Less work for the school. More peace of mind for families.

Busbanz is the logistics system for school transportation: your school plans and runs its routes from one dashboard, and every family follows the bus from their phone.

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Busbanz app: the home screen with today’s routes, the active route with the bus on the map, and the route status step by step
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Active Routes screen in the back office: three buses moving across the map of Bogotá with each route's progress
For schools

We reduce the operational load of school transportation

Busbanz brings what a logistics system does into one tool built for schools. Your team stops coordinating through phone calls and spreadsheets.

Planning Optimization Live operations Fleet Reports
  • Before With Busbanz
  • Building routes by hand in spreadsheets A 5-step wizard groups stops and optimizes the route
  • Fielding calls asking where the bus is Every parent sees the bus in their app
  • Announcing every change by phone or chat Automatic notifications to affected families
  • Scrambling when a bus breaks down Log the breakdown and assign a replacement in one action
  • Finding out late who isn’t riding Families cancel in the app and the driver sees it on their list
  • Compiling reports at month’s end Daily metrics and PDF reports always ready
Plan · Route creation

From a student list to a ready route, in five steps

1 Route type

Regular, extracurricular or loop. Also choose the direction: to school, return, or both.

2 Schedule

Set the validity period, start time and days. The arrival time is calculated from the route.

3 Vehicle and staff

Assign the bus, driver and monitor you already have on file.

4 Manage stops

Students who live close together are grouped into a single stop. Drag to reorder, merge or split groups, and optimize the route in one click.

5 Summary

Review stops, times and passengers before creating the route.

Back-office route creation wizard, animated step by step as you scroll
Plan · Day-by-day variations

One route, different on each day

See how it works

One route, different on each day

Some students sleep at another home on certain days. REG-2041 leaves from the same point, arrives at the same school and uses the same bus; it only adds that day's stops. You set it up once and Busbanz applies the right version.

Mon Oct 12Base

Tue Oct 13+2 stops

Wed Oct 14Base

Thu Oct 15+2 stops

Map of route REG-2041 showing its path for each day of the week
Monday Oct 12REG-2041 · To school Base route

Departs 06:15 · 5 stops · 4.4 km

  1. 1 Stop 13 06:15
  2. 2 Stop 22 06:21
  3. 3 Stop 34 06:28
  4. 4 Stop 42 06:34
  5. 5 Stop 53 06:41
  6. Colegio San RafaelArrival 06:52

This is how it runs on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Plan · Route types

Fits any kind of route

Every school operates differently. Busbanz covers daily routes, special trips and fixed-stop routes, to school, return, or both ways.

RegularHome ⇄ school

Field tripTrips and events

LoopFixed stops

Map of Bogotá with a bus running a route of the selected type

Regular

The everyday run. Stops come from each student’s address; in the morning the bus heads to school and in the afternoon it runs the route in reverse.

  • Door to door or group stops
  • Arrival time calculated from the actual route
  • Morning, afternoon or both ways
Morning Afternoon Both ways

Field trip

Any route to a destination other than the usual one: field trips, outings and sports events.

  • Its own destination and schedule
  • Only the students taking part
  • Departs from school and returns
Morning Afternoon Both ways

Loop

Fixed stops and passengers enrolled in the route: each rider boards at whichever stop is closest.

  • Named fixed stops
  • Passengers enrolled in the route
  • Each rider boards at the closest stop
Fixed stops Loop Door to door

Pickup and drop-off at the student’s home.

Group stops

Meeting points to save time.

Mixed

Fixed stops and home addresses on the same route.

Morning, afternoon or both

Each direction with its own order and schedule.

Run and measure · Admin dashboard

What a logistics system does, built for schools

See the dashboard

What a logistics system does, built for schools

Optimization, data import, metrics, fleet and reports in the same dashboard where you watch your routes live.

Route optimization: students appear on the map, are grouped into stops, and a route is built for each vehicle
Flagship feature

Route optimization

Load your students and Busbanz splits them across your vehicles, groups neighbors into stops and calculates the most efficient route for each bus.

Optimize routes

Bus 1 · North15 students · 6 stops · 7 km Bus 2 · West16 students · 7 stops · 6.8 km Bus 3 · South15 students · 6 stops · 5.7 km Bus 4 · East10 students · 5 stops · 5.1 km Bus 5 · Southwest15 students · 6 stops · 8.4 km

Watch again

Routes scheduled today24 Average on-time rate96.4% Students transported812 Vehicles in service18/18 ATTENDANCE TREND (7 DAYS)

Today's metrics

Routes, punctuality, attendance and fleet on one board, updated instantly.

And everything else that keeps your operation moving

  • PDF reportsAttendance, punctuality and breakdowns
  • Fleet & maintenanceInspections, work orders and documents
  • MessagingFamily channels with moderation
  • Broken-down busesInbox and replacement tracking
  • Pre-registrationFamilies sign up with a link
  • Team & permissionsDecide what each person can do
Solve · Quick actions

The day's surprises, solved in seconds

Every route has its own quick-actions panel: you apply the change without editing the whole route, and families find out instantly. Pick an action to see how it works.

Change stop

Bus breakdown

Change time

Remove passengers

Move passenger

Change staff

Change vehicle

Drop-off with another guardian

Animation of the selected quick action
Step 1 of 4 Open “Change stop”

On the route, open Quick actions and search for the action. No need to edit the whole route.

Audit · Route history

Every trip is recorded, stretch by stretch

See a recorded trip

Every trip is recorded, stretch by stretch

When a route ends, Busbanz saves the bus’s actual path with the speed of every stretch, every stop and every student picked up. Replay it anytime and check whether the driver stayed within the speed limit.

REG-2041 Morning · Tue, Oct 14 Finished CR Carlos Ramírez · GHT-482

≤ 40 km/h

40–60 km/h

> 60 km/h

No GPS signal

© OpenMapTiles © OpenStreetMap
Stretches to review 2 over 60 km/h

68 km/h 06:20 · 69 s Between stops 2 and 3

65 km/h 06:27 · 27 s Between stops 4 and 5

Timeline
  1. Route started 06:15
  2. Stop 13 picked up 06:15
  3. Stop 22 picked up 06:19
  4. Stop 34 picked up 06:22
  5. Stop 42 picked up 06:26
  6. No GPS signal18 s 06:28
  7. Stop 53 picked up 06:29
  8. Arrived at school 06:33
Why it's simple

Easy to adopt, comfortable to use

  • Works in the browser

    Your team signs in from any computer, nothing to install.

  • Bring your data in with one file

    Bulk-upload students, parents and staff, or let families pre-register with a link.

  • Everyday tasks are one click away

    Quick actions handle the day’s changes without editing the whole route.

  • Families stay informed on their own

    The app and notifications answer what used to land on the coordinator’s desk.

Implementation

Get started in a few simple steps

  1. Contract

    We formalize the agreement and set the guidelines for implementation.

  2. Data import and setup

    We load students and guardians, set up the routes and assign drivers and monitors.

  3. Training and launch

    We train your team, run a pilot and launch the service.

Profiles

Profiles designed for every role

Each user only gets the tools they need.

Driver

Turn-by-turn navigation, passenger management and direct communication.

Monitor

Attendance tracking, incident reporting and student care.

Parent

Live tracking, arrival notifications and total peace of mind.

School

Full control over routes, fleets and detailed reports.

Student

Access to their own route and arrival notifications.

Watcher

External oversight for auditing and safety.

For parents and families

Know where the bus is, without calling anyone

The Busbanz app gives every parent the live route, control over the days their child doesn't ride, and a direct line to the route.

Real app screenshots, with demo data.

Screenshots of the Busbanz app for parents
The app for families

What parents use most

1 Follow the bus in real time

The bus moves across the map as it runs the route. You see the distance to your stop, the minutes left and the arrival window.

2 Every step of the route, with its time

Tap the route status to see every step with its time: when it started, when the bus is approaching your stop, when your child is picked up and when they arrive. The button always shows the latest status.

3 “I’m waiting”

Once you’re at the stop, tap “I’m waiting” and confirm: the driver is notified that you’re at your stop, so they know someone is waiting.

4 “Skip pickup today”

If your child isn’t riding today, tap “Skip pickup today”, pick a reason (sick, doctor’s appointment, other transportation…) and today’s pickup is canceled. The driver sees it on their stop list.

5 Your kids’ schedule

Today’s and upcoming morning and afternoon routes, with the assigned driver, monitor and vehicle.

6 Cancel a route in a few taps

Tap the route’s yellow card and choose “Cancel this route”. Then pick the scope: just that route, every route that day, or a date range. The driver sees it on their stop list.

7 Route and school messages

One channel with the route, another with the school and its announcements, all in the same inbox.

Also in the app

Built for a family's everyday life

When you cancel, you pick the reason with one tap and the school gets it without you having to call.

Notifications

We let you know when the route starts, when the bus is close and if the arrival time changes.

Reactivate a route

Change of plans? Undo the cancellation and your child is back on the route.

Cancel by weekday

If you pick them up yourself on Wednesdays, cancel that day through any date you choose.

Change your stop

Pick a different stop in the app, right on the map.

All your kids in one account

Switch between students from the home screen and check each one’s routes.

Help & support

Submit a request and track its status without leaving the app.

Student is sick Doctor’s appointment Student is traveling Other transportation No school today Picked up by family Extracurricular activity Early dismissal
For everyone

Security and privacy first

  • End-to-end data encryption
  • Role-based access control
  • Privacy regulation compliance
  • Secure cloud infrastructure

Does your school want to run with less overhead?

We'll show you the dashboard with your own routes.

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Does your school already use Busbanz?

Download the app and sign in with the details your school gave you.

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We’ll show you Busbanz with your school’s routes

Leave your details and we’ll reach out to schedule the demo. We’ll walk you through the dashboard, the family app and what getting started would look like at your school.

  • See the dashboard with routes like yours
  • Get your implementation questions answered
  • No commitment