Chief executive Ali Vahabzadeh Headquarters San Francisco | Website www.chariot.com | |
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Slogan Solving your commute, one neighborhood at a time. Service area Marina
Financial District
SoMa
Pacific Heights
Haight Ashbury
Cow Hollow
Lower Pacific Heights
Inner Richmond
Mission Service type Vanpool
Employee Shuttles
Charters Routes Chestnut Bullet
SoMa Express
California Dreamin'
West SoMa Direct
Fisherman's Flyer
Richmond Racer
Pacific Rush
Mission Possible Motto Solving your commute, one neighborhood at a time | ||
Chariot is a commuter shuttle service owned by the privately held firm Chariot Transit Inc. Currently in the process of being acquired by the Ford Motor Company. The company's mobile-phone application allows passengers to ride a shuttle between home and work during commuting hours. Chariot currently operates in several neighborhoods of San Francisco, and plans to expand rapidly to other cities in the United States. New routes are determined based on demographic information and crowdsourced data.
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History
In March 2014, co-founder Ali Vahabzadeh established Chariot after leaving a job at a real-estate start-up. After a summer in the nonprofit Tumml incubator, Chariot graduated from the program and expanded San Francisco coverage to the Marina, Financial District, SoMa, and Pacific Heights.
Purchase by Ford
On September 9, 2016, Ford CEO Mark Fields announced that the Ford Motor Company would be acquiring Chariot Transit Inc via their subsidiary Ford Smart Mobility for an undisclosed amount.
Operation
The company operates 14-seat passenger vans along specific fixed routes, operating during morning and evening commute hours only, Monday through Friday. As of a June 2016, the company operates twenty five routes.
A commuter can access Chariot via a mobile web browser or its iPhone or Android mobile app's. After signing up and purchasing Chariot credits, he or she uses the map to find a pickup stop. The commuter's boarding pass is displayed in the app in the form of a flashing code.
As of May 2016, passengers had the option of pay-as-you-go; multi-ride packs of credits, such as $100 in credit for $95; or an all-access pass for $119. There are also pass packages for AM only riders or Off-Peak riders from $68 and $89 respectively.