One number.
Every van.
Live.
Teachers call one number to hear where their van is or to cancel a ride. RideLine calls them a few stops before the van comes. Drivers follow the route on their phone, and the office sees every van on one screen.
- Works on any phone
- No hardware to buy
- Set up in a few days
- Basic phones welcome
- Vans and buses, one school or fifty
- Stops check off by GPS
- Each school sees only its own
Three things happen. Nobody has to chase anyone.
1. Teachers call one number
The line knows who is calling. Press 1 to hear where the van is, 2 to cancel a ride, 4 to leave a message for the office.
2. The van drives its route
The driver's phone shows every stop in order. Each stop checks itself off by GPS as the van gets there.
3. Everyone knows in time
RideLine calls each teacher a few stops before her pickup, and the office watches every van live.
One system. Four people who stop worrying.
Call. Hear exactly where the van is.
Callers are known by their phone number. No PIN, no names to spell.
- “You are stop number 3. The van left school at 3:32.”
- Cancel a ride for any day ahead, and undo it by phone
- Leave a message, or press 0 for the office
- A substitute is known from her own phone
The phone rings before the van comes.
A few stops before her pickup, RideLine calls the teacher with the school's own message. No waiting outside, no calling the office.
- The school picks how many stops ahead
- No call for a cancelled ride or a stop the van passed
- Every route of the day, morning and afternoon
Every van on one screen, live.
The Live tab shows each van's route as a line of stops, where the van is now, and what comes next.
- Skip a stop for today, with Undo
- Message the driver and see when they pressed OK
- A warning when GPS never saw the van at a stop
- Activity: every skip, change and message in one list
The route on their phone. Stops tick themselves.
The RideLine Driver app for Android, or any phone's browser. Log in with a cell number and a text code.
- Stops check off by GPS when the van arrives
- One tap opens the whole route in Google Maps
- Changes pop up and stay until the driver presses OK
- A reminder before the first route of the day
She hears the van is coming. Before it comes.
When the van is a few stops away, RideLine calls the teacher on her phone. The school writes the message once, and RideLine fills in her name, the van, the stops and the street.
No smartphone. No app. No internet.
Teachers use the phone they already have: a basic phone, a flip phone or a landline. If it can make a call, it works with RideLine.
Built with the schools that use it every day.
Substitutes
Pick the dates and the substitute. Every ride comes up to adjust, the drivers are told, and Undo puts it back.
Changes for a day or a week
Pick her up at her mother's tomorrow, or all next week. The weekly routes stay as they are.
Late start, early dismissal
Move a whole route earlier or later for one day. Drivers get a popup, and the phone line gives the new times.
Notes for the driver NEW
“Wait for her, she comes out late.” A note on a stop shows on the driver's phone every time.
Missed stop warnings NEW
When a stop's time passes and GPS never saw the van there, the Live tab shows a warning with the list.
Alternate Fridays NEW
Yiddish and English teachers on alternate Fridays. Each week RideLine asks which ones come.
Several buildings
Vans can start, stop or end at any building of the school, and the phone line names the building.
Which van is she on?
Type a name, phone or address and see her van and time today, and for the rest of the week.
Seat warnings
A route with more riders than seats turns red, before the morning it matters.
Voicemails
Messages left on the line, ready to play and mark handled. By email too.
A login for each person
Everyone in the office gets their own login, with only the tabs they need.
Driving reports
Each van's trips by day from its GPS, to look at on the page or download.
Bills paid online
Invoices as PDF. Pay by bank account or card on the page, or by Zelle or check.
Keep your number
Each school gets its own local number, or keeps the one teachers already know.
Your GPS, or none needed
Connect the trackers you already have, or let the driver's phone do the tracking.
What the office and the drivers see.
⚠ 1 not checked off
An example with made-up addresses. On the real Live tab, click any stop to skip it, message the driver or show it on the map.
The RideLine Driver app
Every stop in order, with a call button and directions. When the van gets to a stop, it ticks itself off by GPS. A stop the GPS missed takes one tap.
When the office skips a stop or sends a message, the phone buzzes, even with the app closed, and it stays until the driver presses OK. The office sees that they did.
A reminder comes before each day's first route. The van's location is shared only while a route is running.
Every skip, cancellation, change and message to the drivers in one list, with when the driver read it.
See how it all works, in 6 minutes.
A teacher calls, the van drives its route, and the office follows it live. Then every tab, step by step, as a new school would use it.
- The phone line
- Call before the van
- The Live tab
- Skip a stop
- Messages
- Substitutes
- Stops and drivers
- Reports
- The driver app
- Getting started
Not playing? Open the video on Google Drive.
Built to answer, even on a bad day.
The line always answers
The phone line runs in the cloud, not at the school. If RideLine itself ever can't answer, a backup message kept outside our servers still gets callers to the office.
Each school is separate
Each school has its own page, its own logins and its own number. Drivers see only their own van.
Location only on route
The driver app shares location only while a route is running. Van locations are deleted after 30 days. We never sell data. Privacy policy
One monthly price, by how many vans you run.
Every plan includes the school's own phone number, call minutes, the driver app, the office page with logins, and support.
Up to 3 vans
$99/month
1,500 call minutes a month
or $1,069 a year
Up to 6 vans
$160/month
3,000 call minutes a month
or $1,728 a year
Up to 10 vans
$199/month
5,000 call minutes a month
or $2,149 a year
Questions schools ask
Do teachers need a smartphone or an app?
When does the call before the van come?
Do we need to buy anything?
Can we keep the phone number teachers already know?
How long does it take to set up?
What if the internet or a phone is down?
Who sees our information?
See RideLine with your own routes.
Tell us about your school. We get in touch, show you the system and answer every question. Nothing is charged until we have spoken.