As new mobility service providers disrupting transportation services with cutting edge technology emerge, there is a growing trend for public transit agencies to partner with these private companies to enhance existing public transit services. Such partnerships tend to focus on On-Demand services that can be called on in real-time such as subsidizing Transportation Network Companies (TNC), like Uber and Lyft, trips to connect to a transit stop or implementing an in-house micro-transit program through a software partnership that allows agency vehicles to be summoned on-demand. On-Demand transportation is defined as a flexible, real-time, hailed transportation option which utilizes emerging technologies and private sector partnerships
