For over two years, a fleet of minivans has traveled thousands of miles across Albemarle County’s growth areas, carrying passengers as part of an experiment in on-demand public rideshare transport in a locality with limited bus service. A feasibility study for the MicroCAT service anticipated 100 rides a day, but ridership has been much higher. […]
For over two years, a fleet of minivans has traveled thousands of miles across Albemarle County’s growth areas, carrying passengers as part of an experiment in on-demand public rideshare transport in a locality with limited bus service. A feasibility study for the MicroCAT service anticipated 100 rides a day, but ridership has been much higher. […]
UVA doctoral candidate T.C.A. Achintya needed a better way to get around. A new program from the City of Charlottesville made it happen. “I had contemplated buying a regular bike, since I don’t own a car,” Achintya says. “But with how hilly C’ville can get, I never quite got around to it, since I could […]