{"id":240265,"date":"2026-05-06T10:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/philadelphia-parents-can-soon-track-their-kids-school-buses-nbc10-philadelphia\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T10:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:45:08","slug":"philadelphia-parents-can-soon-track-their-kids-school-buses-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/philadelphia-parents-can-soon-track-their-kids-school-buses-nbc10-philadelphia\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia parents can soon track their kids\u2019 school buses \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/school-district-of-philadelphia-zum-tracking-technology-app\/4397727\/\">Philadelphia parents can soon track their kids\u2019 school buses \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/school-district-of-philadelphia-zum-tracking-technology-app\/4397727\/\">https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/school-district-of-philadelphia-zum-tracking-technology-app\/4397727\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-06 10:27:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.nbcphiladelphia.com\">www.nbcphiladelphia.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Starting next school year, parents in Philadelphia will be able to track their kids while they&#8217;re on the school bus through new technology. <\/p>\n<p>The School District of Philadelphia announced this week that it is partnering with Z\u016bm\u00a0to modernize its student mobility operations beginning in the 2026\u20132027 school year.<\/p>\n<p>This deal means these new state-of-the-art, air-conditioned buses will be equipped with advanced safety technology that lets parents see when their kids get on and off, and when buses will arrive.<\/p>\n<p>The tracking technology involves an app that families can download, giving &#8220;visibility into every ride.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The app has an average family satisfaction rating of 4.9 out of 5 stars, based on over 1.5 million total ratings, according to the company. <\/p>\n<p>For Philadelphia, Z\u016bm\u00a0will cover at least 200 routes, serving 330 schools in the district.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are privileged to partner with The School District of Philadelphia to set a new standard for reliable and efficient transportation across the district,\u201d said Ritu Narayan, Founder and CEO of Zum. \u201cThrough Zum\u2019s advanced technology and operational expertise, families in Philadelphia will have peace of mind knowing every student has a dependable ride to school. We look forward to serving this welcoming and diverse school community and building our team in Philadelphia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adopted in 17 states, Z\u016bm now operates a unified system across more than 4,500 schools, including major districts in Los Angeles, Oakland, and San Francisco, California; Omaha, Nebraska; Kansas City, Missouri; and Roanoke, Virginia. <\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Z\u016bm visit www.ridezum.com.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/school-district-of-philadelphia-zum-tracking-technology-app\/4397727\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia parents can soon track their kids\u2019 school buses \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/school-district-of-philadelphia-zum-tracking-technology-app\/4397727\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240268,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.nbcphiladelphia.com\/2026\/05\/image-30.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&resize=1200%2C675","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240265"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240269,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240265\/revisions\/240269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}