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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 ...
Pictured Borja González from CMAP leading a focus group with the parent mentor program at the North Star Child Development Center. Contact facilitated by the Northwest Center
Changing Focus: Mobility Hub Design Centered on Women and Caregivers
The Design Framework: Mobility Hubs for Women & Caregivers project identifies the specific mobility needs of women and caregivers and how mobility hubs can be designed to accommodate those needs. It presents a comprehensive guide to reducing emissions, ...
Source: San Jose
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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 ...
Credit: CCT
Charlevoix, MI Rural Food Delivery Program
This case study is part of a larger review of Public Transit Food Delivery Programs that have popped-up across the country in response to COVID-19. The Charlevoix County Transit (CCT) example below offers a rural perspective and a complimentary case ...
A Metro Transit Bus transporting a Heartland Bike Share bike. Credit: Metro Transit and Heartland Bike Share
Collaborative Planning: A Look at the Partnership between Metro Transit and Heartland Bike Share in Omaha, NE
Since 2021, the Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) has convened an Innovative Transit Micromobility Integration working group, in partnership with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). In these working group meetings, representatives from transit agencies ...
A picture from one of the community meetings held for the Car Sharing and Mobility Hubs in
Affordable Housing Pilot Project discussed below. Credit: https://www.transformca.org/sites/default/files/TransForm-Community-Transportation-Needs-Assessment-Report.pdf
Community Engagement Mobility Project Examples
Brief Summary
This case study discusses several mobility pilot projects and how planners used community engagement strategies to work with the community members to identify and address mobility barriers.
Specific challenges and solutions discussed ...
Credit: SUMC in collaboration with AARP
Connecting Community Transportation: The Transactional Data Specification
Human services transportation typically takes the form of what is called demand-responsive transportation (DRT) — services that do not follow fixed routes or schedules. There are an estimated 1,000 DRT services currently operating in the U.S., many ...
A DART Connect cutaway bus.
Credit: DTC
Connecting Rural Communities with DART Connect: On-Demand Microtransit in Sussex County, Delaware
Summary
In 2020, the Delaware Transit Corporation (DTC) received funding through a Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Accelerating Innovative Mobility (AIM) grant to develop DART Connect, a technology-enabled microtransit project in the towns of ...
Credit: Atlanta-Region Transit Link Authority
Coordination Through Discovery: Developing the ATL RIDES Trip Planning Platform, Atlanta, GA
Brief Summary
The Atlanta-Region Transit Link Authority (ATL) received an Integrated Mobility Innovation (IMI) grant to develop a regional trip planning application called ATL RIDES.
ATL RIDES provides trip discovery information for mobility services ...
Source: CDC
COVID-19 Resource Homepage
Brief Summary
This page serves as a centralized hub for insights into how the COVID-19 virus has impacted cities and transportation sectors, the resulting travel restrictions, and how agencies and operators have responded.
Introduction
On ...