The university’s $27 million collaboration with Frontt Capital Management, a Shenzhen-based investment firm, will establish a joint research center for intelligent vehicles at the university and a robotics laboratory on North Campus.
Ford announces that it will acquire Chariot, a crowd-sourced shuttle service, and that it will collaborate with bike-share provider Motivate in an effort to expand transportation in the city center.
Previously, the only option was to grab a ride ad-hoc shortly before departure, an option which will continue to be offered alongside advance scheduling, the report said.
The upgraded system will provide the MTA with the opportunity to accept new payment methods, such as mobile payments, as well as add new features, including a new customer web portal and an integration path with third-party transport services in the future.
PeerWell will now include transportation scheduling at select hospitals across the country.