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Here's a question that we probably already know the answer to, how would you like to get a green light every time you pull up at an intersection, however would that be every time, green light.
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I'm all for it, it's actually happening though for school bus drivers in Fulton county, thanks to a pilot program, here's Atlanta news first reporter Rebekka Schramm in Alpharetta.
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They tried it first for emergency vehicles, now the city of Alpharetta is giving the green light to a couple of school buses.
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And a transportation director for Fulton county schools likes what he's seeing, the head of a local technology company tells us how it works.
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It allows the school bus to tell the traffic intersection, I'm bringing kids, this is where I am, and this is how fast I'm going.
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And that signal not only goes to the traffic intersection immediately in front of it, but all the intersections down the road.
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Brian Mulligan of Atlanta-based applied information explains that using CellularVehicle-to-Everything technology.
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The two Fulton county school buses that took part in the pilot program in Alpharetta found a major reduction in the number of stops 40%, that led to a 10% reduction in both fuel consumption and emissions.
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Michael Ruelle works for planning and design company Kimley-Horn. - When you kind of sum that up across an entire fleet, and look at the overall fuel savings, as well as potential emissions really significant improvements in that.
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Saving time on the route meant buses could double back and pick up another route, a tangible solution to the current driver shortage.
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Oh and there was an unexpected advantage that the drivers of the buses reported, fewer stops led to an improvement in student behavior.
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With the bus continually moving, they tended to stay in their seat more, they stayed focused and were able to deliver those students, quicker to home or to the school.
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That was the transportation director for Fulton county, he says he hopes more municipalities will invest in the smart technology, he says it costs about five grand to equip one bus.
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He'd like more of his buses to have it, that is something the school board will have to decide. In Alpharetta, Rebekka Schramm, Atlanta News First.