Study shows priority green lights get students to class on time more frequently, improving safety and reducing fuel consumption
Data reveals most incidents where guns are brought to school don’t result in mass shootings. But as FOX News' Sean Langille reports, officials say an alarming number of students are still bringing firearms into the classroom.
Technology that gives school buses priority green lights at traffic signals can not only get students to class on time but can also provide multiple otherApplied Information, a developer of connected, intelligent transportation system solutions, hooked up two school buses, one diesel, and the other propane powered, withThe technology allowed the school buses to request green light priority at 62 traffic signals along their routes as they each served students in the Fulton County School System.
Data showed that both school buses had "a clear and measurable reduction" in travel time, according to firm Kimley-Horn, which prepared the study report. "These solutions applied across the national fleet of approximately 500,000 school buses would prove significant time and fuel savings as well as substantial reductions in CO2 emissions," said Bryan Mulligan, President of Applied Information.
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