The Resource Library is a listing of every resource on the Mobility Learning Center in reverse chronological order. To look for a specific resource or to organize resources by topic or mode, try the Search page.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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), ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...