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A County-Wide Transformation of Demand-Response Service into Microtransit, Baldwin County, Alabama

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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A Review of Shared Mobility in 2022

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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Autonomous Vehicles for Equity: Linden LEAP Shuttle, Columbus, OH

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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AVs + Rideshare = RAPID, Arlington, TX

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 ...

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Bike Share Toronto’s Four-year Growth Plan: A Data-driven, Community-focused Network Expansion

Since 2021, the Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) has convened an Innovative Transit Micromobility Integration (ITMI) working group, in partnership with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). In these working group meetings, representatives from transit ...

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Bridging the First and Last 5 Mile Gap: Microtransit in Northeast Wake County, NC

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 ...

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Bridj Microtransit Shutdown

Brief Summary The City of Centennial contracted with Lyft, a transportation network company, to offer customers subsidized fare-free shared rides to and from a nearby light rail station. Customers could travel between the light rail station and anywhere ...

Bringing Regional Mobility-On-Demand Service to Rural Oklahoma: A Case Study of PICK Transportation

Brief Summary In 2021, The Grand Gateway Economic Development Association received a Federal Transit Administration’s Integrated Mobility Innovation grant of $1.5 million dollars to develop PICK Transportation, an on-demand microtransit service ...

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Centennial, Colorado and Lyft First/Last Mile Pilot Project Review

Brief Summary Bridj is a microtransit company that suddenly discontinued its operations in the United States in 2017. Bridj provided on-demand flexible route services to customers in areas like Boston and Kansas City. Microtransit is a novel ...

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Charged for Growth: Electric Mobility Planning in San Jose, CA, 2020

This case study on San Jose is part of a collaboration between SUMC and the Hewlett Foundation that aims to explore a broad array of electric and shared mobility pilot projects across the U.S. and to build greater understanding of these innovative projects ...

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