The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority’s partnership with a technology provider will boost the system’s paratransit and microtransit services to improve access and accessibility.
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) “is partnering with RideCo to adapt the agency's paratransit and microtransit services,” reports Mass Transit Magazine, creating the nation’s largest on-demand transit system.
According to Prem Gururajan, co-founder and CEO at RideCo, “Through this partnership, SEPTA will completely change how they operate their paratransit services; utilizing industry-leading technology to offer a convenient rider-app, more timely service, become more efficient, productive and thus save cost.”
The move is part of SEPTA’s Bus Revolution, a plan to redesign its bus network to better serve the needs of all riders. “Through SEPTA’s implementation of a large-scale on-demand transit system, agencies across the country will have a preeminent example for how both modernized paratransit and microtransit services can increase mobility within their own communities.”
SEPTA’s paratransit fleet includes 411 vehicles, and the agency plans to add a 48-vehicle microtransit fleet.
FULL STORY: SEPTA partners with RideCo to adapt agency's paratransit and microtransit services
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