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Optibus and the hidden cost of a bus timetable
A bus timetable is a bargain between passengers, drivers, and the budget. Optibus makes that bargain easier to test - and harder to leave to guesswork.
RideCo Put Public Transit on Demand - Then the Hard Part Arrived
The Waterloo software company taught buses to move like a shared ride. Its next test is larger, less forgiving and already carrying nearly a million New Yorkers a month.
Transit
Transit is a Montreal-based mobile app that turns the chaos of public transportation into a single, legible screen. It aggregates real-time schedules, GPS vehicle locations, and crowdsourced rider data across more than 1,100 cities in dozens of countries, layering in bikeshare, carshare, ridehail, microtransit, and mobile ticketing so people can navigate a city without owning a car. Founded by Sam Vermette and Guillaume Campagna, Transit partners directly with transit agencies who endorse and increasingly sponsor the app for their riders.