Especially in the evenings after rush hour, I frequently see very large city buses in DC that probably have a seating capacity of 50 passengers or more traveling around with only one or two passengers, which always strikes me as an extremely inefficient use of resources. This may not be the complete answer to that glaring transportation inefficiency, but I think the services offered by Bridj are a pretty promising transportation alternative. The Boston-based startup combines “the convenience of the ride-sharing app Uber with the efficiencies of public transportation” as this article in Autoblog describes it.
According to Autoblog, this is how Bridj works;
Users request a pickup point, destination, and when they want to leave on the company’s iOS or Android app. Bridj operates a fleet consisting mostly of 14-person Mercedes-Benz Sprinters, and it adjusts pick-up and drop-off times based on demand.
Here’s a link to the Bridj website (“your everyday transportation system that adapts in real time to where you live work and play”) and here’s a video below that shows how it works.
Bridj currently operates only in Boston (see service areas here), and now in DC in the service area below, with plans to expand to other DC areas soon, and to other cities in the future as well. According to its website, “Each Bridj trip costs slightly more than public transit, but significantly less than taking a taxi.”
If the popularity and success of Uber is any indication, Bridj could have a very bright future.
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