78 Best New York City Transportation Companies and Startups

July 24, 2021
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This article showcases our top picks for the best New York City based Transportation companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Transportation industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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Top New York City Transportation Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Goldbelly

Goldbelly

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Goldbelly is an online delivery platform for specialty food makers and artisans.

Helbiz

Helbiz

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Helbiz is an intra-urban transportation company that operates e-scooters, e-bicycles, and e-mopeds.

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Wheels Up

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Wheels Up is a membership-based private aviation company that focuses on reducing upfront cost to fly privately.

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Via

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Via is a re-engineering public transit company that develops and provides on-demand public mobility solutions for commuters.

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Transfix

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Transfix is a leading transportation solutions provider, combining tech & a best in class carrier network to reshape the future of freight.

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Ride Health

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Ride Health focuses on improving access to care for patients who face transportation barriers.

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Hammerhead

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Hammerhead is building the world’s best bicycle computer.

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New York Shipping Exchange

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New York Shipping Exchange is enabling the transformation of the container shipping industry.

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Cargo

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Cargo helps rideshare drivers earn more money and better ratings by providing products to passengers.

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Hip

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Hip is an app-based commuting solution that takes the daily commute from stressful to stress-free.

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AirHelp

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AirHelp helps air passengers get compensation from airlines when their flight gets canceled, delayed, or overbooked.

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Nautilus Labs

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Nautilus is building artificial intelligence to advance the efficiency of ocean commerce.

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Coord

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Coord empowers cities with technology to digitally operate and price the curb at scale, creating more efficient, safe and equitable streets.

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Timeshifter

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The world’s first platform for circadian shifting. Our first product is a jet lag app.

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CARGGO

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Carggo is a digital freight fulfillment platform that is on a mission to make freight transportation fair and efficient.

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Hailify

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Hailify is a B2B dispatch software solution for the entire on-demand industry

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Boxbee, Inc.

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Our Software Powers Full-Service Storage.

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OurBus

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OurBus is a travel and transportation platform that specializes in crowdsourced intercity and commuter bus routes.

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Gener8 Maritime

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Gener8 Maritime combines art and science to deliver disruptive solutions in high growth industries.

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Buster

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Buster is a booking platform that makes booking charter travel easy, fun, and fast for buses, limos, and vans online.

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SPLT (Splitting Fares)

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SPLT is a carpooling platform that allows individuals to see their matches prior to accepting the rides and communicate in-app.

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GoKid

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GoKid is a carpool and shared mobility solution for schools, leagues, teams, and active families.

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Skedaddle

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Skedaddle is a flexible mass transportation network that reinvents mobility beyond city limits.

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Routehappy

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Routehappy is the product differentiation platform for air travel

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Drivill Inc

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Drivill is An American New Generation Transportation Network Company.

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Unpakt

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Unpakt is an online marketplace for planning, comparing movers, and booking your move!

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Beyond

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We are a micromobility subscription service transforming the way people commute and move in cities throughout the world

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Levy Electric

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Levy is primarily focused on direct-to-consumer electric scooters but started expanding into rental fleets in 2019.

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Bandwagon

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Bandwagon facilitates taxi sharing.

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CoLoadX

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CoLoadX is an international ocean freight marketplace.

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Circuit

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Circuit (Formerly The Free Ride) is an all-electric, free, local shuttle service.

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ParkWise

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ParkWise solves the street parking problem for drivers, connected and autonomous vehicles.

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Priority Bicycles

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Maintenance-Free Bicycles that Make Cycling Easy

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Ambulnz

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Ambulnz is an ambulance service provider that utilizes disruptive technology in delivering medical transportation services.

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Wheeli

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Wheeli is the carpooling App for college students.

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Sojitz Corporation of America

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Sojitz Corporation of America is an international trading company that manages trading, marketing and all types of financial services.

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OpenSea.pro Inc.

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B2B, Saas, Marketplace, Maritime Shipping & Logistics

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ZabCab

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ZabCab is a companion application for consumers, drivers, and businesses.

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Bond – The Post Purchase Company

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We enable digital native brands to provide an outstanding post-purchase experience that impacts sales, retention, and satisfaction

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goCharge

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Phone Charging Kiosks

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Vizalytics Technology

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Vizalytics creates location-specific business intelligence from open and private data for enterprise, government, and institutional clients.

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LOVARO

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Better-performing local transportation tools for the rest of us.

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ECOJETS

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ECOJETS is above and beyond your standard private jet charter service.

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ICM Hub

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AI-powered customer service for airlines (Techstars ’17)

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BookBuses

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BookBuses is the easiest way to search and find the right coachbus in the US.

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ShopTurn

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ShopTurn, a Techstars backed company, is an on-demand return pickup service enabling consumers to return their purchases directly from home.

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LastSeat Inc.

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NOW LIVE ON APP STORE LastSeat is a mobile app that enables its users to place bids on airline tickets.

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Lean Systems

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Lean Systems provides top-tier optimization for transportation and logistics.

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Seer Aerospace

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Seer Aerospace provides software and data tools for the aviation industry.

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SkyGuru

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SkyGuru provides real-time explanation of what and why happens and what to expect during your flight.

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Metropolitan Transportation Authority

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Metropolitan Transportation Authority provides subway, bus, and commuter railroad transportation services to customers with disabilities.

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Ride

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Ride – reinventing the commute. Getting to work shouldn’t feel like work. Save money and simplify your commute with Ride.

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Lets Drive

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Lets Drive is a New Rideshare Tech Company Offers both passengers and Drivers Ability to Pay and Earn Cash.

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CoinMach

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Coinmach is the national leader in laundry center equipment and service for the multifamily housing industry.

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EnerDel

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EnerDel is engaged in developing and manufacturing rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and battery systems in the U.S. and South Korea.

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nevion

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Nevion is a leader in media transport – from the camera to the home.

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VectoIQ LLC

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VectoIQ is an advisory firm helping new companies in the smart transportation space. Reverse merger with Nikola Motor in June 2020.

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PreciseTrain

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PreciseTrain compares trains and ground transportation services to allow the user choose and book the solution that best suits.

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Pilota

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Pilota leverages machine learning to predict flight disruptions and automatically rebook travelers’ flights ahead of time.

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Select Express & Logistics

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Select Express & Logistics is a logistics company offering delivery and logistics services.

FULFLLD

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A professional food delivery service.

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Jolie

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Jolie is a personal concierge platform that makes living and traveling in cities easier and more seamless.

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Gravity Technologies

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The Future of Connected Transportation

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Laufer Group International

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Laufer is a different type of logistics company.

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Alton Aviation Consultancy

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Alton Aviation Consultancy is a boutique aviation consulting firm that focused on aerospace and aviation industries.

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Seabury Capital

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Seabury Capital Group LLC (“Seabury Capital”) operates a number of specialty finance, investment banking, technology and software companies.

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Masterpiece International

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A fine art and exhibit shipping firm.

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TimeStation

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TimeStation is a company that turns any iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch into a cloud-based time & attendance system.

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FlatRate Moving & Storage

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FlatRate Moving & Storage is New York City’s company of choice for local, long distance and international moves, storage & packing.

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Cellepathy

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Smartphone-powered connected car technology

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Downtown Alliance

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Downtown Alliance is providing service, advocacy, research, and information to advance Lower Manhattan.

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Busmanity.com

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Digital-first charter bus & limo rentals.

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SPACES

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SPACES is the strategic partner for garages, providing them with state-of-the-art mobile and enterprise technologies.

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FairFare

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FairFare is the ride hail marketplace app that allows riders to search compare. book. ride. Choose Your Ride

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Movers Load Board ®

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Mobile app

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The Port Authority of NY & NJ

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The Port Authority of NY & NJ conceives, builds, operates, and maintains infrastructure critical to the trade and transportation network.

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SeatAssignMate

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SeatAssignMate Helping Airlines & Agencies conduct ancillary merchandising and marketing with interactive email.

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ICC Worldwide Courier Services

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ICC Worldwide Courier Services provides a global network of logistics management solutions.

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