Webinar
Short-Staffed and on Schedule: Tackling the Student Transportation Driver Shortage
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About this event
Driver shortages and constrained budgets continue to put student transportation operations under pressure. This on-demand webinar reviews current preparedness gaps and shows how fleet technology can help districts improve safety, coordinate operations, and focus limited investment ahead of the 2026–27 school year.
Short-Staffed and on Schedule: Tackling the Student Transportation Driver Shortage is a webinar from Zonar focused on Education. See Zonar's website for confirmed availability and schedule details. UPCOMING provides an independent event listing and directs attendees to Zonar's website to complete registration or viewing.
What you'll learn
- Why 75% of transportation professionals rank driver availability as their top concern, and what the long-term data says about where this is headed - Why only 15% of districts say all systems are confirmed for fall, and what the preparation gap costs on day one - How flat budgets buy less in 2026 than they did in 2025, and where the 64% of districts investing in technology are putting their money - How fleet tech can be an ally in this fight: one unified system, end-to-end safety, proven hardware and everything included at no extra cost - Practical steps for transportation leaders on where to focus technology investment heading into the 2026-27 school year