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September 30, 2020

Temporary dedicated CTA bus only lanes will be installed along the #66 bus route. Image from: https://www.masstransitmag.com/bus/infrastructure/press-release/21155288/chicago-transit-authority-cta-cta-cdot-launch-popup-essential-bus-lanes-program

Pop-Up Essential Bus Lanes Program, Chicago, IL, 2020

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced recently that CDOT and the CTA will be piloting 24 hour pop-up bus lanes on two of the city’s most used bus routes, Chicago Avenue (#66) and 79th Street (#79), ...

September 30, 2020

Public transit in the time of of COVID-19

Mobility Challenges in the time of COVID-19, Chicago, IL, 2020

The pandemic has shed light on the mobility challenges felt everyday in the City of Chicago, specifically on the South Side of the city. To understand this issue more deeply, Active Trans spoke with 11 ...

September 30, 2020

Swapfiets signature blue front tire and repair services. Photo found here: https://cyclingacademics.blogspot.com/?view=classic

Swapfiets, Bike Subscription Service, Netherlands, 2020

Swapfiets is a Netherlands based bike subscription service with 200,000 members operating in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Denmark, blurring the lines between ride-based bike share models and ...

September 30, 2020

Divvy/Lift E-Bike built in lock functionality. Photo found here: https://www.divvybikes.com/how-it-works/ebike

Divvy Launches E-Bikes Across the City, Chicago, IL, 2020

As of Wednesday, July 29th the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) and dock-based bikeshare, Divvy, launched its pedal assist e-bike program and added an additional 78 bike stations across the ...

September 23, 2020

Linden LEAP Shuttle along the South Linden Route. Credit: Smart Columbus Facebook Page

Autonomous Vehicles for Equity: Linden LEAP Shuttle, Columbus, OH

Brief Summary The Smart Columbus Initiative used part of a $50 million grant from the US Department of Transportation to pilot the Linden LEAP autonomous shuttle. The Linden LEAP launched in February ...

September 17, 2020

Agencies in Dayton and Denver Move Toward MaaS, 2020

Dayton, Ohio is a smaller, lower-density, and slow-growing metropolitan area, not a prime expansion candidate for venture-capital backed private mobility providers. The local transit agency took a need ...

September 17, 2020

Dallas’ Transit Agency Leads the Way on MaaS, 2020

The 2011 Super Bowl in Dallas ignited the imagination of regional leaders for how to put the city’s best face forward. This included leadership at the Dallas Area Rapid Transit agency (DART), a rapidly ...

September 17, 2020

Michigan’s Statewide Trip Planners for On-Demand, Paratransit, and Medical Needs, 2020

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) developed a statewide brokerage system for non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT). This was similar to a program that the Vermont DOT developed, featured ...

September 17, 2020

A Transportation Wallet Merges Multimodal Services in Portland, 2020

As one of the original partners in developing the global standard for public transit data, GTFS, Portland’s TriMet transit agency has long been a forward-thinking mobility leader. Following a series ...

September 17, 2020

Transitapp.com

The Transit App and Private Sector MaaS Approaches, 2020

Several travel planning apps with MaaS-like integration functions have been developed recently. An early leader in the space, Moovit, was acquired in May of 2020 by Intel for $900 Million. Citymapper is ...

September 16, 2020

Towards the Promise of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) in the U.S., 2020

SUMC’s new policy paper, Towards the Promise of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) in the U.S., provides a guidepost for us to get there, with MaaS topology, principles, case examples—and inspiration. MaaS ...

August 19, 2020

Mobility Platform, Kootenai County, ID, 2020

Kootenai County Public Transportation was awarded an FTA Integrated Mobility Innovation (IMI) grant--announced on March 16, 2020. The county which serves the county in northern Idaho that includes its ...

August 10, 2020

RTD Operator Delivering a Grocery Order

National Review of Public Transit COVID-19 Delivery Programs

Brief Summary This case study highlights various public transit delivery programs, in both rural and urban contexts, that arose during the COVID-19 pandemic. It further explains how these programs ...

August 10, 2020

RTD Operator Delivering a Grocery Order

Denver RTD Access-a-Ride Food Delivery Program

This case study is part of a larger review of Public Transit Food Delivery Programs that have popped-up across the country in response to COVID-19.  The Regional Transportation District (RTD) example ...

August 5, 2020

Credit: CCT

Charlevoix, MI Rural Food Delivery Program

This case study is part of a larger review of Public Transit Food Delivery Programs that have popped-up across the country in response to COVID-19.  The Charlevoix County Transit (CCT) example below offers ...