School Bus Route Tracker CMS

A modern school transportation management system designed to help schools organize their bus fleet, drivers, routes, stops, and student passenger assignments in one centralized dashboard. The system includes separate administration and parent access, making it easier to maintain transport records and provide families with convenient schedule lookups.

Key Features

• Fleet Management: Maintain bus records, passenger capacities, and vehicle statuses.
• Driver Management: Manage driver profiles, licensing information, emergency contacts, and profile photos.
• Route & Stop Scheduling: Create routes, assign vehicles and drivers, arrange stops in sequence, and configure pickup and drop-off times.
• Student Transport Allocation: Assign students to specific routes and stops and associate them with parent accounts.
• Parent Portal: Allow parents to log in and view their children's transport schedules, bus information, driver details, and route timelines.
• Printable Route Manifests: Generate clear, print-friendly passenger rosters grouped by assigned stops for drivers.
• Dashboard Statistics: View key transport metrics and active route information.
• Photo Uploads: Upload driver profile images with supported image formats and size restrictions.
• Installation Wizard: Configure the database, create the administrator account, and optionally load demo data through a guided setup process.
• Access Controls: Separate administrative functions from the read-only parent schedule lookup experience.

Technology Stack

• PHP 8.0 or higher
• MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.3+
• PDO for database connectivity
• HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Apache web server

Security & Data Handling

The application includes password hashing during administrator setup, role-based authorization, CSRF handling, output-escaping helpers, and restrictions on direct access to selected internal directories. Driver image uploads are subject to file type and size limits.

Installation

Install locally using XAMPP or WAMP, or deploy to compatible PHP hosting. The included installer checks requirements, accepts database settings, creates the database tables, configures the application, and can populate sample data for evaluation.

Requirements

• PHP 8.0+
• MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.3+
• PDO MySQL and Fileinfo PHP extensions
• Apache 2.4+ with the required .htaccess overrides
• A modern browser

Demo Access

When demo data is installed, the README lists these example accounts:

• Administrator: admin or admin@schoolbus.com / password
• Parent: parent_john or john.doe@email.com / password

These are demo credentials only. Change or remove default credentials before any live deployment.

Who Is It For?

• Schools and educational institutions
• School bus operators and transport coordinators
• Developers building school transportation portals
• Agencies and freelancers delivering custom school management solutions

Important Notes

This product manages transport records, assignments, and scheduled route information. The README does not describe live GPS tracking, real-time vehicle location, or automatic parent notifications, so these should not be advertised as included features.

Version: 1.0.0