The On The Way mobility-on-demand service will be launched in Moscow

Testing of the On The Way service – the first mobility-on-demand transport service in Russia – has started in Moscow.

The service will be launched to continue the development of the transport accessibility of New Moscow. Small settlements are located there far from each other, buses run less often than in the city center and the long distances make taxi too expensive. 

Mobility-on-demand service is popular in different countries,but it is still unique for Moscow and Russia — it will work almost like a taxi, but at transparent city rates.

Its testing begins in Troitsky and NovomoskovskyAdministrative Districts. Mosgortrans invited residents of the district to test the service even before the official launch. Citizens offer ideas for trips improvement.

First participants are 500 residents of TiNAO. The fare is 1₽, and a unique Troika card is guaranteed gift for each member of the testing team. Residents of four districts will be able to use the service. Sosensky, Desenovsky, Voskresensky and Filimonkovsky settlements are included in testing.

Personalized transportation doesn't depend on a schedule and allows passengers to build flexible routes. The system of the service is quite simple: the user calls the bus through the Moscow Transport application, indicates departure and destination points, and receives a message with coordinates of the nearest place of order. The arrival of the bus is carried out within half an hour.

"The Mayor of Moscow instructed us to test innovative services together with residents to make them more convenient. Such a big interest in the On The Way service among residents of the Troitsky and Novomoskovsky administrative areas shows that we have developed an important and necessary service — its uniqueness is that minibuses and drivers are provided by a city carrier, while the routes are always different. They are dynamically built by the system based on passenger requests in the application. In terms of convenience, the service is similar to a taxi, but the fare will be much lower – at the level of public transport fare", — said Maksim Liksutov, the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport.