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April 15, 2021

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Community Members Add Pop-Up Bike Lane to Connect with Trail, Houston, Texas, 2021

Community members gathered from 10 AM to 2 PM on Saturday, March 13th to paint a pop-up bike lane in the East End neighborhood of Houston. After receiving pressure from residents in the city’s Second ...

April 15, 2021

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The Greenlining Institute Releases Report on Clean Mobility Equity, 2021

The Greenlining Institute, a racial justice non-profit based in Oakland, California, released “Clean Mobility Equity: A Playbook”, a report that explores many clean transportation programs across California ...

April 15, 2021

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Nevada Department of Transportation Launches Cross-State Bus Transit Service, 2021

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT), in partnership with bus company, Salt Lake Express, has launched a daily round-trip bus service between Reno and Las Vegas, with stops in Fernley, Fallon, ...

April 15, 2021

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Bird Scooters Expands Operations to Topeka, KS, 2021

After adopting an e-scooter ordinance in 2019, Topeka now has 300 Bird scooters available throughout the city as of April 1. These e-scooters are permitted through an 18-month pilot program that ends on ...

April 15, 2021

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City Offers Free Transit and Bikeshare Rides to 1,000 Downtown Workers, Boston, MA 2021

Over a two month period, the City of Boston Transportation Department will award free transit and bikeshare access to 1,000 individuals who work in five neighborhoods in the downtown area Boston: East ...

April 15, 2021

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Suburban Transit Agency Begins Offering Microtransit Service, Detroit, MI, 2021

SMART, the regional public transit agency for southeastern Michigan, has begun offering an on-demand microtransit service in partnership with Via. Called SMART Flex, the microtransit service allows customers ...

April 13, 2021

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City Pilots On-Demand Autonomous Shuttles in Downtown Area, Arlington, Texas, 2021

The City of Arlington, which sits in between Dallas and Fort Worth in Texas, has launched RAPID (Rideshare, Automation, and Payment Integration Demonstration), a pilot program that provides on-demand autonomous ...

April 13, 2021

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City Adds Flex Lanes to Downtown Business District, Birmingham, Alabama, 2021

REV Birmingham, an economic development non-profit, in partnership with the City of Birmingham’s Department of Transportation, added flex lanes in a commercial district on 20th Street North between 1st ...

April 13, 2021

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Bus Transit Agency to Offer Fare-Free Services for Three Additional Years, Charlottesville, VA, 2021

Charlottesville Area Transit (CAT), a bus agency, has announced a three-year extension of its fare-free services. CAT began operating fare-free at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, requiring most ...

April 13, 2021

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City Department of Transportation Extends Pilot for Mopeds, Washington, DC, 2021

The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) has announced that it is extending its Pilot for Shared Motor-Driven Cycles through the end of December 2021. Originally launched in 2019, this program ...

April 13, 2021

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Lime Launches Moped Program in Washington, DC, 2021

Lime has started its first-ever electric moped program in Washington, DC. Starting with a fleet of 100 mopeds, Lime plans to expand its fleet to 600 vehicles. With the introduction of the e-moped program, ...

April 13, 2021

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Board of Supervisors Approves Funding for Microtransit Pilot during Tourism Season, Placer County, CA, 2021

The Placer County Board of Supervisors approved $465,000 to fund a free on-demand microtransit pilot through Tahoe Truckee Area Regional Transit (TART), which serves the North Tahoe region in California. ...

March 30, 2021

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Capital Metro Expands Microtransit Service to Pflugerville, TX, 2021

Capital Metro, the public transit provider for the Austin metropolitan area in Texas, has announced an expansion to its microtransit service, Pickup, to Pflugerville, a suburb, for a one-year pilot. Customers ...

March 30, 2021

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Microtransit Service Expands Operating Hours to Weekends in Jersey City, New Jersey, 2021

Jersey City has announced that its microtransit service, Via Jersey City, is expanding its operations to Saturdays after starting just over one year ago in February 2020. Operating in partnership with ...

March 30, 2021

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National Transit Institute Releases Training on Assault Awareness and Prevention for Transit Operators, 2021

The National Transit Institute (NTI), in partnership with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), is offering a short online video course titled “Assault Awareness and Prevention for Transit Operators”. ...