About

A school bus should never be a black box.

Placeholder copy. SchoolRide started in Colombo in 2023 after a group of parents and bus operators agreed that the morning phone calls had to stop. The app now runs route lists, boarding attendance and live tracking for the buses on the network.

2023
Founded in Colombo
120+
Buses on the network
38
Schools served
6,400
Children tracked daily

What we work on

Placeholder copy. Three problems shape the product: parents not knowing where the bus is, attendants tracking attendance on paper, and operators running below capacity.

Visibility
Live position, stop-by-stop progress and arrival estimates for every trip.
Accountability
A record of who boarded, where and when, kept per session rather than per day.
Utilisation
Matching parents to routes that already pass their area instead of adding new ones.
Key features

What the app does

Live GPS tracking

Follow the bus on the map from the moment the trip starts until the last child is dropped, with a live estimate for every stop.

Nugegoda
6:42 AM
Maharagama
6:55 AM
Kottawa
7:08 AM
Boarding attendance

The attendant marks every child on and off the bus. Parents get the confirmation instantly.

Route list and ordering

Morning and evening routes, stop previews and running order, ready before the day starts.

Absence in one tap

Mark your child absent the night before and the driver sees an updated boarding count.

Verified drivers

Licences, vehicle papers and attendant details are checked before a bus takes its first route.

The team

AN
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Co-founder, operations
PK
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Co-founder, product
MR
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Engineering lead