School Bus ServicesSchool Bus Services

Our aim is to provide eligible students with transport assistance to/from school.

Transport assistance can be in the form of contracted school buses, conveyance allowance or public transport at concession fare rate.

Services cover Perth Metro and rural area

Transport over 26,000 students to school each day and manage over 850 ‘orange’ school buses

School Buses are operated by private contractors.

Contractors are paid based on mileage

Bus contractors are supplied with a student list and bus route to pick up/drop off students

SBSIS (School Bus Services Information System)

Customised tools have been built on top of the ESRI software to streamline the routine data capture work.

Manages all bus routes, stops and student information

All bus routes are captured using RCL

Route Distance calculation

Determine Sealed and Unsealed Distance

Production of Transport maps and Route Descriptions

Route Planning & Area Maps

Generate optimal route using Road Network

Distance verification:

Determining Closest School & Distance from School

Conveyancing Allowance

Distance to Closest bus stops

When bus routes are captured, the UFIs of all associated road segments are also captured

Compare existing bus routes UFIs to new Landgate UFIs to check for updates

Modify road segments

Add school access/private roads

Data currency

Outdated roads

Missing connectors across dual carriage roads

Road realignment

Road name attribute – Action Required, Unnamed road

Sealed / Unsealed attribute

Road segments not connected

Private roads not captured

Flow direction

Turning restriction

Overpass

Median strip

Speed limit