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School Bus Route Scheduling Software

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Lynx overview

What is Lynx?

Lynx is a student bus scheduling and fleet maintenance platform for school districts and bus contractors. The cloud-based platform offers features including GPS tracking, online trip ticketing, routing, fuel tracking, driver management, a web portal for staff, driver web portal for inspections and viewing routes, and integration with student information systems (SIS) for safe and secure student transport.

Lynx users can create bus routes using the drag and drop interface, adding and removing individual students to reflect changes in daily pick-up and drop-off schedules. Special circumstances relating to students on each route can be added such as allergies, medical concerns, special needs, and custody issues.

Create full routing scenarios with your student data, i.e. completely from scratch!

Lynx maintains a record of parent or guardian contact details, as well as route times and home location to help maintain the safety and security of passengers. Reminders of changes to students' normal routing schedule, such as vacations, appointments, and alternative pick-up routines, can be added to ensure all students are accounted for on each trip.

With Lynx's fuel tracking feature, users can see miles per gallon data and information on when and where each tank refill took place. The bus maintenance feature provides reports on vehicle maintenance, depreciation, open work orders, inspection schedules, and more.

Key benefits of using Lynx

Keeps your school bus routes organized and accessible to staff. Improves route efficiency and saves time and money for the school district. Easy-to-use interface. Accessible from anywhere with an internet connection.

Starting price

1795per feature

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Lynx’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

Lynx reviews

Overall rating

4.8

/5

37

Positive reviews

100

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9.35/10
Rating distribution

5

4

3

2

1

31

6

0

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Pros
“Start up went great, wonderful training experience, and fantastic support.”
TK

Terrie K.

Ass. terminal Manager

“I also love the videos that are setup to take you through step by step when you are in unfamiliar areas. I have used other software's that were not user friendly.”
TK

Terrie K.

Ass. terminal Manager

“What I like most about this software is its ability to manage all the areas of Student Transportation. Transportation is so much more than just knowing where to pick-up and drop-off students.”
RL

ROBYN L.

Assistant Manager - Delavan Location

Cons
“Therefore there may be extra time spent undoing things and putting them back to what it was if you remember what you did wrong or lost. This is the greatest obstacle to this software.”
SL

Scott L.

Asst Director of Transportation

“The way the phone numbers come in from Skyward are a little off. Quite a few of my students have no phone number entries so I have to go to Skyward to find them under the emergency contact page.”
RK

Ronda K.

Dispatcher

“There is a button to click that i just sometimes forget to click and it brings in the home address instead. The box pops up and tells me what to do but it doesn't always get clicked.”
VR

Verlyn R.

General Manager

Who uses Lynx?

Based on 37 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Education Management
Consumer Services
Hospitality
Others

Use cases

School Bus Routing
Fleet Maintenance
Route Planning

Lynx's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Lynx users:

Student information/records
GPS
Scheduling
Territory management
Parent portal
Field Trip Management

All Lynx features

Features rating:

Work order management
Vehicle information
Route optimization
Repair tracking
Real-Time monitoring
Mobile access
Maintenance scheduling
Live driver tracking
Inspection management
Driver management
Activity dashboard
Dispatch management
API
Real-Time notifications
Real-Time updates
Reminders
Alerts/Notifications
Reporting/Analytics
Route history
Activity tracking
Search/Filter
Self service portal
Service history
SMS messaging
Status tracking
Task scheduling
Third-Party integrations
Timesheet management
Tire management
Transportation management
Trip logs
Vehicle maintenance
Vehicle management
Warranty tracking
Accounting integration
Cost tracking
Data import/export
Directions
Document management
Drag & drop
Driver eta
Compliance management
Employee management
Equipment maintenance
Fleet management
For schools
Fuel tracking
Historical reporting
Communication management
Inventory management
Job management
K-12
Calendar management
Billing & invoicing
Attendance management
Multi-Location
Parts management
Performance metrics
Preventive maintenance

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Lynx pricing

Value for money rating:

Starting from

1795

One-time payment

Per Feature

Pricing details
Subscription
Free trial
Free plan
Pricing range

User opinions about Lynx price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of Lynx's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“Start up went great, wonderful training experience, and fantastic support.”
TK

Terrie K.

Ass. terminal Manager

“I also love the videos that are setup to take you through step by step when you are in unfamiliar areas. I have used other software's that were not user friendly.”
TK

Terrie K.

Ass. terminal Manager

Lynx integrations (11)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 37 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as Lynx integrations and how users feel about them.

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

This integration has saved me so much time. The two software programs "talk" nightly so information that has been changed in either program will be updated in the other. With this integration I no longer have to enter the information two times! It is wonderful!

KC

Katie C.

Supervisor

Lynx support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

24/7 (Live rep)
FAQs/Forum
Phone Support
Email/Help Desk

Training options

Documentation
Live Online
In Person
Webinars
Videos

Lynx FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does Lynx offer?

Lynx has the following pricing plans:
Starting from: $1795.00
Pricing model: One Time License
Free Trial: Available | (No Credit Card required)

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Q. Who are the typical users of Lynx?

Lynx has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Public Administrations, Small Business


Q. What languages does Lynx support?

Lynx supports the following languages:
English


Q. Does Lynx offer an API?

Yes, Lynx has an API available for use.


Q. What other apps does Lynx integrate with?

Lynx integrates with the following applications:
Skyward Student Management Suite, Synergy


Q. What level of support does Lynx offer?

Lynx offers the following support options:
24/7 (Live rep), FAQs/Forum, Phone Support, Email/Help Desk

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