REDWOOD
CITY, Calif., May 14, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Today Zūm, the leader in modern school
transportation, announced that it has been named to the 2024
CNBC Disruptor 50 list.
CNBC's Disruptor 50, an annual list, honors 50 game-changing
private companies using breakthrough technology to transform
industries. This is the second year Zum has been recognized by
CNBC.
"We are honored to once again be part of CNBC's Disruptor 50,
alongside other leading companies that are making an impact through
innovation," said Ritu Narayan,
Founder and CEO at Zum. "I founded Zum to fix student
transportation and ensure working families didn't have to choose
between work and caring for their children. Today, Zum is proud to
be ushering in a new era of increased safety, reliability, and
sustainability for families across the country."
Zum unifies parents, students, school administrators, and
drivers on a single personalized end-to-end technology platform,
enabling never-before achieved levels of visibility and data-backed
accountability. Through the Zum app, parents can view a
profile of their child's bus driver, along with real-time tracking
and notifications about their school bus location and their child's
pickup or dropoff status. Zum also allows administrators to
optimize routes and provides staff with real-time data and
performance reports.
Zum is the first and only 100% carbon neutral student
transportation company in the U.S. Through its Net Zero Initiative,
the company is leading in electric school bus conversion.
Zum manages and operates student transportation in Massachusetts, Maryland, California, Washington, Texas, Illinois, and Tennessee with significant operations
launching this year in Nebraska,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, Connecticut, and Missouri. To learn more about how Zum is
working with thousands of schools across the nation to deliver
safe, reliable, and modern student transportation, please visit
Zum's website.
The full 2024 Disruptor 50 list can be viewed at
cnbc.com/disruptors.
About Zum
Zum has reimagined student transportation, the nation's largest
mass transit system, and developed sustainable ways to charge the
grid. Zum's robust operations and integrated end-to-end cloud-based
platform provides a modern student transportation service for
school districts purpose-built around the needs of kids and the
expectations of modern families. Zum provides one seamless,
real-time interface for parents, drivers, schools, districts,
administrators, and operators to transport children safely and with
increased visibility and personalized care. Always investing in the
wellbeing of communities, Zum is also the only carbon neutral
student transportation provider in the nation with plans to go Net
Zero with its transition to EV electric buses. Zum is available
nationwide, serving more than 4,000 schools across the U.S. Learn
more at www.ridezum.com.
CONTACT:
Jenny
Mayfield, Vice President of Communications -
press@ridezum.com
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