News Commentary | February 10, 2020
The new service allows commuters in New York and San Francisco to input a train departure time, and then Uber arranges a ride to get users to the station on time. Uber's own data suggests this service will address a small portion of current trips; it estimated 300,000 trips per day on the Long ... Not part of subscription
Company Profile | June 02, 2020
Pantonium provides digital infrastructure to public transit agencies to enable their buses to run on demand; the company licenses its platform to municipalities The company targets public transit agencies that operate bus service in small to midsized cities The company's on‑demand platform ... To read more, click here.
News Commentary | June 30, 2020
The project represents Uber's first full‑service SaaS integration with existing on‑demand community microtransit. While we have seen Uber integrate with city transit that enables point‑to‑point journey planning that incorporates additional modes of transportation, this is the first case of the ... To read more, click here.
by Chad Goldberg
Ford Mobility companies TransLoc, Ride Systems, and DoubleMap are offering free transit consulting services and demand-response software to aid in the transition into uncharted operational environments. While it is still unclear how COVID-19 will affect public transit ridership, perception, and operations long-term, the crisis is presenting an opportunity for transit operators to experiment with more flexible routing and planning systems, a process that would be much more difficult under normal operating circumstances. We expect these new capabilities will not only be essential to effectively respond to future crises but also lead to more effective operation of general transit services in increasingly complex urban mobility environments.
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