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  • Reliable, sustainable public transport – exactly where and when you need it: with on-demand services, we pick people up from wherever they are and take them to their destination. Thanks to our broad experience with all types of on-demand service, we can offer tailor-made digital transport solutions – either in combination with scheduled services or as a pure on-demand services.
  • A one-stop shop: in addition to complete solutions, we also offer services and advice on all topics relating to on-demand and mobility. Because no city, mountain region or residential area is the same – and we know what matters.
  • Tailored to your needs: with our expertise, we can offer flexible transport solutions that are more sustainable, more economical and tailored to customer needs.
  • PubliCar – successful on the market: PubliCar, PostBus’s flexible mobility service, is booked daily via the app – throughout Switzerland and conveniently for all passengers.

On-demand: an explanation in two minutes

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Are you representing a company, municipality or canton and looking for mobility tailored to your location or region?

PubliCar App

With the PubliCar App, you can harness the full power of on-demand technology – flexible, digital and tailored to your mobility needs.

PubliCar in action

Discover all active PubliCar services at a glance – from service areas to how they work.

What on-demand projects has PostBus run?

PostBus has the largest number of successfully completed projects in Switzerland. Various projects are currently under way or in preparation. In Appenzell, Thusis and Vaud, the on-demand solution PubliCar is even part of the regular transport contract. Here is a selection of the most important projects:

Active on-demand transport:

PubliCar Vaud (area transport)

PubliCar Vaud is an on-demand service that can be booked mainly for outgoing journeys at weekends via the PubliCar App.

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Locarno Film Festival

The Locarno Film Festival (LFF) manages numerous journeys for its guests every year.

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Verzasca Mobile (area transport in a valley corridor)

Two vehicles serve Valle Verzasca door-to-door during the day. This includes journeys within the valley and from the valley to Tenero, Gordola and Riazzino and vice versa. The region is divided into three zones. Customers pay 5 francs per journey within one zone.

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Bus alpin

In the mountain regions of Gantrisch, Greina and Val de Charmey, passengers can order their journeys on-demand via the Bus alpin app. PostBus provides advice and expertise, has developed the app for Bus alpin and is responsible for technical fine-tuning.

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Completed projects

Kollibri Brig (area transport)

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From August 2020 to July 2021, customers in Brig-Glis were able to test an on-demand service running from 9 p.m. to midnight. PostBus teamed up with Taxi Aletsch to provide the service, which was very well received and proved an excellent supplement to scheduled services.

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Kollibri Brugg (area transport)

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The first on-demand public transport project in Switzerland. PostBus ran this service in the Brugg region for one year from October 2018, in conjunction with partners. Customers often used the service as a supplement to public transport and were very satisfied with it.

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SmartShuttle Uvrier (area and autonomous transport)

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Two automated vehicles served the Uvrier neighbourhood in Sion at 17 virtual stops during the day. It was one of the first projects in Switzerland to combine on-demand transport with automated shuttles.

Cristal pilot project in Gland, VD

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The Cristal project in Gland aimed to test a new service that complements existing scheduled services. A new type of flexible vehicle, the “Cristal” shuttle, was tested in various configurations: on a fixed route and in on-demand area transport.

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ScolaCar+ pilot project in Grandson and the surrounding area, VD

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Today, 50 percent of children are driven to leisure activities by their parents.

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Engehalde staff shuttle

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All staff at the Swiss Post Engehalde site benefited from an on-demand service for almost two years.

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All the important questions about on-demand

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