Minneapolis / Minnesota / United States
First Student, a subsidiary of FirstGroup America, an international transport company, is one of the largest providers of school bus transportation in North America. It offers charter bus rentals, turnkey and management contracting, and bus leasing and maintenance services. The company provides transportation for sporting events and field and senior trips. It offers route schedule planning, terminal staffing and waste management services, as well as bus fleet upgrades for clients. First Student provides student-tracking alternatives by equipping its fleet with Zonar global positioning systems. It also counsels schools on enhancing routing efficiency by deploying routing and boundary planning systems. First Student operates a fleet of more than 60,000 school buses and serves over 4 million students annually.