{"id":80209,"date":"2017-03-30T10:59:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T14:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techvibes.com\/?p=80209"},"modified":"2017-04-10T10:04:25","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T14:04:25","slug":"lyft-tests-bus-like-service-called-shuttle","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/magazine\/lyft-tests-bus-like-service-called-shuttle","title":{"rendered":"Straying from On-Demand Solutions, Lyft Tests Bus-Like Service Called Shuttle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lyft is piloting Shuttle, which operates fixed routes on flat fares\u2014reminiscent more of a city bus service than a ride-hailing solution.<\/p>\n<p>Shuttle is currently being testing in San Francisco and Chicago. It is considered an extension of Lyft&#8217;s carpool service, Line, but is not on-demand: drivers complete a route with fixed pick-up and drop-off locations.<\/p>\n<p>Shuttle will also only run during weekdays, specifically commuter hours, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/3\/29\/15111492\/lyft-shuttle-fixed-route-fare-sf-chicago\">according to The Verge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLyft Line is the future of rideshare, and we often test new features that we believe will have positive impact on our passengers&#8217; transportation options,\u201d a spokesperson told the news site. \u201cWe look forward to feedback on Shuttle from the Lyft community; we see a number of commuting use cases that this mode will make easier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Uber, Lyft&#8217;s primary competitor, does offer carpool solutions in the form of uberPOOL, but has no bus-like offering comparable to Shuttle.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/borndigital.com\/2017\/01\/27\/develop-hyperloop-power-system-from-ground-up<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lyft is piloting Shuttle, which operates fixed routes on flat fares\u2014reminiscent more of a city bus service than a ride-hailing solution. Shuttle is currently being testing in San Francisco and Chicago. It is considered an extension of Lyft&#8217;s carpool service, Line, but is not on-demand: drivers complete a route with fixed pick-up and drop-off locations. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55555,"featured_media":80211,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[115,116,70],"magazine-region":[],"magazine-series":[],"magazine-topic":[],"class_list":["post-80209","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-News","tag-lyft","tag-transporation","tag-uber"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/80209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/magazine"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/55555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/80209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/80211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80209"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-region?post=80209"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-series?post=80209"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=80209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}