Case Study: Ohio Shared Services Collaborative achieves nearly $6 million in projected savings with Zonar smart fleet technology

Ohio Shared Services Collaborative projects $5.98M in savings with Zonar

The Ohio Shared Services Collaborative, a group of 20 school districts and other educational entities, faced rising transportation costs despite declining enrollment. Their challenge was to reduce these costs and redirect funds back into the classroom. They partnered with Zonar Systems, implementing its Zonar Z Pass and GPS technology integrated with Esri's ArcGIS platform to gather and analyze route and ridership data.

Zonar's solution provided the data necessary to optimize the collaborative's fleet operations. The results included a 20% reduction in idling, the elimination of 19 bus routes, and the identification of opportunities for strategic bus sharing. This led to significant savings, including annual savings of over $50,000 from reduced idling and nearly $1.2 million from more efficient routing, with a total projected savings of almost $6 million over five years achieved through Zonar's smart fleet technology.

Ohio Shared Services Collaborative