Ride Sharing And Cities Team Up On Transit, Last Mile Issues

A little over a month ago, in our article "Fueled by Auto Industry Support, Bike Sharing Systems are Taking Over Cities" we noted how cities and urban planners continue to struggle with the "last mile issue" facing their residents using public transit systems. In that April 16, 2018 article, we noted how cities are integrating Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure communication systems as well as bike-sharing programs in an effort to curb urban congestion and improve transit efficiency. Continuing along this route, cities are now looking at how ride-sharing and ride-hailing apps such as Via, Lyft, Uber, and others can either fill these gaps, or completely replace public transit systems as we know them today.