Scaling DRT - Using a flexible demand platform and a flexible vehicle supply model to grow patronage efficiently

Series sponsored by Padam Mobility

This third and final masterclass by Padam Mobility will explore the levers and measures that are available to efficiently operate on-demand bus schemes.

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Chair: Asiya Jelani, Account Director, TRL

Speakers:

• Dan Mould, Managing Director Of Coachscanner, will be outlining his unique supply-side platform (We-DRT) for operating DRT using a mixture of permanent and flexible bus suppliers.

This will include learning from operating TfWM West Midlands On-Demand Service.

• Jack Holland, Head of Business Development in the UK for Padam Mobility, will be sharing his experience of managing and growing DDRT services over the past 4 years.

Jack will explain how to make full use of DRT software, including the levers for marketing and price elasticity.

The previous Quality Bus Masterclass sessions can be found on our Landor LINKS LIVE YouTube Channel

Speaker biographies

Chair: Asiya Jelani , Account Director, TRL and Women in Transport Board Member
TRL provides world-leading research, technology and software solutions for surface transport modes and related markets engaged in intelligent, new mobility innovations.

Daniel Mould, CEO, WeDRT
Dan is the CEO of WeDRT. He founded the company in 2020 after running a Private Hire Bus technology platform for 1 year, after working in Insurance and AI.

Dan has implemented a unique Flexible Supply model of DRT in Coventry, after winning Future Transport Zone funding from Transport for West Midlands and the University of Warwick in 2021. After great early adoption, this service has now scaled up to a 6-10 vehicle operation that flexes supply in response to demand via the WeDRT solution. 

Dan is currently building technology to scale this offering, along with other procurement and operation tools in transport.

Jack Holland, Head of UK Business Development, Padam Mobility
Jack Holland is a leader in the delivery and execution of new mobility services. Having spend his early career running Bus operations for Arriva; he then moved into delivering projects for various mobility start ups (ArrivaClick, Zeelo, Ride On and Padam Mobility).

He has worked on a number of high profile projects for the UK including:
a) Securing funding for the first DDRT project to be funded by S106 (Arrivaclick Leicester), 
b) Part of the team that launched the first DDRT service to be registered as a flexible bus service in the  UK (ArrivaClick Leicester)
c) Delivering and launching the UK's largest public e-bike-share schemes (Ride On Dundee and Ride-On Leicester)

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