Transport app Citymapper is launching a real, paid bus service in London
Earlier this year, transport app Citymapper started running an experimental bus route in central London. Today, the company announced that its service is now fully-licensed — meaning it can start charging customers. Citymapper’s first route will open to the public sometime in late August or early September, and will run on Friday and Saturday nights, 9PM to 5AM, right through East London.
But why is an app running a bus route? Well, Citymapper say it’s because it thinks it can offer something that London’s public transport doesn’t. With the help of its user data, the company says it’s identified areas and times that Transport for London — the city’s transport agency — aren’t currently servicing.
As the firm explains in a Medium post:…
