It is possible informal transportation moves more people in the world than all formal transportation modes combined and probably employs hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people across the globe. Yet we know very little about these systems. Much ...
Brief Summary
In 2020, the Baldwin Regional Area Transit System (BRATS) in Baldwin County, Alabama partnered with Via to transition its demand-responsive transit service to an on-demand microtransit service through an Integrated Mobility Innovation ...
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Through the Mobility Learning Center (MLC), the Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) tracks trends and trajectories in the shared mobility industry. For the top 25 metropolitan areas in the U.S., SUMC collects data on bikeshare, scooter share, carshare, ...
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Through research, provision of technical expertise to cities and agencies across the region, peer-to-peer convening, and development of tools and other resources, the Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) tracks trends happening throughout the shared mobility ...
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Introduction
People are recognizing the importance of shared transportation solutions, and are investing in shared mobility solution. The Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) tracks trends in the shared mobility industry through our knowledge-sharing efforts, ...
KC Streetcar, which completed its Main Street Extension in October. Credit: SUMC
Introduction
Through knowledge-sharing, technical assistance, and applied research, the Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) tracks the shared mobility industry. In many ways, 2025 was a difficult year for shared mobility in the US, as providers around ...
Linden LEAP Shuttle along the South Linden Route. Credit: Smart Columbus Facebook Page
Brief Summary
The Smart Columbus Initiative used part of a $50 million grant from the US Department of Transportation to pilot the Linden LEAP autonomous shuttle. The Linden LEAP launched in February 2020 in South Linden, a historically disinvested ...
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Brief Summary
In early 2021, the City of Arlington expanded a public mobility-on-demand (MOD) program city-wide.
Arlington previously completed two other autonomous vehicle (AV) pilot projects with separate partners, EasyMile and Drive.ai.
Arlington ...
Since 2021, the Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) has convened an Innovative Transit Micromobility Integration (ITMI) working group. In these working group meetings, representatives from transit agencies discuss challenges and strategies they face in ...
GoWake SmartRide NE kick off event in March 2021
Brief Summary
The Wake County Department of Health and Human Services received an Integrated Mobility Innovation (IMI) grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) in 2020 to develop a microtransit pilot, named GoWake SmartRide NE, in northeast ...