{"id":336041,"date":"2026-09-02T15:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T15:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/336041\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T15:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T15:36:14","slug":"nyc-school-bus-app-provides-real-time-updates-for-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/336041\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC School Bus App provides real-time updates for families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) \u2014 If your child is taking a school bus for the upcoming school year, you will be able to receive updates and track the buses via the NYC School Bus App, a free app available for download on the\u00a0Apple App\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/nyc-school-bus\/id1506742236?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Store<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/nyc-school-bus\/id1506742236?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Google Play<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The app will tell families the expected arrival time of the school bus and send notifications regarding any delays and additional information. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\tDiscover more local reporting on our homepage\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The app is available for families of students who receive bus transportation from the New York City Department of Education. This includes students at public, non-public, and charter schools.<\/p>\n<p>To use the app, families will need to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.schools.nyc.gov\/setup-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">register for an account<\/a>\u00a0on the NYC Schools Account website. Contact your child\u2019s school for their Student ID number and then download the app.<\/p>\n<p>Families can also share information about student attendance and busing needs through the app.<\/p>\n<p>The app is available in ten languages. There is also a <a href=\"https:\/\/doe.app.ridewithvia.com\/schoolbus\/login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">web version<\/a> of the app that can be accessed without a smartphone. <\/p>\n<p>For information about the upcoming school calendar, <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/when-is-the-first-day-of-school-in-new-york-city-2026-2027-calendar-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Mitchell is a digital content producer from Vermont who has covered both local and international news since 2021. He joined PIX11 in 2024. See more of his work <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/author\/ben-mitchell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) \u2014 If your child is taking a school bus for the upcoming school year,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-336041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}