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Announcing the Launch of LOCUS Transit Insights

Written by Fareeha Shah | June 24, 2024

June 24, 2024 (NEW YORK, NY) –  Are you a transit agency or a partner looking to understand the “fit” of transit service with travel patterns of residents and visitors in the region? Need insights about which neighborhood pairs have competitive transit service in your region and isolate the factors that contribute to low competitiveness for transit routes serving a market? Or perhaps, interested in integrating your transit data and understanding the impact of competitiveness on transit market shares?

Introducing LOCUS Transit Insights, our latest data-driven product designed to provide you with comprehensive intelligence into the state-of-transit in your region.

We combine the power of LOCUS Person, our multimodal flows product, with rich routing information to understand transit journeys and driving options for an unmatched assessment of existing and potential transit markets.

Drill down with LOCUS Transit Insights

Why Choose LOCUS Transit Insights?

Transit agencies are facing unprecedented times: slow ridership recovery from the pandemic, shortfall in operating staff, changing competitive landscapes, funding challenges, and transportation security challenges for equity communities. This is making agencies rethink and innovate in the way they design and deliver service that is fast, frequent, and reliable.

The first step in this process is understanding the existing transit market within the context of overall travel – identifying competitiveness with respect to auto and allocating travel markets into successful, underperforming, and untapped markets. This is where LOCUS Transit Insights comes into play.

Comparing network scenarios for travel markets with origins in Des Moines district

What Can LOCUS Transit Insights Do For You?

Designed to deliver clear, actionable insights, and incorporate a top-down analysis (from region-wide to individual transit itineraries), our platform provides something that all transit agencies – big and small, and their partners/consultants, can leverage for mission-critical applications such as:


How Can I Gain Access To LOCUS Transit Insights?

Contact us to request a demo today and get actionable intelligence about the state of your transit markets with LOCUS Transit Insights.