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Greensboro Transit Agency (GTA) Awards Three-Year Contract to UZURV
RICHMOND, VA., October 9th, 2020 — the Greensboro Transit Agency (GTA) has awarded UZURV, the Adaptive Transportation Network Company, a three-year contract to supply the city of Greensboro, North Carolina with specialized ADA transportation services. Ratified by the Greensboro Transit Agency Board, the new contract became effective October 1st, 2020 under the I-Ride title as a Rider Choice Program serving the citizens of Greensboro.
The contract was awarded through a competitive RFP process in which UZURV’S response demonstrated overall value, a proven track record of service, and a 99% on time performance rating for the community.. With this award, the program builds on GTA and UZURV’s two-year successful pilot program with iRide, which received significant public support for efficient performance and positive community impact.
“The Greensboro Transit Agency is excited to continue our partnership with UZURV. This popular supplemental transportation program has provided services to thousands in our community living with disabilities by providing them with freedom, flexibility, and peace of mind while meeting their everyday transportation needs.” said JoHanna Cockburn, Greensboro Department of Transportation Director.
With this three-year award, people with disabilities and elderly citizens of Greensboro will have the opportunity to continue using UZURV and benefit from a highly reliable transportation option for personal independence and mobility provided by GTA leveraging UZURV’s Adaptive TNC capability.
“We are pleased to announce this award and grateful for the opportunity to continue working with Greensboro to provide people with affordable and accountable ADA transportation. The continued vote of confidence with this contract, the ongoing community encouragement, and GTA’s commitment to this program clearly shows their support to their ridership, particularly among elderly and people with disabilities.” said UZURV CEO John Donlon after the installation of the three-year contract.
UZURV brings three years of Adaptive TNC expertise and is a trusted innovation partner to transit agencies across the country, providing more than 400,000 rides to special needs clients while helping lower the overall systemic cost of paratransit service delivery.
UZURV’s unique technology and mobility platform prioritizes safety and makes sure proper assistance is available to the rider, while allowing transit agencies to increase overall paratransit system efficiency. The flexibility and security of UZURV’s work is related to its unique credentialing and testing technology platform paired with real-time ride oversight by a proven operations team to keep trips on time and drivers and riders safe and supported.
About GTA
Since 1991, Greensboro Transit Agency has continued to serve the public as the City of Greensboro’s municipal public transportation provider. For more information on GTA, visit: www.ridegta.com 
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About UZURV
Mobility independence is for everyone. UZURV helps communities lower the cost of transportation for people with mobility challenges – while delivering much more reliable, timely service that appropriately meets the needs of each rider. The UZURV Assisted Mobility Platform simplifies the operation and management of onboarding, managing compliance, dispatching, and monitoring assisted community mobility services. The platform provides powerful program management and reporting tools for mobility management, transportation systems, and service providers, including UZURV’s own Adaptive Transportation Network (Adaptive TNC) service model. UZURV’s Adaptive TNC onboards fully FTA-compliant drivers for ADA Paratransit and rider choice programs. UZURV holds contracts for assisted community mobility services with more than 35 organizations across the United States, including five of the top ten largest ADA paratransit programs by rider volume. UZURV was founded in 2017 and is based in Richmond, Va. For more information about UZURV, visit https://uzurv.com/.
Smart Cities are Smart about Transportation
Smart Cities Technology
You’ve heard of a smartphone. You’ve probably heard of a smart home. But how smart is your city? Smartphones keep us connected to the world and the people in our lives. Smart homes connect all of your devices and give you the power to automate everything from lights to music. Smart cities connect assets, smart cities technology, resources, and information systems so that everything from transportation to public utilities is managed efficiently.
A smart city serves ALL of its citizens
A smart city uses information and communications technology to enhance its livability, workability, and sustainability – for all of its citizens. That includes the aging and people with disabilities.
The number of people 65 and older in the United States is increasing by 10,000 people/day and is expected to grow to 55 million in 2020. And, more than 50 percent of non-drivers over age 65 do not leave home primarily because of a lack of transportation options.
But public transportation is very costly. The combination of an increasing population of elderly and people with disabliities is placing a strain on existing transportation infrastructure. Yet, municipalities must provide solutions for all of its citizens to get around.
UZURV is the smart transportation solution
Efficient and effective transportation is vital to the success and economic development of a Smart City. Current special transportation solutions are outdated and are not properly serving the populations they were meant to serve.
The UZURV solution is a public + private partnership that benefits riders and municipalities. Our smart cities technology taps into the vast TNC resources to fill in the gaps of current municipal transit authority programs. With UZURV, riders see a complete list of driver profiles and vehicle information from which they can choose to meet their specific needs.
We can meet the requirements of any contract
UZURV’s unique ability to tap into the rideshare resource and customize it to meet the standards of compliance makes us uniquely positioned to provide bundled ADA-compliant and same day transport options, including on-demand scheduling and dispatching.
UZURV’s smart city solution launched in Richmond, Virginia August 2017 and will launch in Nashville, Tennessee February 2018.
“I am pleased to see GRTC employing a Smart City Solution to improve ADA transportation through a local technology company, UZURV.” — Levar M. Stoney, Mayor of Richmond, VA
UZURV is operating in 50 states with over 50,000 drivers on our platform. We are actively seeking local government partners to expand our ADA services. For more information on bringing smart city solutions to your municipality, contact sales@uzurv.com.
Finalist for RVA Tech’s Annual Award Ceremony
UZURV is excited to announce that we are finalists for the 22nd Annual “Academy Awards of Technology” in two categories – Emerging Small Business and Technology Builder. We are honored to be nominated for these awards, and greatly appreciate RVA Tech in recognizing the technology community in which we have grown our start-up company. “This award ceremony celebrates the breakthroughs, advancements and outstanding technologists who are driving our technology-based economy.” We can’t wait to attend #GeekProm in May!
The Emerging Small Business award will be given to, “a local small business or start-up technology company that has demonstrated the ability to achieve commercial success.”
The Technology Builder award will be “awarded to a local technology company delivering technology solutions and/or services to external clients that build capacity and increase operational efficiency.”
For more information, view other finalists, and learn more about this event, visit the RVA Tech website.
About UZURV
Mobility independence is for everyone. UZURV helps communities lower the cost of transportation for people with mobility challenges – while delivering much more reliable, timely service that appropriately meets the needs of each rider. The UZURV Assisted Mobility Platform simplifies the operation and management of onboarding, managing compliance, dispatching, and monitoring assisted community mobility services. The platform provides powerful program management and reporting tools for mobility management, transportation systems, and service providers, including UZURV’s own Adaptive Transportation Network (Adaptive TNC) service model. UZURV’s Adaptive TNC onboards fully FTA-compliant drivers for ADA Paratransit and rider choice programs. UZURV holds contracts for assisted community mobility services with more than 35 organizations across the United States, including five of the top ten largest ADA paratransit programs by rider volume. UZURV was founded in 2017 and is based in Richmond, Va. For more information about UZURV, visit https://uzurv.com/.
UZURV Partnership Provides Transportation for Citizens with Disabilities
On August 1, 2017, in partnership with Greater Richmond Transit Company, UZURV began operating the Care-On-Demand program to serve transportation needs of citizens who have physical or mental disabilities.
Under the Americans With Disabilities Act, municipalities are required to offer transportation options to those who have physical or mental disabilities. Municipalities across the country struggle to meet the demand. By tapping into the vast TNC resource to fill in the gaps UZURV is helping Richmond its neighbor, Henrico County, bring Smart Transportation options to those who need it the most
The program is available exclusively for individuals who are eligible under the American Disabilities Act. GRTC anticipates the current demand to be around 250 rides per day.
Here at UZURV we are all hands on deck! We’ve worked with the highest rated rideshare drivers to be certified to drive under the Americans with Disabilities Act. And we have partnered with Regional Para-transit suppliers to provide specialty service for non-ambulatory riders. We’ve also built a great team to manage Special Transportation.
How the Program Works
The CARE On-Demand program is for people who are unable to access public transportation because of a physical or mental disability and meet the requirements set by the ADA program . It gives them the option to make reservations for private transportation with a co-pay. Now they can call the UZURV call center, make a ride reservation, request specific amenities or special accommodations, and be picked up on time with curb-to-curb and even door-to-door service.
“It’s a game changer,” says Roderyck Bullock , a current CARE user. “As far as I’m concerned, they’ve hit it out of the park with this program.”
It’s a smart, safe solution and we are proud to have been chosen to provide this service. For more on the CARE On-Demand Program, check out GRTC’s website .
About UZURV
Mobility independence is for everyone. UZURV helps communities lower the cost of transportation for people with mobility challenges – while delivering much more reliable, timely service that appropriately meets the needs of each rider. The UZURV Assisted Mobility Platform simplifies the operation and management of onboarding, managing compliance, dispatching, and monitoring assisted community mobility services. The platform provides powerful program management and reporting tools for mobility management, transportation systems, and service providers, including UZURV’s own Adaptive Transportation Network (Adaptive TNC) service model. UZURV’s Adaptive TNC onboards fully FTA-compliant drivers for ADA Paratransit and rider choice programs. UZURV holds contracts for assisted community mobility services with more than 35 organizations across the United States, including five of the top ten largest ADA paratransit programs by rider volume. UZURV was founded in 2017 and is based in Richmond, Va. For more information about UZURV, visit https://uzurv.com/.