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Rail is not enough: Business focuses on alternative ground transport
Amadeus’s launch of its Transfer Hub in July 2017 shows the importance of seamless ground transportation to travellers.
Uber has completely changed the ground transportation landscape in major cities, such as London; however, the recent announcement from TFL that Uber’s licence has not been renewed indicates that things do not always go smoothly with new business models.
Other corporations are jumping into gaps left by public transport, making public ground transportation more convenient.
Citymapper, a transportation app providing up-to-date public transportation information
to its users in many cities around the world, announced in July 2017 that it is going to operate a night bus in east London. Using crowd-sourced data through its app, the company noticed a shortage of good public transport links in that part of the city and received a licence from Transport for London to start running its own service between Aldgate and Highbury & Islington.
In a similar fashion, Chariot, a start-up bought by Ford, o ers a ride-sharing shuttle service focused on commuters in Manhattan. Currently only
in the US, it has international expansion plans and could reduce underserved connections and congestion.
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