San Francisco Is ‘Moonshotting’ an Ambitious Connected Transit Vision for Its ‘Smart City Challenge’ Bid

Government Executive: At a recent press conference at San Francisco City Hall, Mayor Ed Lee pitched a futuristic vision of his city: One where at least 10 percent of San Francisco’s auto traffic would be diverted to mass transit or ridesharing services like Lyft or Uber, and a fleet of electric, possibly autonomous vehicles dispatches riders around the city. Shuttles would even ferry straphangers from bus stops in dense urban neighborhoods to outlying, more suburban residential districts.

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