Metro Micro reaches 1 million ride milestone!
When we began creating our on-demand service Metro Micro six years ago, there was skepticism around the idea that a public agency could — or would want — to operate [continue reading]
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Rani Narula-Woods
MicroTransit and the future of procurement innovation
By Rani Narula-Woods and Debra R. Avila LA Metro is investing in new transportation innovations that harness new and emerging technology services to improve the experience for customers. Metro is beginning to experiment with technology to develop the best possible ways to serve our customers. Rather than buying off-the shelf [continue reading]
Three contracts awarded to firms to design Microtransit service
The private sector can excel at creating products and services that meet and exceed customer demand. Metro aims to achieve those kind of results with its upcoming Microtransit service. The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday approved contracts totaling $885,247 to three vendors — RideCo, NoMad Transit and Transdev — [continue reading]