Designed to delight families

Zum gives families the transparency and certainty needed to kick off the school day successfully. Through live tracking, consistent updates, and a student-centered approach, parents and guardians know that their child’s journey is our priority.

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Why Zum

Less anxiety, more learning, and an experience you can count on

School transportation should be one less thing to worry about. Zum replaces uncertainty with information, delays with dependability, and disconnection with a seamless experience that keeps your family in the loop from pickup to drop-off.
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Stay connected

Zum sends real-time updates so you can move through your day with confidence.

Ensure your child’s safety

From vetted drivers to live ride tracking, every layer of Zum is built around safety.

Get secure support

Multiple guardians, one account. Zum makes it easy for your whole family to stay informed.

App

Track your child’s rides

The Zum app puts everything you need in one place. See your child's bus in real time, check route information, manage ride cancellations, and get instant notifications — all from your phone.

Zum CMX

The Zum experience for parents and students

Zum's Connected Mobility Experience is built for the people who matter most. Every feature, notification, and ride is designed to give families peace of mind and students a better start to their school day.
Dashboards and Apps

The app for peace of mind

Zum's parent and student app gives your family a window into every ride. Simple, intuitive, and available in 10+ languages.
  • Real-time tracking
See exactly where your child's bus is and receive accurate ETAs and automated updates, so you're never left wondering.
  • Quick and easy log-in
Students can check in to their bus using their phone, and parents can view all their children in one account with a single, secure login.
  • Attendance management
Stay on top of your child's ridership with in-app cancellations, route information, and stop details, no calls or emails required.
Trust and Safety

A system you can trust

Safety isn't a feature at Zum; it's the foundation. Every driver, every route, and every ride is held to the highest standard.
  • Vetted drivers
Rigorous background checks and mandatory safety training through our in-house SafeGuard Driver program for all Zum drivers.
  • Performance tracking
Driver behavior is continuously monitored, with AI-powered coaching tools and scorecards that keep safety standards high.
  • Real-time ridership information
Zum's ridership verification confirms the right student boards the right bus and notifies all parties involved at every stop.
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Mobility and Logistics

Shorter, sustainable rides

Zum's intelligent routing means students spend less time on the bus and more time learning. Better for families, better for communities, better for the environment.
  • Less time on the bus
AI-optimized routes aim to reduce average student travel time.
  • More energy to learn
When the morning commute is calm and predictable, students arrive at school settled and ready to engage.
  • Better air quality
Zum is committed to electrifying its fleet, replacing diesel buses with cleaner vehicles.
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Testimonials

I have closely worked with the Zum team over the last 7 years, and have observed first-hand the benefit of applying their technology to solve our complex day-to-day operations needs.

Kim Raney
Executive Director of Transportation, Procurement, & Warehouse - Business Operations
Oakland Unified School District

With Zūm CMX, we save about $3.5 million on a yearly basis, just by reducing the number of routes. We reduced routes by 10% immediately, right when we implemented it. All of our key metrics and KPIs improved right away.

Tomas Beccar-Varela
Executive Director
San Francisco Unified School District

Zūm CMX gives us so much visibility and insight into what's happening in our school transportation. We can see ahead of time that a bus is running late, track that route, and proactively adjust it to make sure it arrives on time. Parents are able to track their bus and get real time ETAs, so they know exactly where their child's bus is at. The software and the technology are great, but the real value is the peace of mind and communication that they provide.

Paul Rosencrans
Transportation Director
Fresno Unified School District

Zūm just brought the overall student mobility operation and the experience to a whole new level. Zūm really focuses on the entire experience not just for the students, but for the school districts as a whole. They completely full-circled the operation by improving communication with families and with us. They also offered us a full EV system that really put the cherry on top of the entire operation. It was a no-brainer to choose Zūm.

Kim Raney
Executive Director of Transportation, Procurement, & Warehouse - Business Operations
Oakland Unified School District

Zūm's proven track record, along with its enhanced communication and equity-focused decision making, has greatly benefited our students, families, and drivers in Kansas City. We appreciate their commitment to safety, efficiency, transparency, and student-centered approach, and have been excited to partner with them.

Dr. Jennifer Collier
Superintendent
Kansas City Public Schools
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Connected Mobility Experience

Connecting people, vehicles and operations in real-time

The Zum CMX platform is the engine behind every smooth morning. It connects students, parents, drivers, and districts into one seamless system — so everyone has the right information at the right moment.
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CMX Apps & Dashboards

Students, parents and drivers stay informed through Zum’s app. Operators, districts and schools follow along via their apps and dashboard. Everyone is along for the ride with an experience tailored to their needs. 
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CMX Platform

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

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

Bring the mobility experience to life through the staff, drivers, depots, yards, buses, vans, hardware, and charging infrastructure in the physical world.
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Who We Help

How Zum supports users across the transportation experience

Zum is built for everyone who depends on school transportation. Whether you're a parent, an administrator, or part of a district operations team, the Zum experience is designed around your needs.
District Administrators
School Administrators
Transportation Teams
Drivers
Yards and Operators
Zum dashboard showing a district administrator's ride tracking view, with a student ride log, route map, and stop details.

District administrators

Oversee end-to-end district-wide operations at a glance. Make informed decisions with real-time ETAs and ride tracking. Access all your data at your fingertips.
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Zum dashboard showing a district administrator's ride tracking view, with a student ride log, route map, and stop details.
A school staff member checking a student trip roster on a tablet using Zum, as a student boards the school bus behind her.

School administrators

Streamline campus arrivals and departures with live ride tracking on one map view. Pull up student, route, and campus details. Issue bus cards and monitor everything anywhere.
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A school staff member checking a student trip roster on a tablet using Zum, as a student boards the school bus behind her.
A transportation team member reviewing bus routes on Zum's Route Explorer, with a map view showing stops and route lines.

Transportation teams

Work from a unified control center that surfaces exceptions before they reach students. Monitor rides in real time with ETAs and anomaly detection. Resolve issues with task-driven workflows. Optimize routes using predictive analytics.
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A transportation team member reviewing bus routes on Zum's Route Explorer, with a map view showing stops and route lines.
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Drivers

Zum equips every driver with AI-optimised navigation, real-time student care instructions, and the tools to deliver safe, reliable rides so your child arrives on time, every time.
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Yards and operators

Run an AI-powered command center with a birds-eye map of all routes. Manage assignments, coverage, and standby drivers, splitting rides when needed. Use ride forensics to resolve issues. Track time with payroll integration.
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Contact

Ready to transform the daily journey to and from school?

Zum brings together the technology, people, and experience to make school transportation work for everyone. Get in touch to find out what's possible in your district.

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