In The News
Indianapolis — July 8, 2009.
Micronet and Synovia have collaborated in the past
year on the development of a fully integrated school-bus
fleet management and student transportation solution,
leading to the recently announced significant project
wins by Synovia.
Houston Business Journal — May, 2009.
The Houston Independent School District can now
wirelessly monitor its fleet of more than 1,100 school
buses and official vehicles in real-time, thanks to an
agreement the district has signed with Synovia Corp.
and AT&T Inc.
School Bus Fleet — February, 2007. Synovia's
newest product line, the Passenger Accountability System,
helps school districts track and manage special-needs
students.
Georgia School Bus Magazine
— Fall, 2006. At its fundamental level, GPS technology
will allow districts to remotely monitor where buses travel
and what they do along the way. With some additional
options, the system may offer live status monitoring,
student identification, enhanced mapping and routing,
and driver payroll automation.
School Bus Fleet — August, 2006. School bus operators
who want to track the time and place of student boardings
and deboardings have three options: bar codes, radio
frequency identification (RFID) and biometric systems.
Each has its own benefits and drawbacks.
School Transportation News — May, 2006. District’s
desire to track bus locally or across multiple counties
or states drives decision on two-way radio or cellular
coverage.
The Birmingham News — January, 2006. Synovia's first
customer in Alabama, Bessemer City Schools, is equipping
its fleet with GPS hardware.
The Journal Gazette — December, 2005. Next year,
Fort Wayne Community Schools officials will be able to
tell where each of the district’s 250 buses is at any time.
Los Angeles, CA — September, 2005.
TechnoCom Corporation®, a leading provider of solutions
to enable wireless location services and assure their
ongoing performance, announces the availability of the
LMU-4000, a fourth generation “smart” GPS location
and messaging device and platform for mobile asset
management. The first units will be shipped to Synovia.
School Bus Fleet — August, 2005. Although still in its
infancy in school transportation applications, GPS
(global positioning system) technology can be used
to do more than just track buses.
School Transportation News — July, 2005. Synovia's GPS
quickly proved itself when it conclusively eliminated issues
of contributory negligence; plus parent complaints have
dwindled.
California Educational Technology Professionals
Association — April, 2005. An article exploring how school
districts are currently using GPS systems, what components
are involved in purchasing a system and what to look for
when evaluating GPS vendors.
Fort Wayne, IN — November, 2004. Fort Wayne
Community School Corporation (FWCS), in Fort Wayne,
Indiana, operates a fleet of 300 buses from two separate
transportation centers. The district’s commitment to keep
its buses running efficiently and safely is evident with its
most recent initiative.
Lafayette, IN — October, 2004.
Tippecanoe School Corporation (TSC) is no stranger to
innovation. The district was the first in Indiana to pilot a
GPS system, the first to outfit its entire fleet of school
buses, and is now the first to pilot an integrated GPS
and routing solution.
Indianapolis, IN — September, 2004. The Metropolitan
School District of Wayne Township, in Indianapolis, Indiana,
has recently outfitted its entire fleet of 150 school buses
with Synovia’s GPS hardware.
Indianapolis, IN
— May, 2004. Indianapolis NBC Affiliate - Channel 13
Education Reporter Rich Van White interviews Brad Bishop,
Vice President of Synovia and Norm Foust, Transportation
Director of Washington Township Schools and reports on
why Synovia's GPS solution is what some are calling the
"school bus safety system of the future".
Greensboro, NC — November 2002.
At this year’s supplier council meeting for the National
Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation
Services (NASDPTS), Synovia was selected as a member
for the Steering Committee.
Indianapolis, IN — February 2002. Synovia and Edulog
have begun work on integrating Synovia’s mobile asset
management system, WizKid, with the EduLog.NT
management system.
