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February 24, 2021

Credit: CARTA OnDemand Logo

CARTA Offers Door-to-Door Microtransit Service for Seniors and Customers with Disabilities, Charleston, South Carolina, 2021

The Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) has launched CARTA OnDemand, a service which provides door-to-door microtransit to customers ages 55 years and older and those using paratransit ...

February 19, 2021

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E-Scooter Companies Form Micro-Mobility for Europe (MMfE), Various European Countries, 2021

Eight e-scooter operators have banded together to form Micro-Mobility for Europe (MMfE), an advocacy organization establishing a stronger voice for shared-mobility providers across the continent. These ...

December 10, 2020

The first three of 25 Federal Transit Administration AIM Grant recipients. Credit: https://www.transit.dot.gov/research-innovation/fy20-accelerating-innovative-mobility-aim-project-selections

DART Microtransit Pilot Project, Georgetown, Delaware, 2020

Delaware Transit was one of 25 recipients that won the Federal Transit Administration’s Accelerating Innovative Mobility (AIM) grant award. The goal is to improve accessibility, affordability and equity ...

December 10, 2020

Hours of operation and map of the Watts/Willowbrook and LAX/Inglewood Zones. Credit: https://www.metrolacampaigns.net/

Metro Micro Pilot Project, Los Angeles, CA, 2020

New L.A. microtransit project called Metro Micro is a metro-operated on-demand shared ride service for short trips within designated service zones in Los Angeles County. The service hopes to be used as ...

December 10, 2020

Credit: https://www.rtd-denver.com/news-stop/news/rtd-lyft-and-masabi-launch-mobile-ticketing-transit-customers

RTD, Masabi and Lyft Partnership, Denver, CO, 2020

As of December 2, 2020, the Regional Transportation District (RTD) and Masabi partnered with Lyft to offer scheduling and mobile ticket purchasing through the Lyft app, making Denver the first metro region ...

December 8, 2020

Ride Alliance Flyer

Ride Alliance Metro Area Project, Denver, CO, 2020

The Denver Regional Council of Governments/Denver Area Agency on Aging, Via Mobility Services have partnered to create the Denver Metro Area project also known as Ride Alliance. This project, designed ...

December 8, 2020

Service area of Marin Connect trips. Voucher discounts only apply to trips that begin or end at one of the stops shown on the map. Credit: https://connect2transit.com/

Connect2Transit Program, Marin County, CA, 2020

Transportation Authority of Marin (TAM), Marin Transit and Uber, recently partnered to launch Connect2Transit, a program made available through the Uber app, that offers discounts on shared rides to and ...

December 8, 2020

Electric vehicles charging. Credit: https://www.energy.gov/eere/electricvehicles/electric-vehicle-benefits

Transportation for America Electric Vehicles Are Not Enough, USA, 2019

Despite efforts to reduce emissions through innovative electric vehicles (EVs) and fuel efficient cars, Transportation for America believes that these solutions alone will never be enough to decarbonize ...

December 2, 2020

A picture of one of Birmingham's new hydrogen buses. Credit: https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/news/article/727/hydrogen_buses_coming_to_birmingham_next_spring

Hydrogen Bus Pilot, Birmingham, England, 2020

Birmingham City Council in England recently purchased 20 new hydrogen double-decker buses as part of its Clean Air Hydrogen Bus Pilot. These buses, manufactured by Wrightbus and operated by National Express, ...

December 2, 2020

Screenshot from the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LEHD-LODE) tool that provides a Work Area Profile Analysis. Credit: http://www.cleanmobilityoptions.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CMO-Data-Collection-Guide.pdf

Clean Mobility Options Needs Assessment Data Collection Guide, California, 2020

The Clean Mobility Options Needs Assessment Data Collection Guide offers data sources and indicators for accessibility, reliability, and affordability, three characteristics for determining mobility patterns ...

December 1, 2020

TriMet's Strategic Map. Credit: https://trimet.org/businessplan/pdf/TriMet_BusinessPlan_FY20_FINAL.pdf

TriMet Business Plan FY2020 - FY2024, Oregon, 2020

TriMet, a public agency that operates mass transit in the Portland metropolitan area that serves over 1.5 million people in a 533 square foot area, released their latest business plan for FY 2020- FY2024. ...

November 24, 2020

A picture from one of the community meetings held for the Car Sharing and Mobility Hubs in Affordable Housing Pilot Project discussed below. Credit: https://www.transformca.org/sites/default/files/TransForm-Community-Transportation-Needs-Assessment-Report.pdf

Community Engagement Mobility Project Examples

Brief Summary This case study discusses several mobility pilot projects and how planners used community engagement strategies to work with the community members to identify and address mobility barriers. ...

November 23, 2020

Webinar: Policy Tools to Decarbonize Transportation - How States are Moving the Emissions Needle

Global climate change has already produced observable effects on the environment, and the overwhelming majority of published evidence points to these changes increasing over time. In other words, we need ...

November 23, 2020

Melbourne's graphic for their 20-Minute Neighborhood plan (another name for the framework). Credit: https://www.planning.vic.gov.au/policy-and-strategy/planning-for-melbourne/plan-melbourne/20-minute-neighbourhoods

The 15-Minute City, U.S., 2020

The 15-minute city, a term first coined by Carlos Moreno of Pantheon Sorbonne University in Paris, is an urban framework that believes in improving access by spatially orienting and developing communities ...

November 16, 2020

Challenges identified by CCAM. Credit: https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/2020-09/CCAM-Report-to-the-President.pdf

Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility Report to the President, 2020

The Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility (CCAM), a federal interagency transportation council established in 2004 by Executive Order 13330, works to improve coordination across federally funded ...