Our fleet, our driversLittle Falls, NJ
NW Transport · Little Falls, New Jersey

Every school day. Every trip. Count on NW.

Daily routes, field trips, athletics, and charters for schools and districts across North and Central New Jersey.

Our own fleet.Our own drivers.Direct support from our team.

Driver Portal Trip sheets, child checks and sign-offs, recorded on the driver’s phone Driver login
The operation, in numbersFall 2026
200+
Students every school dayDoor to school, with aides where needed
32schools
Across 10 districtsNorth and Central New Jersey
Quotes within one business dayWritten, with every stop and time
Our own drivers, our own busesNothing subcontracted, every bus checked before it rolls
What we do

One transportation partner for the whole school year.

For public school districts, charter schools and private academies.

Every school day

Daily school routes

Recurring AM, mid-day and PM runs planned around bell schedules, with a named driver and bus on every route and an aide when the district requires one.

Every stop and time on the driver’s sheet
Charters

Field trips, athletics & charters

Museums, away games, competitions, graduations and late buses, in New Jersey and across the river. Request online and get a written quote within one business day.

The driver stays with the team when you need it
Live dispatch

An office that picks up

Dispatch knows every driver and every route. Schedule changes, early dismissals, weather days and same-day needs are handled by a person on the phone, not a ticket queue.

One coordinator for your account, start to finish
The right size

The right vehicle for the group

Vans and small buses for a handful of students, 16- to 29-passenger buses for most runs and trips, and full-size 54-passenger buses for the big groups. Every bus carries the equipment New Jersey requires.

VansSmall groups
16–29Passenger buses
54Passenger buses
Uncompromising compliance

Rigorous safety, every route.

Every student route is backed by state inspection, fingerprint-verified drivers and a documented check at the end of every run.

Meticulous maintenance logs

Pre-trip and post-trip inspections by the driver every school day, with a preventive maintenance schedule on every bus and the records to show for it.

Criminal screening & drug testing

State Police and FBI fingerprint background clearance, random drug and alcohol testing, and a current DOT medical certificate for every driver.

Vetted driving records

Minimum age 21, a commercial driving history reviewed before hiring, and the state’s ongoing monitoring of every school bus driver’s license.

Ongoing driver training

The state’s required school bus safety education, student management and anti-bullying training, and winter-driving refreshers before the season turns.

Vehicle standard

Inspected, belted, checked, watched.

Every bus passes New Jersey’s school bus inspection twice a year, carries seat belts and the emergency equipment the state requires, with AI-enabled dual cameras and GPS tracking across the fleet. Every run ends with a documented walk-through of the empty bus.

2×State inspections a year
DailyDriver pre-trip check
Every runDocumented empty-bus check
AIDual cameras & GPS tracking
Where we run

Based in Little Falls, on the road across North and Central Jersey.

Nine counties, one depot. Field trips and charters go wherever the school needs to be, including New York City and Pennsylvania.

Passaic Bergen Morris Sussex Hudson Essex Union Middlesex Monmouth
Depot: Little Falls, NJ
PassaicBergenEssex HudsonMorrisSussex UnionMiddlesexMonmouth

Need transportation in your district?

Tell us the date, the group and the addresses. A written quote comes back within one business day, with the schedule and the terms spelled out.

Start a request
Thinking about contracting?

Running your own buses, or routes nobody will bid on? We can take them off your hands.

Whether your district has never contracted transportation or wants out of running a fleet, coming on board is four steps from route sheets to the first morning run.

1

Route RFP or request

Send us your schedules, bell times, student counts and any accommodation needs, as a formal RFP, a route sheet by email or our online form.

2

Route engineering

Our dispatch team builds the stop sequence, checks the timing against your bell schedule and sizes the vehicle to the group.

3

Driver & bus assignment

A named, vetted driver and an inspected bus are assigned to each route, with the driver’s sheet and the paperwork sent to the school before day one.

4

Disciplined daily run

On-time departures every school day, dispatch on the phone the whole run, and a plan for the morning a bus or a driver can’t go.

For school districts & academies

Need dependable route coverage?

Driver shortages, routes nobody will bid on, a trip that fell through: compliant, insured contracted transportation, with the paperwork your business office needs.

Request transportation
For professional drivers

Drive close to home, on a school calendar.

Routes near where you live, split shifts with school breaks off, and a company that keeps its buses in shape. CDL with S and P endorsements required; we help with the rest.

Local routes close to your community
Summers and school breaks off
Well-kept, clean buses
Apply at drive4nw.com

Tell us where they need to be. We’ll take it from there.

A quote within one business day, a named driver and bus, and a phone number that answers.