![]() During the pandemic, BART has been coordinating with the Bay Area’s 27 transit operators and exploring ways to make transit more user-friendly. Promotes all transit optionsīART’s multi-modal trip planner promotes taking transit by including the various transit systems across the Bay Area in the results. When using BART’s official app, results include direct links to book the scooter through the provider’s app. Real time scooter locations will show on the trip planner map to help customers determine if they are a good choice and, in some cases, the estimated cost of the scooter rental will be included in the itinerary. The results will compare different modes of getting to and from BART including walking, biking, driving and now Spin, LINK or HOPR scooters. Real time results will show door-to-door, turn-by-turn directions and the amount of time it will take to complete the full trip. In the trip planner, riders enter their starting location and their destination. “No other trip planner in the Bay Area is offering this level of real-time customized directional itineraries with as many car-free options while promoting transit region wide,” said Ravi Misra, BART Chief Information Officer. ![]() By showing how much faster it is to take a scooter to and from BART compared to walking or driving in traffic, more people may opt for BART to get where they need to go. Pairing e-scooters and BART expands the geographic area that BART riders can quickly and easily reach. Integrating e-scooters into the customer experience is BART’s latest effort to make taking transit easier and to increase ridership during pandemic recovery. Trip planner results on BART’s website and app now show real time availability of Spin scooters in San Francisco, LINK by Superpedestrian scooters in Oakland and HOPR scooters in Fremont. ![]() ![]() The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) aims to make it easier to take car-free trips by adding shared electric scooters (e-scooters) to BART’s multi-modal trip planner. ![]()
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