Tag: Transit
-
An On-Demand Public Transit Leapfrog
Is the largest city in America without a public bus transit system laying the groundwork for an autonomous, on-demand shuttle network? Arlington, Texas, a city of 400k in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, is reportedly planning on spending $9M per year to serve its entire 99 square miles with 70 shuttles operated by Via. Via’s on-demand…
-
Viodi View – 06/22/18
50 Capitals for 25 Years The C-SPAN Bus made news for its appearance in Juneau, as part of C-SPAN’s ongoing celebration of a quarter century of supporting its affiliates and their customers with educational tours via its familiar bus. In an interview with Viodi at the 2018 ACA Summit, C-SPAN VP of Affiliate Relations, Peter Kiley, discusses…
-
A Transition Step(s) to an Autonomous Transport Future
A relatively low-density city designed around the car. Public transportation service that meets its published schedule only 71% of the time, leading to customer satisfaction of only 65%, while the fare recovery is only 15% (passengers only pay 15% of the actual cost with government subsidies making up the difference). Although the above sounds like a description befitting most any U.S. post-World War…
