Jitney Advantages for Transit Service

A seriously thought out plan for JITNEY service can have many advantages, in addition to those identified in this article focused on poor and disadvantaged populations. They include:

• Low government cost, mostly for safety and health inspections
• Scalable, from trunk arterial routes to ridges and valleys
• Flexible to reroute as needed by time of day, day of the week, special events
• Congestion reduction by offering fast and competitive service,
• Cost savings to the poorest especially,
• Cost savings to government to target bus routes on high demand routes only
• Creation of a new industry with very low entry costs for self employed.

Google Atlantic City Jitney to read more about one successful deployment of jitneys in the US:

Jitneys are Atlantic City's most convenient and chief mode of affordable transportation around town. The Jitney Association is comprised of 190 individual owner-operated vehicles.