Did you know that only about half of schools in the US provide school transportation for their students? You may think of the seemingly ubiquitous yellow school bus, but schools are increasingly unable to provide transport. This is due to a variety of factors including how expensive it is run buses and how for private and charter schools students come from too wide an area for a bus route to make sense.
When no buses are available many parents struggle to get their kids to school and after-school activities as they must juggle work schedules and sometimes sibling schedules as well.
GoKid is helping to solve school transportation issues by providing families with an option when no buses are available. With our GoKid Connect plaform we give schools a way to help parents organize regular carpools and get their kids to class on time. We blog here about our solution as well as other school transportation issues and how smart cities are solving them.
Like many small businesses, GoKid was hit hard by the pandemic: When schools closed in March 2020 all over the world, we lost not only our customers that 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 […] Read more
Have you been thinking about enrolling your child in a private school next school year? If so, you are not alone. According to reports, “There are 34,576 private schools in the United States, serving 5.7 million PK-12 students. Private schools account for 25 percent of the nation’s schools and enroll 10 percent of all PK-12 […] Read more
Are you considering enrolling your child in a charter school in 2020? These alternates to public schools are becoming more and more popular, but you don’t want to rush into making a decision. For many, charter schools are not feasible options because of the lack of charter school bus transportation. In The barriers that make […] Read more
This morning, as every morning, after getting my first coffee, I checked GoKid’s usage stats. I keep a close eye on these to see how many carpools are being created, how many miles parents are saving, and how much CO2 we are helping to reduce through carpooling. This morning was special: I saw that we […] Read more
GoKid is one of six startup companies that was selected as a recipient of the Michigan-based PlanetM Mobility Grant. This exciting grant allows us to bring GoKid Connect to selected pilot schools in Michigan. Since GoKid Connect is a school-based program that helps schools and families coordinate carpools, Michigan schools and families are about to […] Read more
As you are shopping for back to school supplies and new clothes for your kiddos, now is the perfect time to set up the back to school carpool. If you have never been in a school carpool, what have you been waiting for? School carpools are lifesavers for both parents and their kids. As the […] Read more
As families gear up for the start of a new school year, it also means drivers are preparing for back to school traffic congestion. The school traffic creates a major headache for other commuters since the school transportation makes roads that should be easy to travel much more congested than they are during the summer […] Read more
That title may seem morbid and extreme, but, unfortunately, it’s true. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, “More school-age pedestrians were killed from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. than any other hours of the day,” and “thirty-four (35%) of the school-age pedestrians killed in school transportation-related […] Read more
Once upon a time, children walked or biked to school. Then, children rode buses to school. Then, their parents started driving them to school individually. And, before we even realized it was happening, kids became sedentary, our commutes became congested, and our air became polluted. Thankfully, we have started to realize the error of our […] Read more
Let’s face it. Getting your kid from here to there in Chicago takes up a lot of time. Whether it is you driving them to and from school and other activities or your child riding the bus, a good chunk of your day involves transportation. Transportation in Chicago is complicated – even more so when […] Read more
Guest post by Adam Gonzalez, Director of Transportation at Loyola High School of LA We’re proud to announce that Loyola High School is breaking ground by becoming the FIRST high school in Southern California to implement a carpooling program with the help of GoKid. Our new carpooling program will help to keep cars off the […] Read more
The school drop-off zone is a crowded, busy place during peak times, and it can lead to frustration for parents, school bus drivers, and anyone trying to supervise the drop-off and pick-up processes. Following best practices when it comes to carpool parking and carpool lanes can make the process smoother and safer for all involved. […] Read more
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