Operations

Run every ride like clockwork

Manage the people, vehicles, and systems that keep student mobility safe, reliable, and running every day.
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Fleet & Yard Operations

Get buses and vehicles out on time

From vehicle availability to driver readiness, give your operations team the tools to start every day prepared and end it without surprises.

Get a real-time view of vehicles across the fleet so you know what's available, where it is, and when it's ready.

Eliminate manual errors with automated time tracking, digital daily bus reports, and direct payroll integrations.

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Business Services

Resolve issues proactively and efficiently

Leverage digitization and automation across customer care, communications, billing, and vendor coordination so every family and district interaction runs smoothly.

​​Reach parents, drivers, and district stakeholders with the right message, at the right time, through effective channels.

Accelerate invoicing and eliminate reconciliation headaches with automated billing workflows that match billable hours to ride data.

Onboard, assign, and manage third-party transportation vendors from a single dashboard.

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Trust & Safety

Keep students safe across rides

Give families and district confidence that their kids are in good hands, with real-time safety monitoring, driver performance tracking, and transparent feedback tools.

AI-powered cameras, real-time vehicle monitoring, and safe drop-off protocols work together to help protect every student from pickup to dropoff.

Capture per-ride family feedback and act on it quickly with proactive outreach that turns low ratings into resolved issues.

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Energy Resilience

Power your fleet
Power your community

Provide drivers and transportation teams the right information AI-driven tools to focus on on time performance, safe driving, and student experience, rather than reactively managing exceptions.

Run cleaner, smarter electric fleets while turning buses into assets that give back to the grid.

Centralize the scheduling, monitoring, and maintenance of your electric fleet so vehicles are charged, road-ready, and performant.

Intelligently manage when and how your electric fleet charges to reduce energy costs and minimize strain on the power grid.

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CMX System

CMX is a unified, integrated, and intellgient system

Connect and coordinate people, vehicles and operations in real-time with a unified, AI-driven platform.

CMX Apps & Dashboards

Students, parents and guardians, drivers, yards and district teams experience the same journey, through tailored experiences 

CMX Platform

An AI-driven, unified cloud platform keeps everyone operating from the same reality.

CMX Operations

Create a calm, safe, dependable student mobility experience with a system that handles real-world operations across people, fleet, yards, and electrification.

CMX People & Infrastructure

Bring the mobility experience to life through the staff, drivers, depots, yards, buses, vanes, hardware, and charging infrastructure in the physical world.
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See how Zūm CMX can connect students, parents, drivers and schools, creating a delightful mobility experience.
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“Zūm’s proven track record, along with its enhanced communication and equity-focused decision making…greatly benefit our students, families, and drivers in Kansas City. We appreciate their commitment to safety, efficiency, transparency, and student-centered approach.”

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Dr. Jennifer Collier
superintendent, kansas city public schools

“Zūm’s proven track record, along with its enhanced communication and equity-focused decision making…greatly benefit our students, families, and drivers in Kansas City. We appreciate their commitment to safety, efficiency, transparency, and student-centered approach.”

Surreal interior with purple stairs and arches glowing with pink and orange light.
Dr. Jennifer Collier
superintendent, kansas city public schools

“Zūm’s proven track record, along with its enhanced communication and equity-focused decision making…greatly benefit our students, families, and drivers in Kansas City. We appreciate their commitment to safety, efficiency, transparency, and student-centered approach.”

Surreal interior with purple stairs and arches glowing with pink and orange light.
Dr. Jennifer Collier
superintendent, kansas city public schools