Ir e Vir: enhancing public transport coverage

A new Good Practice was recently approved within EMBRACER.

The region of Viseu Dão Lafões presents challenges such as villages with less than 40 inhabitants lacking public transport (PT), areas lacking frequency of PT, and ~29% population with +65 years.

The CIM-VDL developed and implemented an effective flexible PT service through taxi collaboration operating in the region as a complement to PT network. Passenger requests a journey until noon of the previous business day through a free phone call to the central. At the agreed hour, the taxi arrives at the selected stop.

The “Ir e Vir” service has flexible routes and designated stops, days and service time meaning passengers choose from the available schedule time and can only use the selected stop if there is not an available PT during the intended period. The travel management platform can be adjusted by the central operator, and an optimized route for the most nearby and available driver is set. 

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