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Thinking of bringing microtransit to your community? Birmingham’s expanded MAX On-Demand service offers an inspiring model. For just $1.50, it connects riders to transit centers, the airport, grocery stores, schools, and healthcare facilities, making public transit more useful and accessible to local residents. Learn more about this innovative mobility option here👇 https://lnkd.in/e_EEJuJ6

🇮🇹 We're teaming up with IVECO BUS, Politecnico di Milano, and Humanitas Medical Care to pilot an on-demand transportation service. This initiative is set to transform campus mobility, making it more accessible, greener, and highly efficient. 👉 Read more: https://lnkd.in/e_bPiFBB

Ademola is a Remix Transit planning pro!! 💙 BJCTA - MAX Transit is lucky to have such a great team. Thank you for sharing, Wytangy Peak-Finney, MPA!

💻 Last week, Via hosted a "Backend Meetup" in our Tel Aviv office. We had an amazing time connecting with fellow Backend engineers, sharing insights on the latest trends and best practices in the industry. We had the pleasure of hearing from two outstanding speakers: - Via's Michal Yanko Cyncynatus delved into logical replication and CDC in Postgres and learning about the AWS data migration tool. - Alon Nisser provided valuable insights on the evolution of data infrastructures throughout the company's lifespan. Thank you Niv Yungelson and the AWS Community, for your collaboration in making this meetup a success! 📈 Via continues to grow every month and we are hiring for some exciting positions - check out our open roles here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dVrsFp5H

Curious how a city without traditional public transportation (like buses or subways) effectively moves throngs of fans to one of the largest concert tours in history? 👀 Hear what Jim Ross, the Mayor of the City of Arlington, Texas, has to say about the city’s microtransit system — and how it worked its magic by supporting everything from daily commutes to ”Super Bowls and three Taylor Swift concerts in a row." Read now 👉 https://lnkd.in/eJamCCpS

Did you know? A new type of public transportation is now becoming mainstream in the US. It’s called on-demand microtransit, and it’s supplementing traditional fixed-route transit, making the entire transportation network more accessible for all. 📰 👉 Read more about how this tech-enabled mobility option is transforming US cities and communities worldwide: https://lnkd.in/dQfzYVQ9

An Integrated Transit approach, leveraging both fixed-route buses and on-demand transit to do the things they do best, can efficiently improve mobility and access to opportunity across cities and regions—growing ridership, enhancing system coverage, and lowering cost-per-trip. Learn more about how Via is working with #publictransit agencies and cities across the country and the world to plan and operate the networks of the future.

Talk about impact! 🤯 🤩 From Mass Transit magazine: "Via Jersey City launched in February 2020 and, four years later, this city-run microtransit service has delivered 2 million rides. It has established itself as one of the nation’s most successful programs of its kind in terms of ridership, efficiency and social impact, with 80% of rides serving people of color and 60% serving low-income residents." Congrats City of Jersey City! Read more: https://bit.ly/3wnKiYS

"'Via is behind some of the biggest reforms in recent public transit history across the country,' Axios reported today." Via's consulting team is partnering with the City of Des Moines, Iowa to evaluate how on-demand and fixed-route can best work together to expand transit access in a cost-effective way. Learn more about our momentum in the Midwest: https://bit.ly/4b9LX39

New from Mass Transit magazine: See the City of Norwalk, Connecticut's plan for a more seamless public transit system in action with an expanded #Wheels2U microtransit service.💪 "Pentz said he pushed to ensure the program could include the entire city, including the Norwalk Senior Center at 11 Allen Road, so that everyone in has access to transit." Read it here: https://bit.ly/4acDzPf