Our Student Ridership Solution
SMART tag™ is designed to ensure authorized ridership and improve the safety and security of students who utilize school bus transportation. SMART tag™ provides live monitoring of where and when students load onto and unload off of their school bus to keep transportation, administrators, and parents informed.
Driver Tools
Equip your drivers with the best hardware and software available.
- We use the industry leading Samsung Galaxy Tab Active ruggedized tablet to stand up to the harsh school bus environment
- All tablets are equipped with broadband capability
- Buses are equipped with a charging dock to keep your tablets fully charged even after the route is completed
- Our proprietary RFID card reader ensures fast and efficient loading and unloading of students
- Our easy-to-use innovative software with patented industry-first functionality equips every driver to safely and securely transport their students
- No other solution comes close to all the features we offer that drivers use and rely on every time they drive their route
Drivers are presented with a wrong bus/stop message when students try to load onto the wrong bus or unload at the wrong stop.
With electronic inspections, drivers can quickly and easily report any defects they find during their inspection.
Drivers can easily learn their students' names and view important details about the students they transport.
Drivers can view details about their route including the number of stops, their location and which students are assigned to each stop.
Drivers input their fuel level and mileage at the beginning and end of their routes.
Help navigate sub drivers through their route or drivers that go on field trips with turn-by-turn directions.
Drivers can create discipline, commendation, and health/wellness referrals directly from the app.
Parents can turn on notifications so they stay up to date with bus arrival times and their student's load/unload activity.
Features for Students with Special Needs
We’ve also created several driver app features with special needs in mind.
Medical Information
Drivers can view a student's medical information to ensure they receive the proper care
Student Seating Requirements
Ensure the seating requirements for each student are met every time they board the bus
Special Education Reimbursement Reports
Run automated monthly reports to get an accurate daily count of special needs students transported by your district
Patented Guardian Release
Ensure you're releasing each student only to guardians that are authorized to pick them up
District Web Portals
Our Admin and Campus Portals provide easy-to-use interfaces that give your school district tools to gain visibility, communicate, and run crucial reports.
Shout out to MISD Transportation and the bus drivers who made SMART tag Parent App a success. You can see in real time where your child is located on the roadways and approximate time of arrival. If delayed you can get notifications. This is way better than the Air Tag in my child's backpack.
SMART tag is a REVOLUTIONARY change. Parent notifications of route changes or delays are near effortless using SMART tag. Route optimization is easier with robust student ridership data and GPS time tracking. Student load and unload is quick and painless…and the ease of use from the admin side is superior.
I chose SMART tag because it was developed by a bus driver and I feel like a school bus driver probably understands what the school bus drivers are facing. I've been looking for a system like this for three years that has a swipe-on/swipe-off system. I reached out to three companies and went with the O.G. (SMART tag).
Communication Keeps Everyone Informed
Use SMART tag as a powerful communication tool to let parents know about delays, communicate with drivers, and more.
Send and receive alerts directly to a driver's tablet
Send alerts about a student that will appear when the student scans their card
Send mass notifications to parents to inform them about things such as delays
Parents can turn on alerts to inform them when their student's bus is approximately 10-15 minutes away
Run Crucial Reports
Transportation staff can easily generate reports, such as:
- State Ridership Reports
- Special Education Reimbursement Monthly Reports
- Mileage Reports
- On-time Arrival Reports
- Bus Max Occupancy Reports
For the Parents
Parents will have access to the SMART tag™ Parent App or Web Portal lite to help keep them informed when their student rides the bus.
View near real-time locations of all the buses on a map, the students on those buses and more.
Dispatchers can see a list of all routes about to start, if drivers are logged in and more. Avoid late departures.
Have a high level view of your daily operations including the number of students transported.
Every route is recorded with stop locations, time stamps, students picked up and dropped off, GPS points and bus speed.
Quickly find a student on a bus, what stop they got off at, and previous riding history.
Parents can view the riding history of their student. They can view date, time, and location for each time they got on or off the bus.
See why SMART tag™ is right for you
Contact us for an online presentation or for more information about the SMART tag™ System.
Parents
Download the Parent App on your mobile device. For more information about your student's bus route, please contact your transportation department.
