Oakland streets closed to Thru Traffic. Credit: Oakland, CA,
Brief Summary
Since March 2020, public transit and transportation network company (TNC) ridership dropped dramatically worldwide due to COVID-19. On the other hand, the pandemic has increased the willingness to explore open streets and mobility paths.
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Credit: Indego
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 ...
Credit: CTA
As part of SUMC’s on-going efforts to chronicle and assess how cities and transportation sectors are impacted by the novel COVID-19 coronavirus, this case study explores how public transit agencies in particular have addressed the unique challenges ...
A Ready! Van. Credit: MATA
Brief Summary
In 2018, the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) began developing an on-demand microtransit project to address transportation access challenges in areas of the city with unreliable fixed-route service.
Through the Memphis Transit ...
Credit: SUMC
Clean Mobility Options is a statewide public program that empowers under-resourced communities across California to better understand and overcome mobility obstacles with vouchers for funding community needs assessments and clean, shared zero-emission ...
Credit: RideKC
This analysis is designed to complement SUMC's webinar on Shared Mobility for People with Disabilities -- Challenges and Opportunities for Paratransit
Brief Summary
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) partnered with TransDev in ...
Ride Free Central Falls Program Kickoff / Credit: City of Central Falls
Summary
In 2020, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) received an Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant to deploy and monitor a geofencing functionality within Wave's smart ticketing technology with the intention that it could lead ...
RTC Southern Nevada
Brief Summary
The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) partnered with Lyft on a pilot program to provide fast and convenient paratransit service. The program aimed to ease demand on its traditional paratransit service, address ...
SDOT – BIKESHARE
Brief Summary
Drawing on experiences with unregulated systems from other cities, Seattle, WA created the first permit program in the country aimed towards a regulated and structured dockless bikeshare marketplace following the closure of the city’s ...