When one small town embraced a microtransit model, they found residents replacing city buses with ride-share vans ordered on an app.
WILSON, North Carolina — Less than a year ago, President Biden signed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. $108 Billion of that is set aside for public transportation. Right now, 45% of Americans are without some form of public transportation.
However, all changed two years ago when they embraced a microtransit model; replacing their city buses with ride share type vans that can be ordered on an app or called through a number, and only cost $1.50 to go anywhere in the city. "I mean everybody that we drive, that's the first thing they say, I am so glad that you all are in place because the buses were horrible," Winston said."Yes we take people to the grocery store but mainly to work and doctors appointments."
The idea is to keep what's working while also filling the necessary gaps. In Wilson that meant access. "And the question was really more about how do we get people to that kind of core backbone of the public transit infrastructure which we need to enhance," Snyder said.
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