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CARB Clean Truck Check: Keep emissions compliant | Zonar

Antonio Mendoza — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:45:00 GMT

For years, emissions compliance followed a pattern where a vehicle was scheduled for testing, removed from service, sent to a shop, passed inspection, and returned to service. If nothing failed between tests, the system held together. Another method was having a third party tester come out to the yard and do testing on all vehicles that needed; it worked, but it still compressed downtime into a single window, pulling multiple units out of rotation at once, creating short-term capacity gaps, and forcing operations to either delay routes, reshuffle assignments, or absorb the hit in service levels.

Student transportation funding: 6 government sources for schools

Rachel Trindade — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:00:00 GMT

A step-by-step guide for finding and applying for new sources of funding

Every student deserves reliable transportation to and from school. Transporting students with disabilities presents fleet administrators with a unique challenge: how to balance legally required service with already stretched budgets.

Fleet management platform traps to avoid.

Zonar — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 10:00:00 GMT

Selecting your fleet management platform is both a major opportunity and a major risk. The right solution delivers safety, efficiency and lasting savings. The wrong one traps you in inflexible contracts, surprise cost resets and a service experience that drags you down. Choose wisely.

School bus safety: getting every child home safe

Zonar — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 05:00:00 GMT

The school bus door swings shut, and a child waves from the window as the bus pulls away. For parents, it’s a familiar ritual: watching their child disappear down the street with a driver they may only know by name. In that instant, they place immense trust in the system. For schools, that handwave represents a daily promise to families: every child gets home safe. How is the promise of school bus safety kept?

Insurance discounts start here: fleet dash cams

Zonar — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Insurance premiums? Rising. Accident risks? Rising. Fraud? Yep—also rising. But there’s a way to push back—and earn real insurance discounts—using dash cams’ simple, powerful eyes.

Hurricane season: shield your fleet from the storm

Zonar — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 05:15:00 GMT

It’s mid-September. One of your drivers is hauling freight along the East Coast or somewhere near the Gulf. It started as just another rainy day—nothing to worry about. But then conditions spiral fast. Roads begin to flood. Visibility drops to near zero in sheets of heavy rain. Winds howl, snapping branches and sending debris flying into your driver’s path. Welcome to Hurricane Season. Is your fleet ready for it?

Predictive maintenance: stop downtime before it starts

Zonar — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 05:15:00 GMT

If you manage a fleet, you know the pressure. Long-haul trucks, local delivery vans, utility vehicles—you feel it. The one thing that threatens your uptime and your bottom line more than anything in the short term is unexpected breakdowns. However, there’s good news. You can fight back with predictive maintenance.

Our new blog: built for the road ahead

Zonar — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 05:15:00 GMT