On-demand transportation

On-demand transit solutions provider Argo has closed a CAD 10 million (approximately US$7.1 million) private placement to support the expansion of its Smart Routing transit network and further technology development. The Canadian mobility company announced the completion of a non-brokered private pl...

Optibus announces it has launched a Demand Response Transport Planning feature with native GTFS Flex support inside its Planning module. The new function brings demand-response service design into the same planning environment used for fixed-route networks, according to Optibus. The feature is desig...

Hampton Roads Transit has expanded its OnDemand ridesharing service to Chesapeake and Hampton, while extending the existing program in Newport News. The expansion marks a further deployment of HRT’s app-based microtransit offering across the Hampton Roads region, adding two new service areas and pro...

Wayla, the Italian startup offering a van pooling service in Milan, announces it has introduced five new electric vehicles to its fleet, with more to come in the coming months. To power them, the company has signed a partnership with Atlante, a European operator developing one of Southern Europe’s l...

On-demand transit specialist Via Transportation announces has taken the first formal step toward going public. On July 16, the company announced in a press note that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), initi...

On-demand transit leader Via has been awarded two new publicly funded contracts in Douglas County, Colorado, and New Haven, Connecticut, as reported on North American trade media Mass Transit. In early April a new on-demand transit project was also launched in Ontario, backed by Canadian newcomer Ar...