The new real-time digital information displays will provide increased messaging flexibility and provide a better customer experience.
Riders not only rated the service 4.8 stars out of five on the Via app, but wrote more than 200 letters advocating for Via to Transit to continue.
The new deployment covers MV's support for King County Metro, the RTC of Southern Nevada, and Capital Metro.
Seattle's King County Metro will add more battery-electric buses, while TARC has contracted MV to provide its ADA services.
Cities can build a better version of the bus — one that operates dynamically, without routes and schedules, but still promotes shared trips to cut down on congestion.
The pilots were designed as 12-month research projects to test innovative solutions to immediate transportation needs.
The segment’s opening will follow the 2023 opening of light rail between Downtown Seattle and Redmond’s Overlake area.
Grants will help fund battery-electric buses and a pedestrian connection between a terminal and downtown Seattle, respectively.
The contract incorporates feedback from customers, caregivers, stakeholders, and community organizations.
Since the 1970s, labor agreements required new transit operators start as part-time drivers and then seek promotion to full-time work.