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Partnering to Reduce Missed Medical Appointments, Pierre, SD

Brief Summary River Cities Public Transit and Avera St. Mary’s Hospital in Pierre partnered to offer a non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) service. Through this service, patients pay for their rides to and from medical appointments based ...

Koloni bike

Pocahontas, Iowa Sees Opportunity for Small Town Bikeshare

Brief Summary The town of Pocahontas, IA launched a bikeshare program in 2018 in partnership with Koloni, Inc. Rather than contracting the operations out like most bikeshare systems in larger cities, the town manages the fleet and operations, and ...

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Pop-Up Mobility Paths & Open Streets due to COVID-19 Crisis

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. ...

Popular Transport of Goods in Africa: Reality, Needs, & Opportunities for Climate Action

Africa, with its growing integration into technology-intensive industries, abundant raw materials for renewable energy markets, a young, dynamic workforce, and integration through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), presents a significant ...

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Public Transit during COVID-19 and the Road to Recovery

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 ...

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Ready, Set, Go!: Using Microtransit to Overcome Transportation Barriers with MATA Ready!, Memphis, TN

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 ...

Redding Bikeshare: A Comprehensive Outlook for Clean Mobility in Redding, CA

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 ...

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RideKC Freedom On-Demand Pilot: Leveraging Existing Contracts for On-demand Paratransit

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 ...

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RIPTA is making Wave(s) with their Ride Free in Central Falls Program

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 ...

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Roads to Recovery with Cecil Transit’s COMPASS: 2025 Update

Summary With support from a Federal Transit Administration Integrated Mobility Innovation grant, Cecil Transit in Cecil County, Maryland, launched the Cecil On-demand Mobility Platform and Service Solution (COMPASS), a microtransit service specifically ...

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