Congrats to Ali. Been very impressed with Chariot's mastery of nitty gritty business & logistics fundamentals. That sounds like it should be obvious, but Leap and other competitors couldn't so much as file the right permits, let alone start what amounted to their own public transit network and get regular ridership. This is a hard, low margin, business to get right in a crowded space, and Ali managed to scale it to 40k+ riders per month and that's awesome. Well deserved!
erispoe|9 years ago
It's really low ridership by any standard. Not even a dent in SF Muni ridership of 650,000+ daily rides. It's the equivalent of a local, infrequent Muni line you probably never heard of like the 36-Teresita or the 37-Corbett, both of which are moving around 2,000 riders a day. On a single, modest line.
jonathankoren|9 years ago