The Resource Library is a listing of every resource on the Mobility Learning Center in reverse chronological order. To look for a specific resource or to organize resources by topic or mode, try the Search page.
May 13, 2025
A section of Freeway Drive in East Orange. Credit: Equitable Cities
USDOT Thriving Communities Program: East Orange & Orange, NJ
The Thriving Communities program helped the cities of Orange and East Orange on implementing major community-oriented initiatives.
Credit: CTDOT
Transit Innovation Workshop Series Workshop #3: Integrated Payment: Coordinating Payment Solutions Across Transportation Services
Learn about how state DOTs are supporting integrated payment systems from this summary of workshop #3 from a four-part series with SUMC and AASHTO
April 24, 2025
Envision Williamson Road initiative logo. Credit: Roanoke
USDOT Thriving Communities Program: Roanoke, VA
Through TCP, Roanoke, VA has been working on addressing safety improvements on Williamson Road
April 23, 2025
View of the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line at Walker Street, Watsonville. Credit: SUMC
USDOT Thriving Communities Program: Santa Cruz County, CA
Santa Cruz County, CA, one of the communities selected under the Complete Neighborhoods Community of Practice of the Thriving Communities Program
April 14, 2025
Atlantic Beach’s pristine coastline in contrast to the high rises in neighboring North Myrtle Beach. Credit: Equitable Cities
USDOT Thriving Communities Program: Atlantic Beach, SC
Atlantic Beach is a community that has embraced its identity, focusing on preserving its unique, significant history as a Black haven and Gullah Geechee heritage.
April 3, 2025
Credit: VTrans
Transit Innovation Workshop Series Workshop #2: How to Get From Here to There: Trip Planning Apps
Introduction The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) hosted the second virtual workshop of a four-part series on how State ...
April 2, 2025
Credit: Michigan Department of Transportation
SUMC and AASHTO Transit Innovation Workshop Series
SUMC partnered with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials for a four-part workshop series on state DOTs supporting innovative mobility
Open-Loop Transit Payments Summary
Open-loop payment systems on transit have gained traction in recent years. This paper highlights the development, spread, benefits, risks, and challenges of open-loop payments technology in the US.
April 1, 2025
Transit Innovation Workshop Series Workshop #1: State DOT Support for the General Transit Feed Specification
Learn how state DOTs are supporting small urban and rural transportation providers with data standards like GTFS to make public transportation better
January 22, 2025
Credit: Daniel Adams on Unsplash
Micromobility
Shared micromobility has seen immense growth since the widespread adoption of bikeshare and scootershare programs in the mid-2000s. In the United States and around the world, cities of varying sizes and ...
January 21, 2025
Credit: SUMC
A Review of Shared Mobility in 2024
The Shared-Use Mobility Center tracks trends in the shared mobility industry through knowledge-sharing, industry mobilization, and technical assistance work with communities across the US
January 13, 2025
Credit: Kevin Ku/Pexels
The Role of Data Specifications in Creating an Interoperable Transportation System
Data specifications are the prescription or outline for how parties should convey data. They provide a common language for how transportation services share information with users.
December 16, 2024
Credit: Carlos Moreno / KCUR 89.3
Zero Fare Transit State of the Industry
This summary highlights the lessons learned from seven zero fare transit programs in a variety of operational contexts: urban, small urban, rural, tribal, and regional urban.
December 9, 2024
Bikes and safety vests from Decatur’s Learn and Earn a Bike program that teach kids to ride safely with hands-on training and a bike and helmet to call their own. Credit: SUMC
USDOT Thriving Communities Program: Decatur, IL
Through TCP, Decatur is working towards advancing the City’s Great Streets, Great Neighborhoods Initiative, spearheaded by the Department of Economic and Community Development.
November 14, 2024
Mobility Data Summit, Break for Networking. Credit: SUMC
Mobility Data Conference Recap
The 2024 International Mobility Data Summit brought together transit agencies, shared mobility providers, policymakers, programmers, and city officials, among others, on October 30th and 31st, 2024 in ...