For parents

Know where your child is, the moment you wonder.

Open the app and the bus is right there on the map. Every pickup and drop-off is confirmed by name as it happens, so you stop guessing and start knowing.

What we work on

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

  1. Visibility

    The bus's live position and stop-by-stop progress while a trip is running, reported from the attendant's device on board.

  2. Accountability

    A record of who boarded, where and when, kept per session rather than per day.

  3. Utilisation

    Matching parents to routes that already pass their area instead of adding new ones.

  • Live GPS tracking
  • Boarding attendance
  • Route list and ordering
  • Absence in one tap
  • Verified drivers
Key features

A school bus should never be a black box.

Live GPS tracking

Follow the bus on the map from the moment the trip starts until the last child is dropped, with every stop marked off as the bus passes it.

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.

For parents

From the school gate to your front door.

In that window the school's duty of care has ended and yours hasn't begun. SafeRide fills the gap. Whether your child boarded, was dropped, reached school — all of it on your phone.

A notification the moment your child boards the bus
Live location on the map while the trip is running
Mark your child absent the day before
“The bus is on the way” when the group before yours is done
Monthly payment status and receipts inside the app
The SafeRide app showing today's routes and a boarding checklist
For van owners

Not a tracker. The system that runs the service.

A GPS box can only show you the vehicle. SafeRide shows you the child — who boarded, who was missed, who was absent, who has paid.

01
Boarded / Missed
The attendant marks every child. Missed has no sub-states — one status, no ambiguity.
02
Live GPS tracking
Location every 15 seconds. Parents see it whenever the trip is active.
03
Attendance record
Every marking is stored with the GPS coordinate at that moment. If a question comes up later, the evidence is there.
04
Absence declared by parents
Morning and evening marked separately. The attendant sees it on the list.
05
“The bus is on the way”
When every child in a group is resolved, the next group's parents get a push. No geofencing needed.
06
Monthly fees and receipts
A separate fee per child. Prepaid or postpaid. Reminders go out automatically, and the receipt is downloadable once payment is marked received.
07
Messages to parents
To one child's guardians, or to everyone on the bus. Straight from the attendant's phone.
08
SOS — call the owner
When a parent taps SOS, the dialler opens with the owner's number ready.
09
Fleet view
One map for the owner, every active bus as a dot. Tap a dot to go into that trip.
2026 regulatory requirements

School transport is being formalised. Be ready for it.

Regulatory authority for school student transport now sits with the NTC. CCTV, GPS, an attendant, inspections — a set of standards takes effect from 2026.

Covered by SafeRideGPS tracker
A tracker connected to a government central system. SafeRide is ready to consume a third-party tracker feed too.
Covered by SafeRideAn attendant in the vehicle
An attendant in every vehicle.
Covered by SafeRideAttendance records
Daily, per child, with GPS. A record you can actually audit.
Your responsibilityCCTV
Announced as compulsory in school vans from January 2026.
Your responsibility6-monthly inspections, speed governor, seat belts, yellow livery
Vehicle-side requirements — not something software covers.
Your responsibilityDriver's licence and police clearance
For both the driver and the attendant. We don't hold those documents.

Based on public news reporting and government announcements. Check the gazette for the exact clauses.

Frequently asked questions

A GPS box only shows you where the vehicle is. SafeRide shows you the child — boarded, missed, dropped, absent, paid. A tracker cannot build that record.

The owner enters the guardian's NIC when registering the child. The parent downloads the app, enters that NIC, sets their own password and is logged in immediately. The owner never issues a password.

One account. An NIC belongs to one real person across the whole system, so a single login shows the children from both services.

No. Cash or bank deposit only. The owner marks a payment received, and the parent can then download the receipt. Card payment isn't in v1.

No. While the trip is active you see the vehicle's location. For the child you see status — boarded, dropped, missed.

Sinhala and English. Tamil comes in the next phase.