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announced they will be opening up a new ride-share-like service called Micro Transit for an easier way of getting to their destinations.
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Micro Transit is a public service, enabled by an app, which provides transportation during time periods or in areas not typically served by regular public transit.
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Customers simply request a ride via the GoPass app, and in about 20 minutes, will be picked up by a Tulsa Transit vehicle and taken where they need to go.
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鈥淲e can service them and take them to their job, take them to shopping, take them to the grocery store, wherever they need to go, Micro Transit can take them,鈥� said with Tulsa Transit.
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Only the areas highlighted are the zones in which Micro Transit operates. Rides are available at different times of day, depending on which zone you pick. For anything requested outside the zones, Micro Transit can act as a steppingstone to help get riders to a fixed route location.
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鈥淢icro Transit is a really big deal because it鈥檚 servicing areas we were never able to service before with a really big bus,鈥� said Hall.
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Tulsa Transit has been testing this new service in 2 zones in Northwest and Northeast Tulsa since April and says it has been getting very positive feedback, as it is also only $1.75 to ride.
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鈥淲e have had great success with it, we鈥檝e had tons of ridership, we鈥檝e actually doubled the ridership from what our fixed route service used to be up there, it鈥檚 Micro Transit now, and the people love it,鈥� Hall said.
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Now, it鈥檚 adding 5 more zones to cover almost the whole city. Breanna Hall says she is hoping even more people use the service.
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鈥淥nce the community understands what it is and how it works a little bit more, they鈥檒l come to love it just as much as we do,鈥� Hall said.
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The app can be used to complement existing fixed route services.
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