About RidePermit

Built by a parent who watched the e-bikes arrive.

RidePermit is the micromobility and e-bike safety compliance platform for K-12 school districts. It exists because the bikes got to campus years before any system to manage them did.

Tony Bright, founder and CEO of RidePermit

Tony Bright

Founder and CEO, RidePermit, Inc.
Capistrano Unified parent30+ years in enterprise technologyOrange County, California

Two children through the same district, kindergarten to twelfth grade. Somewhere in the middle of that, the bike racks filled up with e-bikes, and nobody had a plan.

Tony Bright spent more than three decades building enterprise systems for organizations that could not afford to lose track of anything. What he saw at his own children's schools was the opposite: a district doing its best with a form, a video link, a certificate with no name on it, and a sticker with a number that connected to nothing.

The gap was not effort. The district cared, the parents cared, and the staff running the weekend inspection line cared most of all. The gap was that no one had built the thing that ties registration, training, the rules, and the family together in one record that still answers questions six months later.

RidePermit is that thing. It is built for districts to own, for families to finish in an evening, and for the child on the bike to actually learn something before the first ride.

What we believe

Six things that do not change.

The training is the point

A permit is paperwork. A child who learned stopping distance, battery safety, and what a parked car door can do is the outcome.

The district owns the rules

State law is the floor, the district's policy sits on top, and RidePermit enforces both. We do not decide what a district allows.

Families should not be the funding model

A district subscription covers everyone. A parent-funded option exists for districts with no budget, but it is the exception, not the design.

No student data leaves the district

Not sold, not used for advertising, not shared with anyone but the enrolled district and its schools. No student photo is collected.

Every claim shows its evidence

A permit says whether the training was provider verified, staff reviewed, or parent attested. We never present a weaker tier as a stronger one.

Your data is yours

Export everything, at any time, at no cost. Written into the agreement rather than offered as a courtesy.

The company

RidePermit, Inc.

Entity
RidePermit, Inc., a Delaware corporation
Based in
Orange County, California
Platform launched
July 2026
Coverage
State law for all fifty states; national district and school directory

In the news

Coverage.

NBC 4 Los Angeles

NBC 4 Los Angeles segment on RidePermit and school e-bike permits

NBC 4 Los Angeles, August 2026
Watch the segment
Voice of OC

E-bike Safety Registry Launches in Orange County, Looks to Partner With Schools & Police

Voice of OC
Read the story
KNX 1070 Newsradio

KNX 1070 Newsradio interview on e-bike permits for school districts

KNX 1070 Newsradio
Listen
KFI AM 640

The Monks & Merrill Show, hosted by Michael Monks. Segment begins at 9:37.

KFI AM 640
Listen

Memberships and affiliations

PeopleForBikesCalBike, California Bicycle CoalitionLeague of American Bicyclists

Press inquiries: support@ridepermit.com. Logos, the decal image, and founder photos are available on request.

Talk to us.

District, parent, sponsor, or reporter, the same address reaches a person within one business day.