Launch of CATS rideshare right around the corner
CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — If popular rideshares are too pricey for your pocketbook and conventional public transportation isn’t your cup of tea, a new service may strike your fancy.
It’s a low-cost option to get you where you need to go when you want to go and a heck of a lot more private than riding the bus or light rail.
Starting Monday, Feb. 24, the Charlotte Area Transit System is jumping on board the ride-share bandwagon offering customers a service of its own, catering to the northern Mecklenburg County area. It’s the CATS Micro, an on-demand microtransit service. CATS officials describe it as convenient, easy to use, and a great way to get places where other methods of CATS transport may not directly run.
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It uses CATS Micro branded vehicles that operate point-to-point in a designated area. For now, serving areas north of I-485, including Huntersville, Davidson, and Cornelius.
If you see one of the marked vehicles out and about, don’t hail it like a taxi cab from the curb- you have to reserve a ride on its designated app.
You can access service when needed, just like Uber or Lift, but for a lot less dough.
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