Moovit has it has added 5 million public transit stops worldwide to its app and increased the number of local editors who map out their own transport networks where public data is not readily available to 200,000. Moovit also announced it has added Japanese as the 44th language available on the popular transit app.
The milestones bring Moovit closer to its vision of mapping the world’s entire public transit network, making travel smoother for commuters wherever they are, while simultaneously building the largest global repository of transport data that governments, urban planners and businesses can use to better prepare for a changing urban landscape.
According to the UN, over half (56.4 percent) of the world’s 7.6 billion population currently live in an urban area and of the 31 ‘megacities’ in the world (cities with 10 million inhabitants or more) 24 are located in less developed regions*. Without accurate public transit information, citizens in many developing areas are underserved by the transport data enjoyed by developed cities such as London, Paris or New York.
In the US, Moovit users enjoy a wide national coverage but it’s developing urban areas where Moovit’s growing crowdsourcing program of local editors, called Mooviters, are so valuable in contributing hyper-local transport information to be used by all. Examples of recent city additions thanks to the altruism of the community are detailed in editor’s notes below.
The planning of public transport using real time data is imperative to assist urbanisation, which is why Moovit’s mission to map out global public transport networks, making it the Wikipedia of transit, is so crucial.
The UITP estimates in the EU alone 57.6 billion journeys are taken on public transit carrying an average of 185 million passengers every workday and globally over a third of all journeys to work every day are via public transit.
With over 2,000 cities in the pipeline and a new city being added every 15 hours to the app, Moovit’s crowdsourced approach to data collection is accelerating its goal of providing total global coverage wherever you are in the world. Moovit’s addition of Japanese as its 44th language will enable the world’s 128 million Japanese speakers to use the app, which is now available in more than 1,500 cities across 78 countries.
Nir Erez, co-founder & CEO of Moovit said, “Our vision for Moovit from day one was to provide people all over the world with a simple and easy way to get around on public transit. As global population increases and pressures on cities grow, the Moovit team has been blown away by the level of engagement mapping out transit routes for fellow travelers.”
“We’re now taking Moovit’s treasure trove of transit data to local governments and city planners to help them better prepare for the future of urban mobility including the imminent arrival of autonomous and electric vehicles” Erez said.
