entry into areas not permitted. Utilisation of dashboard and parent mobile apps helps to monitor location and movement for both parents and transport manager. Additional security measures, such as RFID integration, are implemented to track the entry and exit of students from the school bus with help of RFID card punch misses and data.

With Trinetra’s user-friendly school bus tracking system for fleet management solution implemented, the school administration can now handle parental concerns immediately with the help of the parent mobile app and respond quickly to emergencies like vehicle breakdowns. They get instant alerts and reporting via the app on on-boarding and off-boarding of students. The Fleet Maintenance module available is an additional benefit for the institution which helps in extending vehicle life.

Benefits:

  • Reduces waiting time for parents for school buses
  • Helps in saving on fuel expenditure.
  • Parents can see real-time bus location and receive real-time alerts if buses are running late.
  • Keeps driver engaged with less violation on multiple aspects
  • School Management rules can be inducted and monitored
  • Expectation based monitoring, School based reporting

School Transportation officer gets precise data & location via a Fleet Tracking solution

School bus fleet management software

Introduction

The client is a school administration that wanted a customized solution to track their school bus transportation and provide both the administration as well as parents with data about the location and movement of the buses to ensure safety and well-being of the students. They approached Trinetra Wireless for this solution which could be developed with the fleet management software that Trinetra has developed for use in various sectors. Transport Managers will find their job easy once they implement to track and monitor fleet of buses.

The Problem Outline

The Trinetra team got a briefing from the client first. The team took into consideration all the pain points and other issues faced by the school Transport Manager for the transportation of students over various planned routes to pick up and drop students at various locations.

The first priority was the safety of the students. Parents have entrusted the responsibility of caring their children to the school administration during the school hours and subsequent journeys to and from school to destinations (stops). The client needed a way to communicate with the parents about the whereabouts of their children and with whom they are with during the time of the bus journeys. The solution had to also monitor the timely pick-up and drop of students.  The task involved locating each vehicle in the fleet of school buses and their movement/operation. The solution also had to support the drivers who had undergone safety training to ensure safety of both students and drivers.

The Solution Summary

The Trinetra team customized the software solution provided as per the requirements of the client. The school fleet management system was enabled to have instant alerts on the pick up or drop off of each student at various stop points. The fleet tracking software can help in limiting speed vents and harsh braking incidents from recurring besides simultaneously monitoring driver behavior. The GPS Vehicle tracking system enabled application is web hosted and the management allows staff to visualize the position of a bus on the digital map to help respond easily and quickly to parents’ queries.

The fleet monitoring software has inbuilt features to help savings in terms of fuel cost and instant alerts set for violations by driver. The fleet management application assures both administration and management that SOPS (pick up/drop off) are performed as scheduled. This fleet management solution is user friendly with mapping and graphics perfect for use. The system can be customized for expectation based monitoring and custom based reporting

Highlights

  • 15+ countries implemented, with 13,000 active device count
  • Reduce fuel cost by 40%
  • 22% increase in driver’s good driver behavior

Client testimonials

“Having implemented this fleet management & monitoring system, we feel that we have now improved control on our institution’s fleet of buses and operations and visibility for the staff. Up-to-date information and the GPS tracking technology has assisted our administration to utilise the fleet very efficiently, besides serving us to save time and costs. To ensure safety in our operations and of our students, is our priority”.

– Fleet Manager.

School Bus Monitoring System

School Bus Monitoring

Introduction

The client owns a leading playschool in a well populated area of Bangalore, they have leased /own vehicles of around 25 buses for picking-up, dropping kids from home to school.

Business Requirement

The client’s business requirement was an innovative GPS vehicle tracking solution with real-time vehicle arrival information prediction system. In-effective monitoring and utilization of the fleet could result in large and potential business-crumpling. Client needs a solution to improve safety besides to provide accurate arrival data to parents.

Trinetra Solution

Trinetra understood the business need and assigned a dedicated consultant who helped the client to provide the solutions for the requirements. Our school bus tracking system helped the client with tracking and getting real time vehicle arrival time. Trinetra calculates the approximate time required for the vehicle to reach the destination which involves the deviation of vehicle. Also the system is enriched with alert notifications, that helps control discrepancies happening in the field by the vehicles.

Trinetra provides the parent link mobile app where they will be getting the updates of vehicle, kids pickup and drop.  It helps in monitoring vehicle movement with the details of where the vehicle is and status of the vehicle can be done. Ultimately as customer satisfaction is increased, the return on investment will be brought in for the school in an ample way.

Benefits

  • Monitor pre-defined events
  • Real time alerts notification
  • Increase visibility between the various stake holders
  • Comprehensive fleet management
  • Journey awareness for parents
  • Reduced Operational Costs
  • Decreased Overtime

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