Bustracks Software™ is a uniquely designed product for managing the details of the TOTAL transportation process: route, rider, driver, vehicle/contract, mileage, calendar, activity bus, map information, and state reimbursement.
The state transportation reimbursement process is an increasingly important, but often overlooked, funding issue with many school districts. Transportation costs typically amount to as much as 8% of a school budget. Managing that portion of the budget is critical for today’s schools. Bustracks is the right tool for the job.
Transportation management and the state transportation reimbursement process is becoming an increasingly important, but often overlooked, funding issue with many school districts. With school transportation costs between 2-8 percent of a typical school budget, managing the total transportation process, including cash flow and the transportation reimbursement, is critical for today’s school business managers. Bustracks™ is the right tool for the job.
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In addition to maximized reimbursement, the cost-saving and time-saving features of Bustracks Softare™ include:
- Optimized bus routes using DeLorme™ map software
- Automated subsidy reporting process using Bustracks etracks™
- Detailed information for special needs students and multiple-district transportation
- Optional link to BusTracks GPS PLUS™ to automatically capture bus route miles with and without riders
- Easy installation on a desktop or laptop; does not require separate servers
- No additional charge for up to five workstations
- No additional charge for monthly off-site data storage
Bustracks Transportation Management Software™ Features
- Integrates with student information systems
- Provides detailed student management information, including: - Student search by first name, last name, school, grade, and ID
- Five ways to assign students to buses: - Fully automatic with a “Search for Bus” option
- Run management highlights include: - Pick-up and drop-off stops
- Dynamic calendar management by school or district - Optional day and/or school comment entry
- Standard or customized Bus Roster, Stop List, and other reports - Report print preview and report history capability
- Other management tools for: - Late and activity bus runs
- Information Sharing - Interfaces with Microsoft Office products
- etracks™ Transportation Subsidy Reporting included in BusTracks (see Products; etracks™)
- Primary and two alternate addresses, plus address history
- Unlimited contact phone numbers
- Open notes log by student
- Incident log and response details
- Detailed building/program contact list
- Special data options for managing special needs students
- Copy feature for basic sibling information
- Assign by closest neighbor
- Manual assignment by individual student
- Door-to-door service option
- Assign by entire school
- Easy movement of groups of students from one bus to another
- Mid-year bus replacement option
- Automatic re-sequencing of bus stops by time
- Simplified creation of transfer bus runs for non-public students
- Special needs runs by program and district
- Snow days/early dismissals days documentation
- Summary report for walkers, hazardous, non-public, charter school
- Email capability for reports
- Early dismissal schedules
- Driver information records
- Custom letters, postcards, etc.
- Exports and imports detailed data to Excel spreadsheets
- Mass data maintenance for all data categories using Excel
- Custom reports for all data categories
- Optional revised data import into BusTracks using Excel
- Provides easy interface to student information systems
- Download or upload to student attendance software, using as many as 100 data elements per student
Partnered with DeLorme™ Mapping, GPS, and GIS Technologies
