Helsinki’s personalized bus service is like Uber for public transit
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Re: Helsinki’s personalized bus service is like Uber for public transit
#2If this will be deployed in UBER's model, i.e. freelanced drivers of vans, this could scale very rapidly very fast.
Re: Helsinki’s personalized bus service is like Uber for public transit
#3This isn't new, really. It was already possible to book a taxi / van; elderly people often use services like this.
Second, some bus lines get so little used you need to call ahead two hours in advance before they send a bus to the bus stop.
Re: Helsinki’s personalized bus service is like Uber for public transit
#4If this will be deployed in UBER's model, i.e. freelanced drivers of vans, this could scale very rapidly very fast.
They've had this in the Philippines since forever (minus the smartphone part) with Jeepneys/jitneys. It's not a totally new idea.
Re: Helsinki’s personalized bus service is like Uber for public transit
#5If this will be deployed in UBER's model, i.e. freelanced drivers of vans, this could scale very rapidly very fast.
They've had this in the Philippines since forever (minus the smartphone part) with Jeepneys/jitneys. It's not a totally new idea.
I believe jitneys are different: they have a fixed route. This , by gathering pickup and drop-off points optimizes routes and passengers. The end result is much shorter trips.
Re: Helsinki’s personalized bus service is like Uber for public transit
#6This isn't new, really. It was already possible to book a taxi / van; elderly people often use services like this. Second, some bus lines get so little used you need to call ahead two hours in advance before they send a bus to the bus stop.
I think in this service you order a short time(10 minutes) in advance, and you get optimized routes. That wasn't there before i believe.
Re: Helsinki’s personalized bus service is like Uber for public transit
#7Re: Helsinki’s personalized bus service is like Uber for public transit
#8If this will be deployed in UBER's model, i.e. freelanced drivers of vans, this could scale very rapidly very fast.
They've had this in the Philippines since forever (minus the smartphone part) with Jeepneys/jitneys. It's not a totally new idea.
It's been a while since anybody had a totally new idea
Re: Helsinki’s personalized bus service is like Uber for public transit
#9This is based on a software by ajelo.com which is based on some interesting research:
Why urban mass demand responsive transport?:
http://www.floating-content.net/~esa/pub/files/jokinen-fists...
Demand responsive transport: Models and algorithms:
lib.tkk.fi/Diss/2013/isbn9789526051635/isbn9789526051635.pdf
Re: Helsinki’s personalized bus service is like Uber for public transit
#10Here is a link to the official page of the service:
https://kutsuplus.fi/tour
It's always nice to get new services, but I'm afraid this one will become a niche product due to the public transport system in Helsinki already is working so well.
A service that is used a lot is the Tour Planner which was one of the first ones released for public transport in the world (I think this is already the third version of it): http://www.reittiopas.fi/en/