![]() At the moment, Citymapper is simply plugging a gap it has identified for night owls in East London, but the bigger picture is all about leveraging data - smart displays that show where the bus is now and where it’s heading, and plans to introduce real-time passenger counting so it can always know - and communicate to the world - how much space there is on the vehicle. Similar to Uber, which on the surface is a ride-hailing service but is in fact a giant repository for urban mobility data, Citymapper can see how its users travel around and identify areas where public transport services are perhaps lacking.Īnd this is the ultimate point of Citymapper’s endeavor. If you’re unfamiliar with Citymapper, it’s basically a mobile app that rose to prominence in London with its user-friendly interface that merges multiple transport options to help you find the most effective route to reach your destination. Since its launch back in 2011, Citymapper has landed in dozens of cities globally, including New York, Boston, San Francisco, and Tokyo, and it has gone on to raise around $50 million in funding. ![]() Citymapper has now been approved and fully licensed by Transport for London (TfL) to launch its first commercial bus route, the CM2, which will serve East London on the weekends from 9 p.m. The initial tinkering was entirely experimental, and, importantly, the company wasn’t licensed to operate commercially - meaning the service was offered for free.
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