Berlin's BerlKönig on-demand van service modified to serve COVID-19 first responders

The Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), Berlin's public transportation company, expanded the BerlKönig’s regular service zones to cover over 10 additional hospitals, adapting their existing shared, on-demand service into a dynamic transit option for essential healthcare workers who have been pre-approved. Using existing resources and expanding upon their technology, they have reduced vehicle capacities to allow for physical distancing recommended by public health officials – adapting quickly within one week to get this necessary service up and running.