Categories: New Mobility, Paratransit, Technology

Though paratransit has advanced significantly since riders having to call in days in advance for a ride, transformation of paratransit to combat existing...

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10193284/5-key-considerations-when-choosing-a-tech-partner-for-your-paratransit-service

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Categories: New Mobility

This is the first microtransit launch made possible through a transit agency’s membership to NEORide, an Ohio-based consortium.

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10191302/how-vias-microtransit-program-serves-toledo

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Categories: New Mobility

In Baker, Louisiana, transit leaders have unveiled a new on-demand microtransit program called LYNX by CATS to connect residents to opportunities in town...

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10189330/in-this-suburb-microtransit-is-the-key-to-expanding-opportunities-for-residents

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Categories: New Mobility

The microtransit contract will serve communities in the East Palo Alto and Half Moon Bay zones to supplement changes to SamTrans bus service and will...

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10189916/transdev-lands-samtrans-microtransit-contract

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Categories: New Mobility

The shared service allows customers to book their trips on a mobile device by using the GoMicro app. 

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10189336/microtransit-arrives-in-hemet-san-jacinto

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Categories: Bus, Management

The three-year agreement is retroactive to October and contains an option for the TARTA board to extend the contract an additional two years through October...

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10187317/tarta-extends-koprowski-as-ceo

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Perspective authors Joshua Schank and Emma Huang were the architects of two on-demand microtransit systems for LA Metro.

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10184839/mti-research-examines-microtransit-benefits

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Categories: New Mobility, Technology

Via is a form of transit for around 50,000 Jersey City residents and visitors per month, most of whom are lower-income and people of color.

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10179928/jersey-citys-on-demand-transit-service-hits-1-million-rides

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Categories: New Mobility, Technology

It is the third VIA Link zone to open since the on-demand transit option was introduced in 2019 with a Northeast Zone and grew in 2021 with a Northwest Zone.

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10178331/san-antonios-via-expands-on-demand-program

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Categories: New Mobility, Paratransit, Technology

Via Metro STL, which is powered by Via, extends the reach of the region’s Metro Transit system by providing riders with affordable and convenient...

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10175892/via-metro-stl-hits-80-000-plus-rides-marks-2-year-anniversary

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