Fellowtravellers

Transport

Fellowtravellers is a radical new concept in mass transport which claims to offer an environmentally-friendly, economical and reliable alternative to the stresses and strains of traditional public transport and a genuine non-car travel option. It is an alternative, local, and responsive public transport system which puts the needs of the traveller at the heart of the system by using small local providers to deliver bus routes that respond exactly to known demand.

By taking advantage of the data processing power of new technologies, Fellowtravellers have created a system design that:

• Enables bus routes to respond to individual passenger requirements rather than forcing passengers to adapt their journeys to existing available bus routes.
• Provides a simple door-to-door service instead of multiple changes to get to a destination.
• Guarantees a seat on any journey facilitated instead of ’standing room only’.
• Enables bus routes to be provided by small local businesses and sole traders as well as large public transport operators, creating healthy competition and a far better customer-care approach.
• Allows only registered users to travel, improving safety.

For more detail about how the concept works, go here.

Fellowtravellers have tried without success to get support from a number of government-funded environmental programmes to build the system. So before they cash in our pensions and mortgage their homes to fund the system themselves, they thought it would be a good idea to gauge whether there is actually sufficient public demand for the concept. Prove that the system is worth building by taking one minute to fill in one of the short surveys below:

If you feel that you would use the Fellowtravellers system as a passenger please complete this short survey.

If you feel that you would be interested in offering a bus or mini-bus route through Fellowtravellers please complete this short survey.

If you represent an institution, organisation or large venue and feel that Fellowtravellers could support your organisation with its transport management please complete this short survey.

Pete Smith @ July 15, 2008