Assign students to a bus

Use this page to put a student on a bus. You choose the route, the stop and the date the child starts riding. You can also set a date when the child stops riding.

Before you start

• Your routes, stops and buses must already be added. See the article Add routes, stops and buses.
• Add at least one distance circle. Until one exists, no rider has a fare.

Steps

1. Open Transport → Riders.
2. Click the button to add a new rider.
3. In Who, type the student's name or admission number. Pick the student from the list.
4. In Route, choose the bus route.
5. In Stop, choose where the child gets on and off.
6. In Direction, choose whether the child rides both ways or only one way.
7. In From, choose the date the child starts riding.
8. If the child will stop riding on a known date, enter that end date.
9. Leave Fare by hand empty to use the fare from the distance circle. Type an amount only if this child pays a different fare.
10. Click Save.

The student now shows on that route. If a route says Nobody is on this route yet, add riders here on the Riders tab.

Good to know

• To move a child to another bus or stop, add them again with the new route. Someone already riding is moved, not added twice.
• The fare comes from the stop's distance from school and the distance circles.
• One-way riders pay a part of the round-trip fare. The school sets this part when it sets up transport billing.
• The number of seats on a bus is used to show when a route is over capacity.
• To bill parents for the bus, see Charge transport fees.