With ridership dipping across the nation, METRO’s Top 100 Bus Fleets are looking at new technologies and ways to make bus transit the backbone of a larger multimodal system that also includes bike-share, TNCs, ride-share, and autonomous shuttles as first-, last-mile solutions.
Several agencies reported they have begun to partner with TNCs, such as Lyft and Uber, to both serve as a first-, last-mile solution and to alleviate strain on their paratransit systems, while also giving ADA passengers more freedom to travel on-demand without the need to schedule rides 24 hours in advance.
