Friday, January 24, 2020
Future of transit is integration, not competition
Waterloo pilot project shows residents in even poorly serviced suburbs will use subsidized ridesharing to connect with municipal transit networks
By Brian Caldwell
Faculty of Engineering
Integrating ridesharing with transit in poorly serviced suburban neighbourhoods is an effective way to get people out of their cars and boost ridership.
Researchers at Waterloo Engineering found two-thirds of people who took advantage of inexpensive rideshare trips in a local pilot project used them to travel to or near bus stops. To continue reading this story click here.