New technology platforms are using crowdsourced buses to fill transport gaps and cut the cost of travel
When a group of Yorkshire parents, fed up with overcrowding on their children’s bus route to school, approached their local bus operator about pooling resources for a bespoke service, they sparked the idea for a new crowdsourcing platform.
Ten months later, 70 children have been riding their own double decker to the school gates each day, and Transdev Blazefield, owner of the Harrogate Bus Company, has launched an app to encourage others to crowdsource new routes and one-off trips.
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