About

The Top Transportation Teams program identifies the best transportation departments and teams in North America and gives them the recognition they deserve.

The Top Transportation Teams Award Program shines a spotlight on the best transportation departments and bus contractors in North America. The winners go above and beyond “getting the job done,” and demonstrate resourcefulness, creativity and perseverance in building, cultivating and expanding their teams. The Top Transportation Teams winners provide a recipe for how other school districts can improve their cultures as well as their recruitment and retention efforts.

Top Transportation Teams winners are recognized at a ceremony, written about in School Transportation News, highlighted on numerous social media platforms and included in a news release.

Why Participate:

  • Bragging rights, pure and simple. To receive a Top Transportation Teams Award provides you and your team with a very special recognition that sets you apart from your peers.
  • Your team benefits simply by being enrolled in the program as your team members encourage participation among their colleagues. Just the act of enrolling will encourage your team to think about how they are as a team or what it takes to join the ranks of the Top Transportation Teams in North America.
  • When participating, your team will be answering questions that will get everyone thinking about your operation in a new light and will certainly lead to conversations about how your department or company operates and how your team can get even better.
  • All participants will receive an overview report summarizing the results. Reviewing these results with your team will give you a conversation starter on what adjustments you may want to make in your department or company.

Eligibility
The Top Transportation Teams Award Program is open to any school district or bus contractor serving school districts in North America.