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http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/174689.aspx

The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) is the first major transit agency to partner with a technology company to employ microtransit as a public transportation option. KCATA is piloting on-demand bus service through a partnership with Bridj, a company based in Boston, Massachusetts. For a traditional bus service, riders go to a bus stop located on a prescheduled route, but with the RideKC Bridj microtransit service, the stop comes to the rider, on the rider’s schedule. This brief article describes Bridj vehicles, service area, and staffing.

English

p 31

2016-5

TR News

Digital/other

Maps; Photos

Paratransit services; Partnerships; Routes; Selection and appointment

Microtransit

Kansas City (Missouri)

Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Aug 2 2016 12:14PM

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