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Launches, partnerships and announcements
What went live, where, and with whom. For analysis and explainers, the blog is next door.
- Partnership
Swvl launches its first DRT in Belp, Switzerland with 100% Electric Vehicles
mybuxi has deployed a new On-Demand Transit operation in the municipality of Belp by utilizing Swvl’s technology. Together mybuxi and Swvl’s operations in Switzerland provide service to ~50,000 citizens, consolidating Swvl’s position as a leading provider of smart mobility software in the region.
- Partnership
Cities are steel warehouses, but Swvl’s technology meets the challenge
Mobility today is poorly optimized. With an average occupancy of just over one user per car, and vehicles parked 95% of the time, cities are basically turned into steel warehouses. And this is, in the end, the big challenge to be solved.
- Event
Shotl participates at EIT Urban Mobility’s “Disrupting MaaS” course
As of October 2022, Shotl will participate in EIT Urban Mobility’s “Disrupting MaaS” online course. We’ll be sharing our knowledge of MaaS systems integrations, as well as use cases in Japan and Scotland.
- Company
Interview with mobility expert Benjamin de la Peña
This month we chat with Benjamin de la Peña, CEO of US-based Shared-Use Mobility Center, a public-interest organization working to replace car-centric transportation with people-focused shared mobility to fight climate change and promote equity.
- Launch
Introducing new flexible routes in Kuwait City
A new country joins and enlarges the list of territories using Shotl’s SaaS technology, enabling a solution to the mobility challenges of citizens and workers.
- Partnership
Swvl hosts in Berlin the leader of UK’s Labour Party
As part of an ongoing cycle of meetings with global political leaders, Swvl’s Door2door team met with Sir Keir Starmer, Leader of the UK’s Labour Party.
- Launch
Shotl launches in Lake Garda, Italy
The Alto Garda tourist destinations of Riva del Garda, Nago-Torbole and Arco are now using Shotl’s SaaS solution for demand-responsive-transport (DRT).
- Company
Interview with Laia Pagès at CARNET
This month we chat with Laia Pagès, Executive and Research Manager at Future Mobility Research Hub CARNET and long-time passionate advocate for innovative solutions to mobility challenges.
- Event
Great success at a world-leading Public Transport Conference
Between May 10th and 12th, 2022, Shotl attended IT-Trans, the most important conference on technological solutions for public transport. Here’s our rundown of the event.
- Company
Interview with Barak Sas
This month we chat with Barak Sas, General Manager for UK&I DRT at Zeelo and respected voice on mobility-related issues. He is well known for sharing his thoughts about public transport and mobility in his newsletter “Moving People.”
- Launch
Piacenza launches on-demand public night transport
The Italian city of Piacenza, capital of the province of the same name in the Emilia-Romagna region, launches a new on-demand night bus service, successfully adopting smart city technology and mobility.
- Launch
Shotl helps improve mobility in Japan
Through Shotl’s software technology, a pilot test for on-demand sustainable transportation is being conducted in the city of Kawasaki that is helping to solve the problem of mobility in Japan’s densely-populated cities.
- Company
Interview with Lukas Foljanty
This month we chat with Lukas Foljanty, Shared Mobility Enthusiast, Public Transit Geek, and On-Demand Ridepooling Market Expert. He is also one of the most recent additions to the Swvl community and joined at the beginning of March as Principal for Public Sector in Northern Europe.
- Launch
ShuttleMare is back
After great success last year, and as the summer season and good weather approach, we are proud to announce the return of Rimini’s sustainable on-demand transport operation: ShuttleMare.
- Partnership
Announcing Swvl's Nasdaq Listing
Today marks a remarkable milestone in our lives. Shotl, as part of Swvl, has become a publicly listed company (NDAQ: SWVL).
- Launch
Shotl enables accessible transport in France
The local authorities in Montbéliard have taken an important step away from traditional accessibility transport planning and towards 21st-century mobility thanks to Shotl’s new ADAPTIVE app, which enables fairer and more inclusive transport for people with reduced mobility.
- Launch
Shotl connects yet another isolated area in the Barcelona area
Shotl has launched a new operation connecting the neighborhood of Can Sunyer in Castellví de Rosanes with the neighboring town of Sant Andreu de la Barca. Ridership figures show success from day one.
- Launch
Barcelona grows with Shotl
2022 is off to a good start and packed with good news. To begin with, Shotl is expanding its Demand Responsive Transportation (DRT) operation in Barcelona. The chosen area covers the neighborhoods of Montbau and Vall d'Hebron.
- Company
As one thrilling year ends, an even more exciting one begins
2021 has been a year full of news and new deployments. Now, Shotl looks forward to welcoming a new year that promises to be even more exciting, with the promise of growth and great things to come.
- Event
Summit at the Pyramids
Shotl has participated in this year's edition of RiseUp Summit, a major innovation and entrepreneurship event in the Middle East and North Africa region that takes place annually in Cairo, Egypt.
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