We couldn’t be more excited to announce that GoKid will be relaunching post-pandemic and announcing a partnership with school transportation firm Voovagroup to bring our carpool solution to Australia + NZ this month.
We are excited to enter into this partnership with Voovagroup as for the first time, a family carpool solution is offered alongside buses, giving schools and their families multi-modal transportation options for their everyday travel needs that are good for the environment. This clearly is a model for other regions with similar challenges.
Our new partner CEO Mark Bond of Voovagroup put it this way: We believe that the GoKid product now sitting alongside our school travel manager, trip booker, route planner, and parent portal gives us the ultimate tool for schools and parents to reduce traffic, reduce pollution around schools and help educational establishments and local councils reach their sustainability targets.“
Here in the US, about a third of bus drivers have quit their jobs during the pandemic, and school districts are struggling to hold up bus routes. That’s why we will be relaunching our technology in the US next. With GoKid, schools instantly reduce congestion in school pickup lines. They increase safety and air quality around the school and can attract wider enrollment even without bussing. Schools can measure and publish their reduction of CO2 emissions, the time saved and the miles saved by the parents. Some of the features include optimized routing functionality, in-app texting, calendar syncing, and automatic alerts. Parents can also view a rough location map of other families nearby within their school to find nearby carpool partners.
So if you are looking to tackle transportation at your school contact me!
Thanks to all of our supporters for being part of this ride.
Stefanie Lemcke
