A mobile medium for peer-to-peer ride-sharing
Accessible and profitable commutes, across the board. An affordable & cohesive alternative to stagnant institutional transit.
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Commuter Options
Commuters have the option to have options. Choose to transit via the Hopbus ride-sharing system, or select from any other mass transportation available to you, or a combination therein - it's all about what's most accessible.
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Institutional Memberships
Institutions, like your employer or school or your city itself, are invested in hosting transit programs via Hopbus. For the commuter, this means cost sharing! And for the institution, this means savings! Join programs & manage them in-app.
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How Hopbus Works
Hopbus is a stop-to-stop ride sharing service. Routes are created by Drivers or by common demand, with Stops factored based on Rider requests. Institutions use Hopbus to provide transportation services to commuters, via sponsored fare subsidies; discounted transit & convenient access.
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Driver Options
Hopbus lets commuters dynamically serve as ride hosts (Drivers) for other commuters - servicing both shared routes & overlapping destinations. Drivers define routes taking them where they need to be, while serving commuters en route - all while earning more $ than standard ride hailing, passively.
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Take a Trip
Piece together Routes to go the distance! Take a journey from city-to-city,
or even state-to-state, over all routes and transportation modes available.
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Hopbus = Savings
Ride sharing should be accessible to everyone. So Hopbus operates at a lower
fee basis, with a cheaper service model, and a cost share component.
Check out a pricing comparison;
Example ride is 3 miles & 13 minutes, in downtown SF.
Green portions are Driver earnings, magenta are TNC (operator) earnings.
In the centers are what people pay.
click image for source on TNC ride.
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Issue: Ride Hailing Congestion
A reason why we need Hopbus:
10% of San Francisco traffic is empty ride-hailing cars.
In general, more than 50% of all miles driven by ride-hailing cars are sans passengers.
In the Bay Area, 50% of all congestion increase 2010-2016 was due to ride-hailing.
click image for sources (SFMTA, CityLab)
Issue: Loads of Roads, no Transit
Another reason why we need Hopbus:
In the past decade, we've built 24X more roads than mass transit (USA).
Unfortunately, it’s clear why Americans continue to drive instead.
click image for sources (StreetsBlog USA).