Tuesday, MARTA is taking a web page from the Uber and Lyft playbook and kicking off a six-month pilot program to check whether or not ridesharing can get extra folks on buses and trains.
Why it issues: The distance between a bus or rail station and an individual’s house, work, college or different vacation spot is among the largest obstacles stopping folks from taking transit.
- Making transit simpler to make use of, particularly in a few of Atlanta, Clayton and DeKalb’s less-dense residential neighborhoods the place a bus cease might sound too far (or disagreeable with no bus shelter), creates extra common transit riders.
Details: The pilot program with Georgia Tech is concentrated on three completely different areas: West Atlanta (largely residential neighborhoods like Collier Heights and Peyton Forest); Belvedere (largely mixed-use communities like Oakhurst and East Lake); and the Gillem Logistics Center (a largely industrial space in Forest Park).
- Riders should obtain an app that permits them to pick out a close-by pick-up and drop-off location and see when the shuttle is on its manner (the estimated wait time is quarter-hour).
Details: The service is named Reach and operates Monday via Friday from 6 am to 7 pm. A experience prices $2.50, the identical as a MARTA fare. Shuttles are outfitted with BreezeCard readers and money fareboxes.
- Riders can switch to buses and trains free of charge like they normally do. (People who pay with money, nevertheless, gained’t have the free switch choice.)
Zoom out: Los Angeles created Metro Micro, a service just like Reach, after its two-year pilot program served greater than 270,000 rides and earned excessive marks from riders.
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