The 12-month pilot will allow current RTA paratransit clients living in East New Orleans to book on-demand services within Orleans Parish.
The goal of the pilot is to help younger people learn transit with close to 75% of the school’s students participating.
The program, now known as Clipper START, and administered by the MTC, will allow eligible low-income transit riders to access the discount using a Clipper card.
While there have been some fluctuations in ridership during the first months of the test, the overall trend is very positive.
The decision to eliminate skip-stop service was made based on a successful pilot program in 2018 and helps address ridership growth.
Has the potential to reduce boarding times by as much as 50% and improve the overall customer experience.
The launch of passenger service follows several weeks of route validation and bus operator training on multiple routes around San Diego.
The project is intended to further enhance connectivity to UTA’s TRAX light rail and FrontRunner commuter lines.
Will partner with Indiana-based LHP to develop the vehicles, which are designed to complete low-speed, short driverless trips.
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