Zum CEO's Book on Student Mobility Hits #1 on Amazon
Redwood City, Calif. – September 07, 2026 -- The Most Important Commute, a new book by Zum Founder and CEO Ritu Narayan, has reached #1 on Amazon's bestseller list in Education Administration, spotlighting student transportation as a core driver of educational access.
Book argues school bus reliability directly shapes classroom outcomes for 26 million U.S. students
Narayan draws on more than a decade building Zum and working with school districts, families, drivers and transportation leaders to argue that the journey to school functions as an education issue, not just a logistics problem. Approximately 26 million students rely on school buses daily, making student mobility one of the largest mass mobility systems in the United States, one that Narayan says has long operated with fragmented technology, limited visibility and outdated infrastructure.