The company also has plans to track passengers anonymously, so other users know how many seats are available in the next bus. The vehicles will be tracked with tablets so that Citymapper can optimise its fleet and deliver real-time location information through its app. Day-to-day operations will be handled in partnership with the Impact Group, a subsidiary of public bus operator Tower Transit. Hop-on, hop-off bus routes involve passengers boarding and alighting at different points.' In short, the route has to seamlessly connect with existing buses, trains and Tubes.ĬityMapper has received the necessary licensing and approval from Transport for London to run the new route. 'In a multimodal city, users mix various modes together and have complex journeys. 'But evaluating a route isn't as simple as finding visible gaps,' the company explained in a Medium blog post. The new 'CM2' bus route, which will launch in late August/early September and run every weekend (9pm to 5am), is a reaction to the insights it's gleaned and the areas in London it thinks are currently underserved. Unlike before, however, this service won't be free you'll have to pay a small fee with a contactless card, Apple Pay or Android Pay.Ĭitymapper is making the leap from software to physical transport operator because of the data it's slowly accrued from users in London.

Like its two-day trial in May, the new service will utilise bright green buses equipped with USB ports for charging (a godsend when you're traveling home at the end of a long day) and a big screen upfront with regularly updated route information. The company, which runs an independent transport and navigation app, is now planning a permanent bus route in the middle of East London. Citymapper's brief bus experiment in London was more than a one-off.

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