Transit
Plenty for users Stage 1
Transit does one job well: real-time departures and trip planning across buses, trains, bikes, and scooters. Its model is unusually user-aligned: no ads, no data sales, an optional Royale subscription for extras, and transit agencies that can give Royale to riders for free. The company even offers it free to people who can’t pay. Stage 1.
- Since
- 2012
- Function
- Mobility
- VC-backed
- Yes
- Public
- No
Rating checklist
The stage follows from these criteria under the published method. Extraction and decline count only with a dated source from the last 3 years.
- Alignment 1 of 3
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- A1 Paid for without surveillance
- Lock-in 0 of 4
- None
- Extraction 0 of 7
- None
- Decline 0 of 3
- None
Result: An alignment criterion, no lock-in, and at most one extraction criterion, so stage 1.
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