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Denton County Transportation Authority Seeks Public Feedback with New RideShare Program

The new service, GoZone, is slated to launch in September 2021

By Logan McElroy • •

LAX AIRPORT, CA – AUGUST 20: Passengers connect with drivers at the Rideshare Lot at LAX as Uber and Lyft drivers held a moving rally as part of a statewide day of action to demand that both ride-hailing companies follow California law and grant drivers basic employee rights and to denounce the corporations efforts to avoid their responsibilities to workers. Uber and Lyft threatened to suspend services in California Thursday night but a court granted Uber and Left a stay to a preliminary injunction requiring both rideshare companies to reclassify their drivers as employees, meaning the rideshare companies will not suspend service in California tonight as they threatened. Los Angeles on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020 in LAX Airport, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times

The Denton County Transportation Authority wants feedback on a new rideshare program that is slated to launch later this year.

The current phase of the GoZone project began Monday, in an effort to understand the customer experience before rolling forward with the program.

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GoZone is powered by Via and functions through an app as an on-demand rideshare service to different zones within and sometimes between Denton County.

The goal is to provide vans dedicated to transporting citizens in a safe, efficient, convenient, accessible, and affordable way.

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The Denton County Transportation Authority Board of Directors plans to meet at the end of July to discuss customer feedback and possible approval of the service.

Earlier this year the city of Arlington expanded its partnership with Via to cover the entire city limits. Arlington launched its pilot with Via in 2017 when it discontinued its MAX bus service.

To learn more about GoZone click here.

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