Mass Transit:

Washington DC and Manhattan have great transit systems. Yet congestion is high. Parking is horrible in the cities and at remote train stations.

Needed are

  • Feeder networks to existing trains
  • Networks where there are no current facilities
  • More capacity without consuming real estate
  • Capacity that does not compete in the same plane as existing capacity
Just-in-Time, Deming's focus on the quality, Kanban, Lean Manufacturing solved similar problems in Mass Production

Apply lessons of manufacturing productivity gains to Mass Transit

  • Focus on the quality of the trip
  • Stream resource to need
  • Simplify processes
  • Empower people to control their trip
JPods supports solving current transit need for capacity and distribution.

Paper Comparing Mass Transit to Mass Production