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October 8, 2020

Seattle's RapidRide hybrid electric bus and public transit ORCA card. Credit: http://www.seattle.gov/transit/about-seattle-transportation-benefit-district/2021-proposal-to-provide-reliable-transit

Transportation Benefit District Proposal to Aid in Equitable COVID-19 Recovery, Seattle, WA, 2020

Seattle, Washington Mayor Jenny Durkan signed Council Bill 119833 on July 31st which will maintain the Seattle Transportation Benefit District (STBD) sales tax of 0.1%. This increase is anticipated to ...

October 8, 2020

Lyft Bikeshare and Scootershare Travel Patterns During COVID-19, 2020

With cities, states, and elected officials trying to promote COVID-19 safety guidelines during the pandemic, identifying innovative ways to get people safely and efficiently to essential services and offer ...

October 8, 2020

Electric Bikeshare Replacing Car Trips, Sacramento, CA, 2020

Researchers at the University of California-Davis explored the behavior of people using bikeshare programs as a way to replace car-rides for daily trips. The researchers focused on a bikeshare program ...

October 8, 2020

Contra Costa county e-bike tracker updated daily. Credit: https://511contracosta.org/biking/electric-bicycle-rebate/

E-Bike Rebate Pilot Program, Contra Costa County, CA, 2020

Contra Costa Transportation Authority and 511 Contra Costa partnered to launch an electric bicycle rebate pilot program allowing residents to earn a cash back for new electric bikes. Specifically, there ...

October 7, 2020

Move Nona Beep AV Shuttle. Credit Move Nona.

Move Nona AV Shuttle Pilot, Lake Nona, FL

Brief Summary In 2019, The City of Orlando and Orange County partnered with Tavistock Development to create Move Nona, an AV pilot for residents of Lake Nona, a very car-dependent community within ...

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 ...