Hopp is the only company of its kind to match verified drivers with passengers based on interests for ride sharing, while also prioritizing safety, comfort, transportation costs, and reducing negative environmental impacts such as carbon emissions during their journey.
The vehicles will provide transportation services at two facilities: the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and the UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica.
Publisher James Blue discusses the changing face of mobility.
Dr. Brown is the first scholar in the nation to access Lyft’s trip-level data and analyzed rider travel and use patterns
The six-county region added 2.1 million household vehicles between the years 2000 and 2015, a car increase that nearly quadruples the rate of the preceding decade.
The project will be supported in part by a $1.35 million from Mobility on Demand Sandbox grant from the Federal Transit Administration FTA.
UCLA partnered with VIMOC Technologies to optimize curb space for efficiency and safety in the university's Gateway Plaza loop.
Developed in partnership with Commercial Fleet Financing, the shuttle bus is projected to be delivered in early 2018.
While some students find BruinBus less convenient because it is a bit slower than using ride-hailing apps, UCLA officials say 85% of riders on the free system are students and that ridership is not decreasing.
The move is also in step with the University of California’s systemwide goal of carbon neutrality by 2025. UCLA has already met its 2020 goal of using less energy per square foot of buildings than in 1990.
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