Esoterix has secured £380,000 funding to accelerate the development of technology that will underpin fairer fares on rail. The Department for Transport have awarded the grant through Innovate UK as part of the First of a Kind in Rail 2020 competition. This project will advance machine learning algorithms to reward …
Shared mobility is without doubt one of the most significant movements in transport, both publicly and privately. Companies like Uber – which generated revenues of $11.27 billion in 2018 – have thoroughly disrupted conventional thinking around vehicle use and ownership, as well as mobility more broadly. And yet the Uber …
We recently attended Connect to Collaborate, hosted by Katharina Burger, University of Bristol as panel members. This event sought to identify collaborative opportunities to accelerate technological, behavioural and institutional transitions towards sustainable connected places. Katharina asked us to prepare answers to some interesting – and challenging – questions and we …
Local employers, Lidl and Tesco, have joined forces to initiate an employee bus service to their sites in Western Approach. The service aims to boost recruitment and staff retention. The service is designed to assist the local community with subsidised travel to work and matches the start and end of …
How do we deal with a ‘sprawling urban mobility crisis’? How do we deliver attractive, convenient and financially sustainable passenger transport services so that everyone in society can access jobs, healthcare, and – let’s face it – just get out and about for some human interaction? In September 2016 the …
First West of England will be looking at future opportunities to overcome the hurdle of ‘the first mile’ from people’s home to the bus stop following the completion of the trial of MYFIRSTMILE in Bristol on 21st December 2018, a partnership initiative led by technology start up business Esoterix Systems …
Local Transport Today https://www.transportxtra.com/publications/local-transport-today/news/56916/first-launches-taxi-feeder-trial-for-buses/ Bristol Post https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/first-bus-going-offer-people-1574797 Bristol Business News http://www.bristol-business.net/innovative-trial-to-persuade-car-commuters-to-catch-the-bus-by-giving-them-a-cab-ride-to-the-stop/ First Group https://www.firstgroup.com/bristol-bath-and-west/introducing Bus and Coach Buyer https://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/first-uks-first-cross-modal-public-transport/ Route One http://www.route-one.net/articles/First_launches_multimodal_taxi_ride_sharing_service_in_Bristol Coach and Bus Week https://cbwmagazine.com/first-to-trial-first-and-last-mile-taxibus-service-in-bristol/ In South Glos https://www.insouthglos.co.uk/news/innovative-trial-to-persuade-car-commuters-to-catch-the-bus-by-giving-them-a-cab-ride-to-the-stop/ Bishopston Voice https://www.bishopstonvoice.co.uk/take-a-taxi-to-the-bus-stop!-commuter-service-gets-trial-run-in-westbury-park
On Tuesday, 15th May 2018 we launched MYFIRSTMILE in partnership with First West of England. Our launch event attracted in the words of a reporter who came “The great and the good of the West transport scene” including Tim Bowles (WECA Metro Mayor), Giles Fearnley (MD of First Bus UK), …
JourneyBatcher was recently featured in Bristol Business News Online http://www.bristol-business.net/school-bus-planning-software-en-route-to-help-councils-to-save-funds/
SevernNet Buzz was featured on BBC Points West on Monday 18th December 2017. The service attracted the attention of the local news programme because of its innovative features including personalised passenger timetables, routes which adjust over time to passenger demand, and employer-led business model. Becky Meadowcroft lives in Shirehampton and …
