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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.

May 13, 2025

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

April 2, 2025

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

Credit: Michigan Department of Transportation

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 ...