Transportation Technology

Providing pupil transportation, maintaining a bus fleet, and tracking certification dates for drivers are important elements of a district transportation department. Wayne RESA can offer software applications that will make the job easier as well as more efficiently run. Click on the respective icons below for a closer look.

Support Team

With over 50 years of transportation application experience, Wayne RESA provides customized service geared to meet our clients’ needs. From start to finish, our team is committed to fast, friendly, flexible support for our clients. We will assist with analyzing your needs, training personnel, and the actual implementation of the software. We take pride in the fact that our quality support goes beyond the installation!

Listservs by Technology

A Transportation Listserv for each of the Transportation applications (Polyplot, Fleet Manager and Driver Certification) is available. RESA Instructional Technology Transportation staff will send important notices, tips and updates for Polyplot, Fleet Manager and Driver Certification, as well as other communications through the respective Listserv.

Polyplot Mapping System

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Fleet Manager

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Drivers Certificate

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Technologies

Polyplot Mapping System

The Polyplot© Mapping System provides a unique and powerful tool designed for school districts to analyze student information interactively and graphically.

Polyplot© provides a broad range of formats for displaying school district information. The transportation office can develop and maintain complete, detailed route schedule information. For school district administrative planning, Polyplot© can be used in building/classroom utilization studies, boundary analysis, voting precinct information or any other map-oriented study.

Implemented in over 110 districts throughout Michigan..

Program Features for Routing

Variety of graphic display formats
Flexible map presentation—any map view can be shown from 50 feet to 50 miles.
Comprehensive student (IMG) selection criteria , including school, grade, ethnic code, busing eligibility, regular and/or special ed. students, and student eligibility
(IMG) Route schedule time graph analysis
Detailed route/run/bus stop development tools
Special education needs i.e., door-to-door service, individual student impairments and equipment requirements
School Sets easily created to accommodate the need for bus stops and runs common to more than one school.
Simulate proposed stop assignments for evaluation and feasibility

Build and Store Customized Boundaries (Polygons) for:

Redistricting
Identifying at-risk areas
Millage and bond proposal information
Quick graphical location of student home
Interactive visual student database
Defining bus eligibility (IMG) (walkout zones) with instantaneous graphical response
Custom reporting options based on processed information inside or outside of polygon

Complete Reporting Facility

Geographic information
GEO file verification
Stop assignments
Bus stop times
Student information
Student eligibility to ride
Bus postcard
School information
Student/GEO street names
Driver instructions
Export into third-party reporting programs

Components of Polyplot© Mapping System

Polyplot, the general mapping program
GEO Coding, digitized address program including address ranges, street segment, road types, one-way indicators, speed limit, etc. Update the map as your district develops.
Import/Export options are used to interface with other databases.

System Requirements

Windows 7/10
4G RAM
3G Disk space
1024 x 768 screen resolution
17” Monitor

Fleet Manager

Implemented in over 60 districts throughout Michigan. Fleet Manager© is an office management system designed for a maintenance/repair facility. The system is designed to handle a wide variety of functions. The system will maintain fleet history, thus allowing the user to report on the cost to keep a vehicle on the road.

The system maintains all your pertinent maintenance information for quick and easy referencing. You will be able to track items such as equipment and inventory, fuel consumption, purchase history, cost accounting and maintenance service history.

Vehicle/Equipment Information – Each record includes complete information for each vehicle including additional equipment, state-reporting information, cost, Work Order, Fuel, and Tire History.
Work orders – The work order component can perform with or without the Parts Inventory system. It tracks Maintenance, Repairs, Parts Used, Outside Repairs, and Labor costs associated with Work Orders.
Parts Inventory System – Users have the option to maintain a complete inventory system. Fleet Manager© has all the functionality necessary for tracking inventory levels and adjusting quantities as parts are used or received.
Fuel usage – Maintain fuel consumption daily or weekly. Calculate MPG with the click of the mouse. Monitor fuel tank levels with optional low fuel warning. Custom programming to interface with electronic fuel tracking systems is available.
Tires – The Tire component allows complete tracking of tire inventory from point of purchase.
Employee – The Employee component maintains information for employees as well as tracking Work Order history performed by each respective employee.
Vendor information – Maintain vendor information as well as history for vendor parts and vendor outside repairs.
Categories/Scheduling – Repair categories are user-defined and generally coincide with Parts classifications. Preventive Maintenance categories are also user-defined. User establishes PM categories and schedules for each vehicle/equipment type and Fleet Manager© will generate a PM schedule based on mileage/hours on vehicle.
Reports – over 50 standard reports, all of which can be customized by date, field, vehicle number, part number, etc.
Fleet Manager© has been endorsed by the State of Michigan, Department of Education for use in electronically reporting the SM4107 School Bus Inventory report.

System Operation

Colorful Windows technology
User-friendly Windows environment
Open Database Architecture
Many drop-down lists for users to select

Drivers Certificate

Driver Certification© is an essential tool for school district transportation departments. It is specifically designed to track the expiration dates of required certified areas. It allows electronic input of an employee’s certified, personal, and training information. Upon activating the program, drivers with an overdue CDL, physical examination, and/or continuing education classes are displayed.

Program Features

Automatic notification of expired certifications (i.e., CDL, physical examinations, Advanced driver training, etc.)
Drivers’ training courses
Seniority dates for bidding purposes

Quick reference for required dates
Emergency contact information
Capability to export driver data for third-party drug testing companies
Windows GUI interface

Reports

Physical Exam Expiration
CDL Expiration
CEC White
CCC Yellow
CCE Green
Overdue Drivers
Employee Summary
Employee Roster
Mailing Labels
Seniority
SM4515 - The State of Michigan, Department of Education has endorsed ã for use in electronically reporting the SM4515 Employee Roster report.

System Operation

Colorful Windows technology
User-friendly Windows environment
Open Database Architecture
Many drop-down lists for users to select from

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Polyplot Mapping System

Program Features for Routing

Build and Store Customized Boundaries (Polygons) for:

Complete Reporting Facility

Components of Polyplot© Mapping System

System Requirements

Fleet Manager

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Drivers Certificate

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Reports

System Operation