Samsara Awards Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and Garden City Public Schools for AI-Powered Safety and Efficiency Results

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport cuts fleet damage costs by 50% and Garden City Public Schools reduces accidents by 87%, winning Connected Operations Awards

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsara Inc. (“Samsara”) (NYSE: IOT), the pioneer of the Connected Operations® Platform, today announced Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Garden City Public Schools as the winners of Samsara’s Connected Operations Awards in the Excellence in Performance—Government and Education categories.

"The Connected Operations Awards are a chance to recognize what happens when technology meets purpose,” said Sean McGee, VP of Product and Engineering at Samsara. “DFW Airport and Garden City Public Schools are proof that AI-powered connected operations don’t just improve efficiency, they make communities safer and strengthen the institutions people rely on. Their work is a powerful reminder of why this mission matters, and it will inspire organizations across every industry.”

Excellence in Performance—Government: DFW

This category recognizes the organization with the best example of leveraging technology to provide top-notch services to states, cities, and local communities.

Encompassing more land than Manhattan, DFW is one of the busiest and most operationally complex airports in the U.S. Its fleet of more than 400 vehicles and 1,100 drivers powers everything from airfield maintenance and emergency response to passenger transport and public safety.

DFW uses a number of Samsara integrations and products, including AI Dash Cams and Vehicle Telematics, gaining real-time visibility into daily operations from a single platform. The outcomes are significant for its workforce and the hundreds of thousands of passengers moving through DFW every day:

• Fleet damage costs cut by 50%
• Safety Score climbed from 70 to 99 in just six months
• 91% reduction in harsh braking and 87% drop in no-seatbelt events

Excellence in Performance—Education: Garden City Public Schools

This category recognizes the organization with the best example of demonstrating technology gains to improve service delivery for students and their communities.

Garden City Public Schools operates one of the largest student transportation fleets in Kansas, transporting nearly 2,000 students daily across more than 35 routes and 900 square miles—a significant responsibility that demands visibility at every turn.

Garden City Public Schools deployed many Samsara products, including AI Dash Cams, AI Multicam, Vehicle Telematics, Connected Maintenance, and Weather Intelligence, to keep students safe and operations running at peak efficiency. Meaningful improvements in safety and operational efficiency followed—risky driving behaviors dropped, and real-time insight replaced slow, manual processes:

• 87% reduction in accidents
• Stop-arm violations cut by 80% and risky driving behaviors down more than 40%
• Maintenance costs reduced by 66% and vehicle uptime improved by 20%

“The biggest measurable change since implementing Samsara’s technology is increased visibility. The cameras have saved us in so many situations,” said Shane Burns, Transportation Director at Garden City Public Schools. “Samsara makes my job much easier, and ultimately we’re keeping our students safe.”

Samsara will honor the winners today at its Go Beyond Public Sector event in Chicago, where the company will also showcase its new AI solutions for the public sector.

About Samsara

Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations® Platform, which is an open platform that connects the people, devices, and systems of some of the world's most complex operations, allowing them to develop actionable insights and improve their operations. With tens of thousands of customers across North America and Europe, Samsara is a proud technology partner to the people who keep our global economy running, including the world's leading organizations across industries in transportation, construction, wholesale and retail trade, field services, logistics, manufacturing, utilities and energy, government, healthcare and education, food and beverage, and others. The company's mission is to increase the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of the operations that power the global economy.

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