{"id":167661,"date":"2026-04-16T16:09:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/167661\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T16:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:09:13","slug":"erie-bee-microtransit-service-to-launch-april-21-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/167661\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie Bee microtransit service to launch April 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Erie residents will soon have a new way to get around town without a car.<\/p>\n<p>Erie Bee, a new on-demand microtransit service, is set to launch April 21. The service will operate as a form of public transit \u201cwith the flexibility of a rideshare service,\u201d according to the town, functioning similarly to ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Lyft.<\/p>\n<p>The service is free and available to everyone, though riders must be 13 or older to ride alone.<\/p>\n<p>Users can schedule free rides up to seven days in advance through the Erie Bee smartphone app or by calling 720-303-9511. Scheduling opened Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The mobile app is available to download online at www.erieco.gov\/ErieBee, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erieco.gov\/ErieBee\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a map of the service area<\/a> and information about the service is also available.<\/p>\n<p>Erie Bee is funded through a grant from the Denver Regional Council of Governments, according to the town. The service will be managed in partnership with Via Mobility Services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Erie residents will soon have a new way to get around town without a car. Erie Bee, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[1675,60,1676,6838,136,138,137,1677,241,139,289,1680],"class_list":{"0":"post-167661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-boulder-county","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-colorado","11":"tag-east-county","12":"tag-erie","13":"tag-erie-headlines","14":"tag-erie-news","15":"tag-front-range","16":"tag-latest-headlines","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-things-to-do","19":"tag-weld-county"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}