When HRT OnDemand launches, folks can ebook a journey utilizing a cell app, accessible on Apple Store and Google Play, or by calling 757-979-2955.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) is launching a pilot program Sunday for folks to ebook on-demand transit rides in choose areas of Newport News and Virginia Beach.
When HRT OnDemand launches, folks can ebook a journey utilizing a cell app, accessible on Apple Store and Google Play, or by calling 757-979-2955. Once a journey is entered with pickup and drop-off places, the system will give journey choices for time and site.
People will go to a close-by “virtual bus stop,” positioned inside a brief distance and a driver is dispatched to fulfill them at that location. People might be picked up in a van displaying the HRT brand and rideshare model.
The pilot program will run Monday by way of Friday from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 7 a.m. to eight p.m. Rides might be free till July 25 after which will go as much as simply $2 a journey.
HRT mentioned the objective is to develop entry and make it simpler for folks to attach with current public transit choices.
“This program marks a major step forward for Hampton Roads Transit,” William E. Harrell, the president and CEO of HRT, mentioned in a information launch. “On-demand service represents our vision of how transit can respond to market forces to provide the public with innovative and reliable options for travel.”
The pilot program will run for six months in choose areas inside Newport News and Virginia Beach. In January, HRT will check out the program’s effectiveness, ridership efficiency, and classes realized.
For extra details about HRT, you may go to its web site.