New York’s transit lab unleashes new tech solutions

Four tech companies will pilot their mobility solutions on New York’s bus and subway networks after successfully completing a two-month accelerator trial.

The Transit Tech Lab accelerator programme issued a call last year for innovative companies to improve service and customer communications.

The lab is a new joint initiative between the Partnership for New York City and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

Touted as the country’s–and even the world’s–first public private partnership between business and the MTA to bring innovation to a major public transit system, the new lab was established after New York State Governor Cuomo called for the transit authority to take a...