Designed to keep your campus in the know

From live ride tracking to student ridership data, Zum gives school staff the visibility and tools to manage campus arrivals and departures with confidence.

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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 school staff member checking a student trip roster on a tablet using Zum, as a student boards the school bus behind her.
Why Zum

Less disruption, more learning

Zum gives school administrators instant access to the information they need, from live bus locations to student details, so every arrival runs smoothly, and no student is left without support.
A school administrator using Zum's Dispatch Control Center to track a bus ride, viewing the route map and student pickup list.
Track buses live

Real-time ride tracking and accurate ETAs so your staff is always ready when students arrive.

Monitor ride safety

RFID-powered ridership tracking and ride safety tools for daily records of student rides.

Manage field and charter trips

Request, approve, and track campus and charter trips through one digital platform.

Zum CMX

The Zum experience for school administrators

A unified platform built for school staff, giving you real-time ride visibility, instant access to student information, and the tools to manage your campus transportation day with ease.
Dashboards and Apps

An app and dashboard for full campus visibility

Everything your staff needs to manage school-day transportation is available in one place.
  • Real-time tracking
Track all live rides on a single map view so your staff knows exactly where every bus is and when it will reach campus.
  • Comprehensive view
Pull up student, parent, campus, ride, and route information in seconds so your team can resolve issues on the spot.
  • Bus card management
Issue and manage Zum RFID bus card replacements quickly and efficiently, with no paperwork and no delays.
The Zum app shown on tablet and phone, displaying a live map of rides in progress alongside a student pickup checklist for an in-progress route.
Trust and Safety

A system you can trust

Zum's integrated safety tools give school staff the transparency and confidence that every student is on the right bus, at the right stop, every time.
  • Vetted drivers
Every Zum driver is rigorously screened, trained, and monitored, keeping your students in safe hands.
  • Performance tracking
Real-time driver performance scoring and data-driven coaching give your campus confidence that every driver is held to the highest standards.
  • Real-time ridership information
RFID-powered check-ins create a verifiable record of every student boarding, with instant alerts if a student boards the wrong bus or misses their stop.
Mobility and Logistics

Shorter, smoother, sustainable rides

AI-optimized routes and real-time navigation reduce ride times and get students to campus on time, calm, and ready to learn.
  • Less time on the bus
Zum's AI-powered routing reduces average student travel time, so students arrive with more energy and less stress before the school day begins.
  • More energy to learn
Shorter, optimized rides mean students arrive at school having spent less time in transit and more time rested and ready for the classroom.
  • Better air quality
Zum's modern, right-sized fleet and expanding electric vehicle offering help reduce emissions on the routes that serve your campus every day.
Students with backpacks boarding a Zum Services, Inc. school bus as a smiling driver waits at the wheel.
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

A unified solution powering delightful mobility experiences that support today's modern expectations and drive impactful change for our communities.
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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

See how we support other users across the transportation experience

Zum serves everyone in the school transportation ecosystem, giving each user the tools and visibility they need to play their part in a safer, more reliable school day.
Parents and Students
District Administrators
Drivers
Transportation Teams
Yards and Operations
A mother checks the Zum app on her phone as her daughter heads out the door with a backpack, ready for her Zum ride to school.

Parents and students

Give families real-time ride tracking, automated arrival notifications, and self-service tools that replace uncertainty with confidence every school day.
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A mother checks the Zum app on her phone as her daughter heads out the door with a backpack, ready for her Zum ride to school.
Zum dashboard showing a district administrator's ride tracking view, with a student ride log, route map, and stop details.

District administrators

Oversee district-wide transportation operations at a glance, with real-time data, reporting tools, and the visibility to make faster, smarter decisions.
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Zum dashboard showing a district administrator's ride tracking view, with a student ride log, route map, and stop details.
Two smiling Zum school bus drivers in green Zum polo shirts standing in front of their school bus.

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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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.
A smiling Zum operations team member at a yard office desk, with a live map of Zum vehicle locations displayed on the wall behind him.

Yards and Operations

Give operators the tools to manage vehicles, drivers, and routes from one connected platform, keeping every run on time and every yard running efficiently.
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Zum gives yards and operators the tools, data, and support to run reliable transportation at scale.

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Three smiling students with backpacks stepping off a yellow Zum Services, Inc. school bus.