Real-Time GPS
See every bus on a live map with 5-second updates, mileage tracking, geofence alerts, speeding alerts, idle alerts, and timestamped history for parent questions or administrative review.
UniteGPS helps K-12 districts know where every school bus is, who rode it, and when it arrived. Built from a real parent safety problem in Maine, Crosswalk combines live GPS updates, parent visibility, routing, alerts, and ridership records in one FERPA-compliant platform—so transportation teams can reduce calls, improve accountability, and protect students nationwide with confidence.
A complete Crosswalk platform for real-time bus visibility, safer ridership, better routes, and clearer family communication.
See every bus on a live map with 5-second updates, mileage tracking, geofence alerts, speeding alerts, idle alerts, and timestamped history for parent questions or administrative review.
Give families live bus location, ETA information, and ride history so they spend less time waiting outside and calling the transportation office for updates.
Verify which students scanned on and off each bus, document IEP transportation, support Medicaid reimbursement records, and strengthen safety compliance with timestamped ridership data.
Turn student enrollment data into efficient bus routes, rosters, and printable route sheets with automated optimization and optional hands-on savings analysis from UniteGPS.
Keep routes, stops, assignments, and ridership records aligned with the district’s authoritative student enrollment system through automated SIS synchronization and onboarding support.
Equip buses with driver tablets for turn-by-turn navigation, student scanning, vehicle inspections, advanced parent notifications, mileage categorization, and daily route confidence.
UniteGPS Crosswalk gives transportation directors one place to manage visibility, safety, and accountability across the fleet. GPS devices are included with Tier 2, updating every 5 seconds and continuing even when ignition is off. From snowy morning delays to afternoon route changes, districts gain accurate records, fewer parent calls, and trusted data for decisions every day.
K-12 districts and transit agencies use UniteGPS to improve visibility, safety, communication, and transportation accountability.
UniteGPS is built for districts that need practical, reliable transportation technology.
Direct founder involvement keeps Crosswalk aligned with real district needs, not investor mandates.
Student transportation data is handled with FERPA compliance for safer school communication.
Unlimited live support means transportation teams reach people without tickets or queues.
Built since 2014 and trusted by 100+ districts across the United States.
Founder-led transportation software built around real district feedback.
Co-Founder
Christopher Bunnell is a Co-Founder of UniteGPS, the company he helped launch in 2014 after watching his own children wait in the freezing Maine winter for a school bus with no arrival information. Driven by that firsthand frustration, Chris partnered with Steve C. Lanning and Steven J. Lanning to build a real-time GPS tracking solution that gave families the visibility they deserved. Before UniteGPS, Chris served as the on-site client representative in Baltimore for a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services project, while the technical team operated remotely from California. At UniteGPS, Chris has led client relationships and stakeholder engagement since day one, ensuring the platform continues to solve real problems for school districts and transit agencies nationwide.
Co-Founder
Steve C. Lanning is a Co-Founder of UniteGPS, bringing deep database architecture and enterprise-level technical expertise to the platform since its founding in 2014. Steve previously served as an Oracle database administrator on a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services project at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego, where he first collaborated with Chris Bunnell. In the early years of UniteGPS, Steve balanced the project alongside other professional commitments until growing client traction made it a full-time pursuit. His database expertise has been instrumental in building a reliable, scalable platform that now serves over 100 school districts nationwide, supporting everything from route optimization to student ridership tracking and SIS data integration.
Co-Founder
Steven J. Lanning is a Co-Founder of UniteGPS and the primary architect behind the Crosswalk platform, which he has built and continuously refined since the company's founding in 2014. Steven began his career on the same Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services project as his co-founders, focusing on solution quality assurance and software testing for production readiness while simultaneously pursuing formal software development training. When UniteGPS launched, Steven committed full-time to product development, translating real feedback from transportation directors and drivers into practical platform features. His customer-driven approach to engineering has helped UniteGPS grow into a fully integrated transportation management solution trusted by K-12 districts and transit agencies across the United States.
Yes. UniteGPS provides GPS tools for school bus drivers and transportation teams through the Crosswalk platform. Districts can use live GPS tracking, route sheets, turn-by-turn navigation through the Tablet Suite, mileage tracking, alerts, and timestamped route history. Administrators see fleet location in real time, while drivers get clearer route guidance and safer daily operations.
Get clear answers from a school transportation technology specialist.
Protects student transportation data and privacy.
Trusted by K-12 districts nationwide.
Built for customers, without private equity pressure.
Tell us about your fleet size, routing challenges, and safety goals. The UniteGPS team can walk you through GPS tracking, parent app options, ridership tools, and setup expectations.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 207-591-7777.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 207-591-7777.