GoKid, the award-winning carpooling app released in the US precovid and now re-launching in Australia, New Zealand and the US, partners with Voovagroup to address the shortage of school bus drivers by allowing parents to organize carpooling easily.
WESTPORT, Conn. , March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- GoKid, the award-winning carpooling app released in the US pre-covid and now re-launching in Australia, New Zealand and the US, partners with Voovagroup to address the shortage of school bus drivers by allowing parents to organize carpooling easily. According to a recent nationwide study of the three leading student transportation associations (NAPT, NASDPTS and NSTA) half of student-transportation coordinators described their school bus driver shortages as either "severe" or "desperate."
Both the parents and schools benefit from the GoKid platform: GoKid helps parents to find carpool partners in a school or school district and allows them to easily set up and manage their carpools. With the GoKid app parents spend less time driving to and from school and activities. They have the flexibility to enroll in after-school clubs and sports while having the peace of mind knowing who is driving their child.
Stefanie Lemcke CEO of GoKid "We are excited to enter into this partnership with Voovagroup in Australia and New Zealand, as for the first time, a family carpool solution is offered alongside buses, giving schools and their families a multi-modal transportation options for their every day travel needs, that is good for the environment. This clearly is a model for other regions with similar challenges."
Mark Bond CEO of Voovagroup the parent company of coachhire.com.au says "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."
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.
About GoKid:
GoKid, founded by two parents solving their own problem in New York City. The award-winning technology has been used to schedule over half a million trips, saving over 10 million miles of driving and 6.5 million pounds of CO2. GoKid is now relaunching its services after pausing during the pandemic.
About Voovagroup:
Voovagroup and its subsidiary Coahhire.au provide student bus routing and management via its student travel manager. Karpool powered by GoKid, available in Australia and New Zealand, provides schools, teams and active families with a powerful tool to manage school transportation.
Media Contact
Stefanie Lemcke, Gokid Corp, +1 9173531732, [email protected]
Stefanie Lemcke, Gokid, 9173531732, [email protected]
SOURCE Gokid Corp
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