Pete #Buttigieg celebrates Chatham's Uber-like #transit options #microtransit
..."Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is in Savannah honoring innovation with leaders at Chatham Area Transit.
“This is a community experiencing a lot of growth. People here deserve access to good transit, too,” Buttigieg told WJCL 22. “What the local transit agency is doing is really innovative and using new technology.”
Buttigieg is celebrating success in what's called "micro transit." Think about it like a public Uber; there is no route, it goes where you need to.
“That allows areas that weren't served by the network before to get service now. It connects more people up to opportunity,” Buttigieg said."...