Discussion

• @marylgray Mary L. Gray on x

  A good moment to note: AI-fueled systems will continue to fall us until we value the real magic in the mix: workers looped into on-demand services are the real secret sauce fueling the digital economy. Left to its own devices, AI (aka software) can't do squat. https://twitter.com…

• @smartgrowthusa Smart Growth America on x

  “If the success of a transit system depends on the number of people who use it, then successful public transit is everything but on-demand transportation. Cities have been able to boost bus ridership...by increasing frequency, speed, and capacity...” https://www.wired.com/... htt…

• @ofsevit Ari Ofsevit on x

  “Sometimes the best way to get people on the bus involves no technology at all.” https://twitter.com/...

• @stephawade Stephanie Wade on x

  Interesting piece on cities' efforts to innovate public transit - and the importance of determining who you are designing for and what they need https://www.wired.com/...

• @canonleonardo Leonardo Canion on x

  Hint: nothing beats the perceived freedom of affordable, high-frequency transit. Thanks @humantransit ! https://twitter.com/...

• @hypervisible Porch Pirate Booty on x

  “... cities around the world have spent the past few years trying to implement AI-fueled, on-demand bus services. Few have succeeded.” 😐https://www.wired.com/ ...

• @humantransit Jarrett Walker on x

  Fine Wired piece on why the recent demand-responsive transit craze may finally (and predictably) be running out of steam. https://www.wired.com/... (1)

• @meikasue Meika on x

  Tech in transit is promising when it makes transit the best version of itself, rather than when it tries to turn it into something else. (The last paragraph gives a great example of this.) https://twitter.com/...