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Transit needs major innovation and overhaul if it's to gain any significant market share. For instance in the UK (in 2022), a whopping 6% of commuting trips we
by HPsquared 1y ago
Transit needs major innovation and overhaul if it's to gain any significant market share.
For instance in the UK (in 2022), a whopping 6% of commuting trips were by bus and 9% were by rail. Even less for leisure: 3% of leisure trips are by bus, 3% by rail. That's terrible market share!
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/transport-statistics-great-britain-2022/transport-statistics-great-britain-2022-domestic-travel https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/transport-statistic...
- bluGill 1y agoInnovation is not needed. Overhaul is perhaps needed, but all the innovations needed to get high market share are already known in the world. Most of what is lacking is the money needed to run that service. That is not an innovation.