Microtransit

RideKC: Bridj Pilot Evaluation: Impact, Operational, and Institutional Analysis

2016

Researchers at the Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC) at UC Berkeley conducted an evaluation of the RideKC: Bridj pilot program operating in Kansas City, MO. RideKC: Bridj is a public‐private partnership with the goal to enhance existing public transit options in Kansas City...Read more about RideKC: Bridj Pilot Evaluation: Impact, Operational, and Institutional Analysis

What Makes the Route More Traveled? Optimizing U.S. Suburban Microtransit for Sustainable Mobility

2025

Microtransit services that provide pooled on-demand transportation with dynamic routing have been used in low-density areas since the 1970s, but improvements to routing technology have led to a resurgence of interest in the past decade. Questions remain about the effectiveness of...Read more about What Makes the Route More Traveled? Optimizing U.S. Suburban Microtransit for Sustainable Mobility

Communities Are Experimenting with Microtransit to Fill Critical Gaps in Public Transit Service – What Have We Learned so Far?

2024

Microtransit is a technology-enabled transit service that typically employs shuttles or vans to provide on-demand transportation with dynamic routing. While many rides are dispatched and paid via a smartphone, many services also provide a...Read more about Communities Are Experimenting with Microtransit to Fill Critical Gaps in Public Transit Service – What Have We Learned so Far?

An Evaluation of Via Rideshare Service in West Sacramento: An Exploratory Analysis Through Surveys and Expert Interviews

2019
The UC Berkeley Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC) conducted an evaluation for the City of West Sacramento of the pilot Via Rideshare System, which began providing rides to customers in May of...Read more about An Evaluation of Via Rideshare Service in West Sacramento: An Exploratory Analysis Through Surveys and Expert Interviews

“Three Ps in a MOD:” Role for mobility on demand (MOD) public-private partnerships in public transit provision

2019

The growing number of public transportation agencies partnering with Mobility on Demand (MOD) or Mobility as a Service (MaaS) companies raises the question of what role MOD companies can, should, and currently play in the provision of public transport. In this article, we develop a...Read more about “Three Ps in a MOD:” Role for mobility on demand (MOD) public-private partnerships in public transit provision