Transit

Cities are where we call home. We know they’re far from perfect — and utterly besieged by cars — but we’re fiercely passionate about making them better places to live, raise kids, and grow old. It’s why we’re working so hard to make car-free transportation the default way of getting around, and help transform our cities for the better. Here’s our vision for Transit and the future of cities: vision.transitapp.com ✨ ~~ Les villes sont notre chez-nous. On sait qu’elles sont loin d’être parfaites (et un peu trop envahies par les voitures à notre goût), mais on se dévoue à en faire des lieux où il fait bon vivre, élever une famille et bien vieillir. C’est pourquoi on travaille fort pour transformer nos villes pour le mieux avec des transports collectifs plus faciles à trouver et à utiliser. Voici notre vision pour Transit et pour l’avenir de nos villes : vision.transitapp.com ✨

They say you should never meet your heroes… unless your hero is Jarrett Walker and you’re huge fans of ‘Human Transit’. Jarrett stopped by our Montreal office for a quick 5 à 7 (and impromptu book signing) on the way to ATUQ. Along with Kevin Manaugh, Zvi Leve, MSc, E. Owen Waygood, and Jérôme Laviolette, we jumped on the chance to chat about everything from fare systems to maps and how we can create great bus services in Quebec and beyond. Thanks for visiting Jarrett! You’re welcome at Transit HQ any time 👋

Next week, we’ll be joining fellow transit data sages at the 2024 International MobilityData Summit, right here in Montreal. 🧙🏻 Our industry’s cleverest GTFS and GBFS wizards (including a few from our own ranks) will come up with concoctions that improve the common language we all use to share accessible, open, high-quality transit information. 🔮 Leave your crystal ball at home; everything you need is in the slides below

🏆 Make room in the trophy case - our partners at Pace Suburban Bus just took home a shiny new Center for Digital Government Special District Project Award! We’ve been helping Pace innovate their way to multimodal trip-planning greatness since 2022, and we’re over the moon to see this project recognized nationally. Congrats team! 🙌

It’s time for us to flee the fall foliage, and make tracks for California. Hello APTA TRANSform! ☀️ Our mightiest ducks David, Beth, Jessica, Allison and Kaj will be at Booth 414 from Sunday September 29 to Wednesday October 2, and orange you glad to hear what’s in store: 🎤 Our friends at Metro Transit will be sharing how they’re using over 30k collected Rate-My-Ride survey responses to create a safer environment at the stop on Monday September 30th, 11:15 - 12:15. ⭐ We’ll also be on hand to share your agency’s Rate-My-Ride scores. With over 135k responses weekly, the national average is already 4.6 stars out of 5… but come see us to find out if you’ve got angels on the bus instead of the outfield! It’ll be no small world - get the full scoop here: https://lnkd.in/eAHk6TTu See you in the sunshine! 😎

No sticks in these spokes — GO Bike’s cruising ahead! Riders in our 600 supported cities are planning twice as many bike trips as in August, and we're already making legs on v2 🚲💨 Catch that and other big company updates in our latest newsletter 📬 including: - Yes, 600 cities: thanks to expansions across Switzerland 🇨🇭 + Spain 🇪🇸 + Portugal 🇵🇹 + Dubai 🇦🇪 + Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 + the UK 🇬🇧 - Detours: we're helping Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) and Région Pays de la Loire help riders find their way when their commutes get diverted 🚧 - Royale: Hello MTA Maryland, CapMetro, Williamsburg Area Transit Authority, Keolis Châlons-en-Champagne, GoDurham, WPBgo, Summit County, Colorado, Bow Valley Regional Transit Services Commission - Roam Transit, City of Kingston, City of Thunder Bay, and more, gilding their riders with a better app experience 👑 - Policy: we're working with US agencies to help riders get out the vote, and we're helping our friends at Riders Alliance to bring better transit service to New Yorkers 🤝 All that and more 👉 https://lnkd.in/e-quCrgs

Better bike navigation is finally here! Whether you’re switching lines or switching gears, Transit can now guide the way 🚲 💚 ➡️ Our team of multimodal mavens cranked it into high gear to bring you everything you need to ride around with ease: 🗺️ safer bike trip plans 🏁 turn-by-turn navigation with GO ⚡ customizable speed and distance settings 📶 offline functionality … and plenty more, under the seatpost. Hop in the saddle and read all about it 👉 https://lnkd.in/eW9Xdhf7 ----- La navigation GO vous guide maintenant à vélo! Plus besoin de se casser l’bicycle, Transit vous montre par où passer 🚲 💚 ➡️ Notre peloton d’expert·e·s est passé à la vitesse supérieure pour vous accompagner jusqu’à la ligne d’arrivée avec : 🗺️ des trajets à vélo plus sécuritaires 🏁 des instructions détaillées avec GO ⚡ des réglages pour personnaliser votre vitesse et la durée des trajets 📶 un fonctionnement hors ligne … et ce n’est qu’un premier tour de piste. Pour vous familiariser avec tous ces nouveaux rouages 👉 https://lnkd.in/efNk8b2R

Good Morning Baltimore! We climbed our way to the top of Federal Hill and got all our Pink Flamingos in a row to partner up with MTA Maryland and we couldn’t be more thrilled 🦩🚍🎉 We’ve been cooking up a real feast for riders together, starting with a hearty helping of free Royale just for them. But to make sure the only thing crabby in Baltimore is what gets pulled out of the Chesapeake Bay, we’ve also got a fresh batch of Rate-My-Ride surveys and Rider Happiness Benchmarking ready to spice things up like a fresh bottle of Old Bay 🦀 Make sure to leave room for dessert though, because the marshmallow atop this transit snowball is looking extra sweet: live detours, coming soon 🍧

Duty calls! We’re putting our hockey allegiances aside and joining forces with the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) to rally against our common urban foe: detours ⚔️🚧🛡️ For the next 12 months, our detour detection pilot will valiantly defend Toronto’s bus and streetcar commutes from the woes of unexpected diversions. It will detect detours right as they happen, display their rerouted paths, and guide the city's 300k+ monthly Transit user stronghold to temporary stops all across the noble lands of Canada’s largest transit system 🗺️ Read more about it here 👉 https://lnkd.in/g4rFn_C9

Take some dedicated public servants, add some spicy conversation starters, and what do you get? A day of real talk about what it actually takes to make public transit work for riders 🏛️🌶️🚌 Our recent Transit Roundtable in Philly brought together some of our public transit heroes. Staffers from two dozen transit agencies joined us and together we dove into the nitty-Gritty – from real-time feed refresh rates, to communication flows when service goes sideways, to the next big app feature from Transit. They say you should never meet your heroes. Luckily, ours never disappoint. Check out our digest of the day’s events: https://lnkd.in/dGZ3-yVt