London Transit Commission considers options to bring on-demand transit to Innovation Park
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The London Transit Commission is currently considering three options to introduce on-demand transit to Innovation Park, an industrial site in London’s east end.
The London Transit Commission is currently considering three options to introduce on-demand transit to Innovation Park, an industrial site in London’s east end.
On-demand transit is a new type of transit service that allows customers to book trips online based on preset times designed to increase the number of people on each vehicle and also cut down on wait and travel times.
“As a councillor, I am very excited about this. This is something we can apply city-wide and to other underused areas,” said city councillor and LTC board chair Phil Squire during an LTC meeting Wednesday.
Once implemented at Innovation Park, Dennis Kar from Dillon Consulting said they can then apply the same ideas to future on-demand transit projects in other areas of London.
Dillon Consulting is the company that was hired to create a report on the best options to move forward with the plan.
“We met with employers at Innovation Park and requested data on shift times and employees per shift. We used this data to estimate the transit demand by time of day and day of the week to determine the optimal time to provide on-demand service,” Kar said.
Kar presented the LTC with three options to create an on-demand service during Wednesday night’s board meeting.
The first option called for creating an on-demand service from Argyle Mall to Innovation Park, using one vehicle during the early morning and evening.
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