e-Rota is a system where organizations manage their service operations from a single place: staff transportation in companies, student transportation in schools. This application is the phone side of the system — the passenger (staff or student) boarding the service, the parent monitoring their child, and the driver using the vehicle all use the same application and select their role upon startup.
To use the application, your organization must have an e-Rota account and register you in the system: HR/service manager for company accounts, school administration for school accounts. It is not a publicly available public transportation application.
FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS (PASSENGERS)
• Log in with your phone number and PIN; no setup, membership, or forms required.
• See your service today: departure time, route, and your designated stop.
• Track the vehicle's live location on the map; see how many minutes are left until your stop. Location updates without refreshing the page.
• Track which stops have been passed and when the next one is on the stop schedule.
• Say "I'm at the stop"; the service manager will see who is waiting at the stop. • Inform the school in advance of the day or date range you will not be using the bus; the driver will not wait for you on that day. • Receive notifications of delays, route changes, and announcements. • Send your requests, suggestions, or complaints with a photo and track their status through the app. • Rate your driver 1-5 stars after the trip.
FOR PARENTS
• Log in with your school-registered phone number and the PIN you received from the school. • If you have multiple children, all are in one account; switch between them. • See your child's trip for today or on the date you selected: departure time, route, assigned stop, vehicle license plate, and any delays. • Track the bus live on the map; see how many minutes are left until your child's stop and when they arrive at the stop. • Inform the school in advance of the day or date range your child will not be using the bus; the driver will not wait on that day, and your child will not appear as expected in the count. • Receive school announcements and trip notifications on your phone. • Parent screens only monitor the trip: you do not interfere with the trip schedule.
FOR THE DRIVER
• See the day's schedules on a single screen, start your trip with a single touch. • All stops and routes on a single map; the screen focuses on the next stop. • See who is waiting at the next stop with their name, company, and phone number; call them directly if necessary. • One-touch arrival at the stop: "Arrived". The trip automatically closes at the last stop. • Your location is automatically sent while the trip is in progress; the planner, passenger, and guardian see it simultaneously. If the signal is lost in a tunnel or out of coverage, locations are queued on the phone and sent completely when the connection is restored. • Announcements and trip notifications are sent directly to your phone.
WHY E-ROTA
• A single source instead of an Excel spreadsheet and WhatsApp group: which trip is where, which stop was passed, who boarded. • Delays and route deviations are visible before anyone complains. • A screen where the guardian can see it themselves on the map instead of asking "has the service arrived?" on their phone. • Each institution's data is its own; A company's passengers, routes, and journeys are not visible to another company.
LOCATION USAGE
In the driver role, location is only collected when a journey is initiated and regularly sent to the server throughout the journey — even when the application is in the background or the screen is off. This is necessary for live monitoring of the service and recording of stop arrival times. A persistent notification appears in the notification bar while location tracking is in progress; tracking stops automatically when the journey ends. In the passenger role, no location is collected in the background: it is only used to record your arrival/departure at your own stop when the journey screen is open. In the guardian role, no location is collected at all; the guardian only monitors the vehicle's location.
To try the application in your company: e-rota.com
Support: satis@e-rota.com
Track your journey live: your stop, vehicle, and remaining minutes all on one screen.