Category: via

Via’s largest on-demand transit service to date launches in Sacramento

Post author By Randall
Post date January 14, 2020
Categories In gear, Internet, public transportation, ride hailing, ride-hailing, sacramento, sacrt, services, smart ride, Tech, Transportation, via

[ad_1] It costs $2.50 per trip for most riders, but that drops to $1.25 for seniors and the disabled. It’s free if you’re either young enough for a RydeFreeRT pass or traveling in a group of five or more. SmaRT Ride technically launched first in February 2018, but the city brought on Via to run […]

Via now provides veterans with free rides in the DC area

Post author By Randall
Post date November 11, 2019
Categories In accessibility, dc, dfhv, free, gear, mayors office of veterans affairs, mova, ridesharing, services, Tech, tomorrow, Transportation, veterans, vetrides, via, washington dc, wheelchair

[ad_1] VetRides is being offered in partnership with the DC Mayor’s Office for Veterans Affairs (MOVA) and the Department of For-Hire Vehicles (DFHV). Veterans can register for the service through MOVA, and they’ll be able to book rides through the Via mobile app or a call center. Via will offer wheelchair-accessible vehicles. “All of DC […]

Hyundai will offer free self-driving rides in Irvine, California

Post author By Randall
Post date October 25, 2019
Categories In autonomous, botride, gear, hyundai, Internet, irvine, kona, kona electric, pony.ai, ride hailing, ridesharing, self-driving, self-driving car, services, Tech, Transportation, via

[ad_1] The project isn’t meant to research the technology so much as it is the people using it — this will “study consumer behavior” when interacting with autonomous services, Hyundai’s Christopher Chang said. In other words, the automaker will use BotRide to shape its self-driving cars and services around real-world experiences, not just theoretical scenarios. […]

Via shares its ride-pooling technology with NYC public schools

Post author By Randall
Post date August 21, 2019
Categories In car pool, ridehailing, ridesharing, school buses, Tech, tomorrow, Transportation, via

[ad_1] Via is currently working on an app that will be exclusively used by NYC public schools. The app distributes mobile tickets to riders, which they can scan in order to access the bus. A spokesperson from Via said rollout of the app will be phased out during the coming school year. Many “Uber for […]