Local TREND. Ride Share Opportunities and Cities

Big cities have been partnering with ride share to round out public transit.

Pilot programs are off and running in:

• Philadelphia
• Monrovia, California
• Washington D.C.

The new opportunity for growth: SMALL CITIES

Why are small cities ripe for ride share partnerships?

• public transit is either infrequent or nonexistent
• small cities hands are tied because they can’t increase revenue by increasing bus fare

Name a small city partnership success: Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority and Uber AND Nashville and Lyft

What does the Pinellas agreement look like?

• $3 late night door to door service for low income workers
• $5 ride -hail passes for first and last mile ride sharing service from 24 hour bus stops

What does the Nashville Lyft agreement look like?

• Agree to 200 late-night bar and restaurant workers on rides home from the city’s downtown corridor at 50% cost

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