Before the Ice Cream Melts

ModeShift

Public transit is a critical service that can drive significant economic growth for cities. But only if it’s effective. About 15 years ago, Daniel Ramot and his co-founder Oren Shoval had an idea that transit could be more than just the big buses and trains of the last century.  That cities could also have dynamically-routed shuttles that would flexibly respond to rider demand and change their routes in real-time. Since then, Via expanded its services to paratransit, school transportation, transit planning, and even conventional buses. It completely redesigns and operates entire public transit systems. 

And now, at the dawn of AI, Daniel sees an unprecedented opportunity to make public transit smarter and more adaptive than ever. In this episode, Daniel charts Via’s journey from a scrappy startup to working with over 800 cities across the world to expand and grow public transit He breaks down the critical role of data in shaping transit systems and reveals how the company is harnessing AI to reshape the future of transportation.

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2026-05-27 26 min

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