What's Under the Hood Matters
The safe transportation of our passengers depends not only on our team members – but on the reliability of the vehicles we operate. Onboard vehicle technology, safety and compliance systems, routing and scheduling programs, and fleet maintenance software are all innovations that we invest in heavily to ensure we are providing the safest service possible when transporting our students and other passengers.
Fleet Maintenance
Our rigorous standards are monitored in a customized fleet management software that allows our technicians to schedule maintenance, record work performed, and report on the details of each vehicle in our fleet in real time. Preventive maintenance minimizes breakdowns, downtime, and inconvenience, ensuring your students are always riding a safe and secure school bus.
Daily Vehicle Inspections
Our team of transportation professionals perform pre-trip inspections on every vehicle, before every run, each day – as well as thorough post-trip inspections after all passengers have been delivered to their destinations. The information gathered during these inspections directs our fleet management team’s attention to any urgent needs, so we can continue to provide reliable, fully operational vehicles.
Onboard Vehicle Technology
The impact of technology is far reaching. It reverberates across all aspects of our business to enhance services, improve operations, and lower costs. From the innovative safety and communications equipment on our buses to cutting-edge routing systems and sophisticated cloud IT services that keep our employees connected, McCluskey Transportation remains ahead of the curve in technology and fleet innovation.
GPS Tracking Systems: Equipping vehicles with GPS not only provides the capability to locate a bus on its route at any time, but also improves routing and determining important factors such as speed, idling, and fuel usage.
Digital Camera Security Systems: An important safety tool that helps manage driver accountability as well as to assist in the safe management of student behavior.
Child Check-Mate Systems: It is the driver’s responsibility to check for children who may be left on the bus at the end of their routes. This system is an additional aid to the driver by providing audible and visual alerts when the bus ignition is turned off at the end of any route or activity trip.
Front Crossing Gates: This standard piece of safety equipment not only helps student cross in front of the bus at a safe distance, but also serves as an alert to surrounding vehicles that they are required to stop, allowing for the safe passage of students loading and unloading the school bus.
