Route Optimization
Turn student enrollment data into efficient bus routes, rosters, and printable route sheets while reducing reliance on paper maps, Google Maps, or one person’s memory.
UniteGPS helps K-12 transportation teams replace paper maps, manual rosters, and guesswork with a connected school bus scheduling and route planning platform. Build efficient routes, sync student data, guide drivers, track buses in real time, and keep families informed—backed by free 90-day setup, unlimited live support, and a system built from real district feedback.
Connected routing, tracking, communication, and ridership tools for modern K-12 transportation departments.
Turn student enrollment data into efficient bus routes, rosters, and printable route sheets while reducing reliance on paper maps, Google Maps, or one person’s memory.
Start with core routing tools, automated optimization, SIS integration, parent communication, field trips, and support through an affordable annual tier for every district size.
Track buses in real time with 5-second updates, mileage categories, geofence alerts, speeding and idle notifications, analytics, and basic parent app visibility.
Sync enrollment data from systems such as PowerSchool, Skyward, or Infinite Campus to keep routes, stops, and student assignments accurate without manual uploads.
Equip buses with tablets for turn-by-turn navigation, student scan-on and scan-off tracking, vehicle inspections, advanced notifications, and special-education documentation.
Get a no-cost, no-obligation optimization study with route analysis, documented savings opportunities, and an outside assessment prepared for board-level review.
UniteGPS reviews your fleet size, current routes, student data sources, and operational goals. This helps identify the right tier, required integrations, and whether route optimization, GPS tracking, tablets, or parent communication should be part of your rollout.
See how districts improve route efficiency, parent communication, driver confidence, and transportation accountability.
UniteGPS is built for districts that need practical tools, responsive support, and long-term reliability.
Routing, GPS, tablets, parent tools, and SIS sync work together in one platform.
Your district receives hands-on onboarding with routes built during the free setup period.
UniteGPS protects student transportation data with FERPA-compliant systems and responsible workflows.
Founders remain directly involved, with unlimited live support and no impersonal ticket queues.
Founder-led transportation software built around real district needs.
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.
School bus scheduling software helps districts organize routes, rosters, stops, drivers, and transportation data in one system. UniteGPS turns student enrollment information into efficient bus routes, printable route sheets, and driver-ready assignments. It replaces paper maps, spreadsheets, Google Maps, and institutional memory with a repeatable routing process that transportation teams can manage year after year.
Get clear answers from a real transportation software expert.
Student data protection for K-12 transportation.
Trusted by districts across the United States.
Founder-led platform built without private equity.
Tell us about your fleet size, current routing process, and transportation goals. UniteGPS can help you evaluate the right tier, review setup options, and explain how free 90-day onboarding works.
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.