The Decision Corner

The Uber-fication of Public Transit with Remi Desa


Listen Later

Remi Desa, CEO and Co-Founder of Pantonium, sits down with Brooke to discuss his company’s innovative proposal to improve public transit: on-demand buses. Remi believes in a future where public buses can respond in real time to their users instead of following a set schedule. His concept has already been implemented in several cities in North America, demonstrating huge increases in bus ridership, and decreases in mileage and operating costs. Remi’s combined background in engineering and entrepreneurship has led him on a fruitful journey to change how we experience public transportation. 

In this episode, Brooke and Remi discuss:

- The huge increase in digital communication and data that has made his vision a reality

- The North American tendency to treat public transportation as a last-resort, instead of a viable, efficient option

- The necessary spectrum between on-demand models and set schedule models

- Maintaining public transport accessibility

- Cities’ risk aversion to changing their transportation systems

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Decision CornerBy The Decision Lab

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

6 ratings


More shows like The Decision Corner

View all
The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

110,802 Listeners