{"id":48711,"date":"2024-03-03T10:12:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T10:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/the-overlooked-tech-that-kept-cities-moving-in-2023\/"},"modified":"2024-03-03T10:12:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T10:12:35","slug":"the-overlooked-tech-that-kept-cities-moving-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/tech\/the-overlooked-tech-that-kept-cities-moving-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The overlooked tech that kept cities moving in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over here at TechCrunch, our time is often spent finding and reporting on the next new new thing in mobility, from autonomous drones and electric air taxis to self-driving trucks and even batteries made of paper. While this tech, in theory, may someday help people and goods move from point A to B, much of it is just that \u2014 theory. Hope. Promise. Showy demos to impress VC investors. That\u2019s why we dug into the technology that\u2019s helping cities move today. Some of it is unsexy, but transportation is, more often than not, a utility. We\u2019ll take a close look at the tech helping move two U.S. cities \u2014 Miami and New York City \u2014 and run through a few other standout innovations in 2023. How Miami uses on-demand transit Image Credits: Joe Raedle\/Getty Images Miami has been working with transit tech company Via to bring in on-demand transit since 2020. The service, formerly called GO Connect, launched during the COVID-19 pandemic as a first- and last-mile solution, filling in the gaps between where people live and major transit hubs. Three years later, Miami-Dade rebranded the service to MetroConnect, adopted it into its broader public transit network and added four new service zones. Within a month of rebranding and expanding, MetroConnect completed 69% more rides and saw a 70% increase in ridership, according to Via. The company also said MetroConnect has, since its inception, increased access to 57% more jobs within a 45-minute commute by connecting riders to transit hubs,… Click below to read the full story from TechCrunch
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Over here at TechCrunch, our time is often spent finding and reporting on the next new new thing in mobility, from autonomous drones and electric air taxis to self-driving trucks and even batteries made of paper. 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