Here Comes The Bus serves hundreds of school districts and is depended on by more than 1.7 million parents to safeguard students, keep families informed, and be more efficient.
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Built for Student Safety
Employ advanced safety controls and deliver precise bus location, status alerts, and custom messages.
Improved Efficiency
Allows parents to customize bus arrival notification timing and avoid phone calls with Cancel-a-Ride feature.
Preserve Your Existing Investment
Add Here Comes The Bus without swapping telematics hardware.
Complete Bus and White Fleet Transportation Management
Here Comes The Bus is an essential component of CalAmp K-12, powered by Synovia, a complete school bus and white fleet transportation management solution. More than 700 school districts and bus contractors rely on CalAmp K-12 to better manage over 100,000 vehicles, improve safety, and control costs.
Districts partner with CalAmp to support every aspect of student transportation, including:
Gain a real-time, consolidated view of buses, vehicles, drivers, events, and student counts. Use geofences, map layers, and intuitive reporting to improve decision-making and day-to-day operations.
Track students boarding and exiting buses using barcode or RFID technology. Access detailed ridership history, student counts, and alerts for wrong stop or duplicate rider scenarios.
Support preventative maintenance and compliance with DVIR inspections, work orders, sanitation reporting, and engine diagnostics captured directly through mobile devices.
Maintain operational continuity by integrating with your existing routing platform. Support safer driving with turn-by-turn navigation, locked tablet screens, and comparative analysis to identify route deviations before they become problems.
Streamline workforce management with integrated time clocks, shift assignments, supervisor verification, payroll integration, and robust reporting.
Enhance driver coaching and reduce liability with AI-powered dash cams, driver safety scoring, and emergency alert functionality that silently notifies staff when assistance is needed.