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Swiftly raises $10 million Series A to power real-time transit data in your city

Swiftly raises $10 million Series A round led by VIA ID, Aster Capital, Renewal Funds and Wind Capital to grow its software-as-a-service business.
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Swiftly Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding to Build a Mobility Operating System for Cities

Swiftly announces $10M Series A as the company works on new and innovative ways to make public transportation more efficient, reliable...
It doesn’t matter if your buses are on time if your riders don’t check the schedule. That’s why we’ve launched our new Headways module—to offer agencies a high-frequency alternative to on-time performance metrics.
Product announcements

Think Like Your Riders: Introducing the Swiftly Headways Module

Reliability is one of the strongest predictors of transit ridership, so it’s important to understand how riders gauge reliability in your city.
Swiftly
Timepoints are what many transit agencies care about most. But if you run your agency around timepoints, be prepared for The Vicious Cycle.
Transit insights

The Vicious Cycle of Timepoint Adherence

Timepoints: the set of transit stops that transit agencies care most about. Service Planners plan to them...
Andy Metz
Case studies

How MDOT MTA Overhauled 41 Schedules in Half the Time

MDOT MTA in Baltimore is leading innovation to improve on-time performance and increase ridership. Their latest undertaking...
Swiftly
We analyzed millions of data points to understand headway adherence trends and get a better picture of how well America’s cities are keeping to their scheduled headways.
Transit insights

How Well Is America Sticking to its Promised Headways?

For most agencies, on-time performance is the gold standard for measuring transit reliability...
Swiftly
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Webinar: How MDOT MTA Overhauled 41 Schedules in Half the Time

Field notes from MDOT MTA’s on-time performance project.
Press

Where’s My Bus? When Will It Arrive?

Jonny Simkin talks about how Swiftly crunches data at transit agencies and the impacts they’ve had on transit agencies’ outlook on service.
Press

Electric Scooters And Micro-Mobility: Here’s Everything You Need To Know

The rise of micro-mobility companies provided consumers with convenient options for last-mile transportation.
Press

Swiftly Recognized as a GovTech 100 Company for 2019

GovTech named Swiftly to its top 100 for the second year.
MDOT MTA in Baltimore, MD, operates 750 fixed-route vehicles on 65 routes. Image: BeyondDC
Case studies

Baltimore Develops a Golden Method for Transit Signal Priority

When the MDOT MTA team in Baltimore, MD, received a small pot of funds for a second round of transit signal priority (TSP) projects last year...
Swiftly
Capital Transit’s ridership has increased 5 percent year over year since 2017’s rebrand, which included implementing Swiftly’s real-time data. Photo: Ian Keating.
Case studies

How Juneau Is Wooing Cruise Ship Passengers with a Transit Rebrand

Ridership has increased 5 percent year over year since the rebrand, which included implementing Swiftly’s real-time data.
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