Just a hundred years ago
Moving around cities was slow and expensive
You had to use your horse and cart
By the 1920s, there were millions of cars
And thanks to Henry Ford for the compact T-car
The horse carts sector simply declared bankruptcy
Now, private cars have a big impact on our lives
It gave people freedom of movement around cities
Some studies suggest that they established the middle class
Fast forward, to today, a hundred years later
Once again we can not move because of the heavy traffic crisis
There are about 1.2 billion cars on the streets today
70 million new cars added annually
When you see an ad for a new car on TV
It seems so
(Laughter)
A fast car running on the highway, looks fun
Freedom!
But in fact, most of the time we spend in cars looks like this
(Laughter)
We sit in a car of 5 seats and use only one
With 4 empty seats, which creates a great inefficiency
What if I told you that in a matter of years, you could not buy a car
Public transport will win over the private car
I want to show you how the future of public transport will look
By the way,
How many of you came today by public transport?
(muttering)
Well not so much, not a surprise
Public transport in many cities is not good
This is mostly due to the high cost of infrastructure
Tunneling subway tunnels cost billions
New neighborhoods become attractive city vedemographics change
It takes tens of years to get the metro there
Buses have fixed routes, fixed time schedules
When was the last time a new bus line was added to your city?
Probably a very long time ago
Take a step further
Imagine that a football is about to end
Do buses communicate their lines, routes and schedules instantly?
To accommodate the demand of people coming out of the football match?
Answer clearly “No”
By the way, who do you think he pays
For all public transport infrastructure?
They are you, through your taxes
Infrastructure, digging subway tunnels
Billions of dollars, bus stops paid by our taxes
Even the continuing operating costs of most of the world’s public transport systems
It is backed by 50% by our taxes
I believe in our ability to put our money in better use
Years ago, I was sitting in a bus in Tel Aviv with unlimited stops
I had to change the lines and walk 20 minutes in the free summer
So I finally get home.
I was sitting there, thinking, thinking
“Why can not the bus adapt to what I want?”
Why can not the bus adapt to what you want?
I immediately called my friend Daniel Ramot
With some we came up with the idea of a dynamic bus system and on demand
Dynamic Transport Service System
Imagine a network of cars constantly improving
Through centralized optimization software
Using phone data for traffic on people’s destinations
Routing and system scheduling are always improved
immediately
You book a track with your phone where you want to go
In minutes, trolley, transfer service
You will come and take you from a nearby turn;
And take you to a nearby bend to your destination
On the way, other people will go down and down like a bus
But routing, passenger loading and unloading points, scheduling
Everything is counted immediately
We immediately realized that this is the future of mobility
We set out to establish “VIA”
The world’s first on-demand transportation network
Instead of the limited number of bus stops, now every turn is a bus stop
Instead of static paths and scheduling, everything became dynamic
Calculated immediately
For example, if there is a traffic crisis in your way
You will be asked to move to another neighborhood
And redirect vehicles to take you from that place
Nothing is prepared, everything is dynamic and dynamic
We first launched our service in New York in September 2013
Modest thing, 5 vehicles, Upper East Side
Downtown Manhattan, during hours go to work only
Our service became famous quickly, and from then on we provided
Tens of millions of efficient transfers and affordable prices in New York
In Chicago and in Washington, DC
The main feedback we get from our users
Is that it makes sense
You share the trip with people who are going to your destination
Very convenient and very reasonably priced
By the way, we believe that using a full car to move from “A” to “B”
Is the new smoking
(Laughter)
You take a full car, four empty seats
You create emissions, you create congestion
You create enormous incompetence
At “VIA” we are in business selling seats
A seat is all you need to move from “A” to “B”
Now, the other seats in your car are tied to your seat
Other people sit on these seats
Here the excitement begins
You are probably thinking for yourself
If you take it, will it take me away from my way?
How long will it take?
This is a very difficult problem to solve
To create a convenient and efficient transportation platform
Requires a lot of engineering software
The problem of algebraic and mathematical problem is very difficult
Those are the challenges we had to solve
In order to serve tens of millions of people
Who have benefited from our services so far
Our goal is simple, we want to offer you
An efficient way to travel around the cities at a reasonable price
We share cities, municipalities
Public transport operators, to help them move
From the fixed set of lines, tables and buses
To a dynamic and on-demand solution
By the way, our infrastructure is data
Rather than spending billions on infrastructure
We use data to provide you with a highly efficient service
We do this in Paris, UK, in Austin, Texas.
Consider cabs, when you use a taxi
Again, you are using the entire car for yourself
Weeks ago, we introduced the ability to book a seat
In New York City iconic cabins
You share the trip and the cost as you reduce overcrowding
So where will the world of participatory transport take us on demand?
Remember a hundred years ago
She was not able to move and the private car solved that
Today, private car is the problem
Again we can not move
So I want to leave you with this idea
Cities will prevent the use of private cars
This will allow us to move freely through cities
Using on-demand transport networks
The traffic crisis will disappear
We will restore freedom of movement around our cities
This will have a great impact on our lives
Thank
(clap)
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