Chariot and JPMorgan Chase Team Up to Ease Employee Commutes as Part of Smart Columbus Initiative
January 17 2018 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
Chariot will run six initial routes serving 400
JPMorgan Chase employees
As part of the broader Smart Columbus initiative, commuter
solution Chariot – a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company’s mobility
arm – today announced it is expanding its service to Columbus, in
partnership with JPMorgan Chase and in support of the city’s
transformation to become a model for connected cities of the
future. Chase will offer its employees the new transportation
benefit in an effort to reduce the number of single-occupant
vehicles on central Ohio roadways during daily commutes.
Chariot will launch daily service Monday. It will serve up to
400 employees who work at the JPMorgan Chase Corporate Center on
Polaris Parkway in Columbus. Initial plans call for Chariot to run
its 14-passenger, Wi-Fi-enabled vehicles along six routes during
the morning and evening commutes.
Columbus is the fifth city to be served by Chariot, which
operates in San Francisco, New York, Seattle and Austin, Texas. The
company is currently running 108 routes daily and has plans to
expand to additional cities both in the United States and
internationally.
“We are excited to serve Columbus commuters and work with Chase
to bring Chariot to its employees,” said Dan Grossman, Ford Smart
Mobility vice president, Global Microtransit Services. “Chariot is
a great option – giving employees the opportunity to grab a ride to
work that guarantees them a comfortable seat and internet access,
and relieves them of the need to worry about where to park.
“We hope other employers reach out to us, as we look forward to
enabling more companies in the area to deliver transit solutions
that help employees, residents and cities alike,” Grossman
added.
Initial plans call for Chariot to operate six routes during
normal business hours – 6-10 a.m. and 4-8 p.m. These routes were
selected following an analysis of employees’ residential zip codes,
with pick-up sites at:
- Slate Hill and Washington Park
- Lewis Center and North Polaris
- Olde Sawmill and Powell
- Upper Albany and Westerville
- Downtown Columbus, with two routes
serving Fifth Avenue and High Street
Chariot shuttles will have bicycle racks to accommodate those
who opt to bike to their pick-up stops.
“Chariot offers us a great opportunity to relieve traffic
congestion, address the parking demand on campus and support Smart
Columbus,” said Corrine Burger, JPMorgan Chase’s executive
responsible for overseeing the firm’s nearly 20,000 central Ohio
employees and 11 corporate buildings on campus. “Chariot’s service
nicely complements our own ride-sharing programs and the public
transit options already available to our employees from Central
Ohio Transit Authority.”
Smart Columbus focuses on expanding and improving the region’s
transportation ecosystem to relieve congestion, grow access to
transportation, and accommodate the 1 million additional residents
expected to join the region by 2040.
“The introduction of Chariot and CMAX, Central Ohio Transit
Authority’s first rapid bus transit line, aligns with our region’s
ongoing transformation to become a model for connected cities of
the future,” said Alex Fischer, president and CEO of Columbus
Partnership and co-chair of Smart Columbus. “We are grateful for
JPMorgan Chase’s leadership in bringing Chariot to the Columbus
market, and are optimistic that the service will grow with other
customers in the coming months, creating improved access to jobs
for residents across our region.”
About Chariot
Chariot is reinventing the daily commute with a microtransit
solution that is fast, reliable and affordable for people living in
today’s cities. Designed to be used twice a day, every day, users
can easily reserve a seat on a Chariot via the iOS or Android app,
and hop on one of the company’s 14-passenger Ford Transit vehicles
operated by friendly, professional employee drivers. After
launching in San Francisco in 2014, the company participated in Y
Combinator’s Winter 2015 class and was acquired in September 2016
by Ford Smart Mobility to serve as the cornerstone for its global
shuttle services business. Chariot runs more than 100 daily routes
serving San Francisco, New York, Austin and Seattle. For more
information, visit www.chariot.com.
About JPMorgan Chase & Co.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is central Ohio’s largest
corporate employer, and a leading global financial services firm
with assets of $2.5 trillion and operations worldwide. The
Firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for
consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial
transaction processing, and asset management. A component of the
Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves
millions of customers in the United States and many of the world’s
most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients
under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Information about JPMorgan
Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com.
About Smart Columbus
The City of Columbus’ Smart Columbus plan won the U.S.
Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) $40 million Smart City
Challenge in June 2016 after competing against 77 cities nationwide
to become the country’s first city to fully integrate innovative
technologies – self-driving cars, connected vehicles and smart
sensors – into its transportation network. Columbus was also
awarded an additional $10 million grant from Paul G. Allen’s
Vulcan, Inc. to accelerate the transition to an electrified,
low-emissions transportation system. Aligned investments totaling
more than $500 million in commitments have been made by the
private, public and academic institutions in the region to support
technology and infrastructure investments that upgrade Columbus’
transportation network and help make Columbus the model connected
city of the future. Smart Columbus is a regional smart city
initiative co-led by the City of Columbus and Columbus Partnership
that includes partnerships with The Ohio State University, American
Electric Power and many more.
For more information, visit www.columbus.gov/smartcolumbus/.
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