A new app has been launched to make it easier for people to get around and between both Derby and Nottingham.

Passengers can now download Ride, the new one-stop travel app for Nottingham and Derby that has been created as part of a joint effort between the both city councils and regional mayor to improve transport across the East Midlands.

TIP: When searching the app stores you’re better off using the term ‘Ride East Mids’, otherwise you will have to wade through a load of taxi apps to find it.

This first-of-its-kind application brings together buses, trams, trains, walking, cycling and shared transport services, including car club, rental e-scooters and e-bikes. This means you can use Ride to buy tickets for every operator in one convenient place without having to use their multiple apps and accounts on your phone.

You can also use it to track a bus in real-time on an interactive map and also see the location and battery levels of e-bikes and e-scooters before hiring in Nottingham.

Ride can also map out journeys door-to-door across different providers making public trasport more accessible and convenient.

The £4m project was developed through a partnership between Nottingham and Derby city councils and funded by the Government’s Future Transport Zones (FTZ) programme.

It can be downloaded now from the Play Store for Android devices and App Store for iOS.

Claire Ward, Mayor of the East Midlands said Ride would now make it easier and more efficient to travel around the East Midlands.

The use of cutting-edge technology to integrate different forms of transport is another example of the East Midlands leading the way,” she said.

“I hope that Ride proves popular with passengers as I’m keen to see how this scheme could be expanded further across the region.”

More information is available at the new Ride website, here.