Case Study | September 27, 2019
As traffic becomes increasingly congested in cities (in part due to ride‑hailing), mass transit vehicles are also affected. School buses, which in New York City travel across 9,000 routes and move 150,000 students daily, are one subset of this category. The bus system is operated by the New York ... Not part of subscription
News Commentary | October 16, 2019
The partnership with European startup Cityscoot will allow users to locate, reserve, and pay for an e‑moped directly from the Uber app. The integration of mopeds into Uber's service offerings is a first for the company, yet it is an important milestone in the company's push to become the world's ... 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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