Addressing the School Bus Driver Shortage: How GoKid's Carpool Program Provides Solutions
- Offer a safe transportation alternative
- Parents easily self-organize carpools
- Watch results: less traffic + congestion!
Offer transportation alternatives
Parents easily self-organize carpools
Addressing a Bus Shortage solution
When schools closed in March 2020 all over the world, we lost not only our customers who were using our school carpooling solution but also all of our school clients. It’s been a challenging time for all of us: Schools, families, and service providers like GoKid. School busses were on hold and bus drivers needed to secure new jobs.
Severe bus driver shortage challenging the system
Now that schools are open again and have learned to adapt to in-person learning, our education system is facing another serious problem: It has become difficult to get the kids to schools due to a severe shortage of school bus drivers.
The good news: GoKid is complementing existing bus routes as it simply offers a software solution to help parents connect with each other and our GoKid Apps are allowing users to easily set up and manage their carpools within trusted school networks.
GoKid Carpool Solution
Attract New Families
A safe ride alternative
Reduce traffic
The Benefits of School Carpooling
A Safe Ride Alternative
Rising cost of shuttles or private transportation? School bus driver shortage? School carpooling is the affordable alternative, And carpools are driven by the safest volunteer drivers: your school parents.
Reduce traffic
Fewer cars will make the school entry safer, neighbors happier and reduce your staff burden in the morning and at dismissal time. We provide the data to prove it!
Attract New Families
One of the biggest factors in a family's choice of school is transportation. By offering a school-wide carpool solution, you can make the decision to join your school an easy one.
Easy Carpool Management for Families
After connecting with other parents, your school families will have access to our award-winning apps to manage their trips.
Custom notifications, alerts for the parent who is driving, live-tracking of vehicles and GPS are all included for free if your school signs up.
Award-winning technology
World class service
Privacy, Data Security and Liability
Your data, protected
School parents expect that their data is protected at all times. Gokid will not share any personal information before parents agree 1:1 with another family to carpool.
Parental control
Parents decide if they want to participate in the school carpool program. They can choose to opt-out at any point. Schools can implement a double opt-out.
Liability
Before joining the school carpool program, parents will accept our terms of service. Under these terms, they accept all liability for participating in carpooling.
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Do you want to learn more about other B2B school carpool solutions? Get back to all schools to learn more about the benefits of Public schools or Charter schools now.
Benefit for Schools
Instantly reduce traffic and congestion
Offer a transportation alternative when there are no or not enough buses
Increase safety and air quality around school
Increase attendance and reduce absenteeism
Measure impact: CO2 reduced, time saved, miles saved
Benefit for Parents
Spend less time driving to/from school
Find parents to share driving to after-school activities
Peace of mind knowing who is driving your child
Build relationships with school families
Only carpool with trusted school parents!
Free 30-min Consultation
on Better School Transportation Options
Navigating the complex world of school transportation can be daunting. That’s where GoKid steps in. We’ve designed a parent-powered carpooling solution, GoKid Connect, to offer a cost-effective, sustainable, and community-focused alternative.
We invite school administrators and PTO representatives to a complimentary phone consultation with our CEO. During this conversation, you’ll gain insights into industry best practices and learn how GoKid Connect could revolutionize your school’s transport system.
