Summer Best Practices

Summer Best Practices with Transportant

Prepare for a successful new school year with Transportant's comprehensive summer best practices guide. This article covers essential steps to ensure your Transportant system is fully operational and optimized:

  1. Learning: Refresh your knowledge and train new users with recordings from the Summer Refresher Course and explore new features in the knowledge base.

  2. Set Your Goals: Plan to implement new functionalities such as turn-by-turn directions, student ridership, or the parent app. Utilize Transportant Solutions for additional support.

  3. Hardware: Conduct an inventory of your equipment, return faulty items for repair, and consider upgrading to the newest V4 equipment using the "Summer System Health Checklist."

  4. Routes: Review and optimize your bus routes to minimize dead-time and ensure consistency between planned and actual routes.

  5. Student Ridership and Parent App: Implement and configure ridership and the parent app, focusing on clean route data and accurate student assignments.

  6. Transportant Back to School Checklist: Follow a detailed checklist from June to early August to ensure your system is ready for the first day of school.

For additional training, support, or to inquire about Transportant Solutions and hardware upgrades, contact Support@Transportant.com.

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