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发帖数: 1 | 1 https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2018/08/02/fords-chariot-vans-are-mostly-empty/
Ford’s Chariot van service — which has been hyped as a key addition to the
urban transit network, but is little more than $4 bus rides along set
routes in areas already well served by existing service — is proving to be
a big, expensive failure.
Chariot’s chariots are mostly empty most of the time, according to data
provided by the company and crunched by transit analyst Eric Goldwyn.
Even on its best-performing weeks, Chariot’s fleet of 25 or so vans only
serves around 1,000 riders total, or about nine riders per vehicle per day.
The overall average is much lower — just five riders per vehicle per day.
The service has routes, including a Greenpoint-DUMBO run and a Williamsburg-
Midtown route.
The ridership pales in comparison to the “dollar” vans that travel up and
down Flatbush Avenue and other under-served parts of the city. On an average
day, a single dollar van will carry between 125 and 150 trips, said Goldwyn
, who studied the vans as a doctoral student at Columbia University last
year.
The Chariot data supports real-life experience: In May, TransitCenter’s
Joelle Ballam-Schwan tested the service for a seminal blog post. On her
first trip, Ballam-Schwan rode alone from Greenpoint to the Financial
District. The second trip fared a bit better — she was joined by one other
passenger.
Despite the numbers, a spokesperson for Chariot said the company has “been
pleased with the ridership … to date.” The company is now focused on
building “enterprise” routes for private businesses and organizations,
the spokesperson said, referring Streetsblog to a blog post articulating as
much.
Two of these routes are already operating for residents of luxury buildings
in New York: One, along 42nd Street, serves the Oskar high-rise at 42nd
Street and 11th Avenue. The second carries residents of the Durst
Organization’s Hallets Point high-rises in Astoria to subway connections in
Long Island City.
It is unclear what Ford is doing with Chariot, which it bought for $65
million in 2016, based partly on its wider appeal in San Francisco. In New
York, Chariot appeared to be positioning itself as a transit alternative
during next year’s L train shutdown. But the shift to serving luxury
apartment residents in transit deserts suggests the company has given up on
its commuter-based approach.
Chariot’s souped-up dollar vans are being billed as “micro-transit.”
Given the negligible ridership in New York City, the moniker fits.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2018/08/02/fords-chariot-vans-are-mostly-empty/ | D***I
发帖数: 1957 | 2 又是宣传问题，民众都不知道这东西，怎么会去用呢
我第一次听说ford有这玩意 | b********r
发帖数: 837 | 3 问felixcat，它肯定了如指掌
【在 D***I 的大作中提到】
: 又是宣传问题，民众都不知道这东西，怎么会去用呢
: 我第一次听说ford有这玩意
| T*********s
发帖数: 20444 | 4 看来福特自己也不好意思提
【在 D***I 的大作中提到】
: 又是宣传问题，民众都不知道这东西，怎么会去用呢
: 我第一次听说ford有这玩意
| j*5
发帖数: 315 | 5 65 millions shareholders' money dump into water |
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