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July 3, 2019

Credit: Ford GoRide

RTA & Ford partner for GoRide paratransit service, Dayton, OH, 2019

In May 2019, the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (RTA) launched its partnership with Ford Motor Company to offer Ford GoRide Health (GoRide) first/last mile and paratransit service in Dayton, ...

June 25, 2019

Electric Scootershare Safety Study, Austin, TX, 2019

The Austin Public Health Department (APH), with assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a study to look at the rate of injuries involving rentable dockless electric scooters ...

June 21, 2019

TCRP Synthesis 141: Microtransit or General Public DRT Services, 2019

The full title of the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 141 is Microtransit or General Public Demand–Response Transit Services: State of the Practice (2019). The descriptive copy ...

June 12, 2019

Direct Connect promo

When Uber Replaces the Bus: Learning from the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority's "Direct Connect" Pilot, SUMC Case Study, 2019

The Shared-Use Mobility Center, in collaboration with Transit Center, released a case study to evaluate the Direct Connect first/last mile program with Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA). Download ...

June 11, 2019

RTD Free Smartphone Pass Pilot for Teens, Denver, Colorado, 2019

The City of Denver launched a pilot program in which it offers schoolchildren aged 12-18 free transit fare via their mobile app over the summer. Drawing on $350,000 in funds from the Office of Children’s ...

June 11, 2019

Credit: The COMET

COMET to the Market (Food Desert connection) and COMET @Night Partnerships, Columbia, South Carolina, 2019

The Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (COMET) has partnered with ridesourcing companies Lyft and Uber for two pilot programs. Both programs cover trips that start and end in The COMET fixed route ...

June 3, 2019

Mobility Hubs: Where People Go to Move, Shared-Use Mobility Center, 2019

Today we have more ways to get around our cities than ever before—from bikesharing to scooters, carshare to ridehailing. But the many benefits of this expanding menu of options can only be realized if ...

June 3, 2019

Ridesourcing for Children, Various Companies, United States, 2019

Wired magazine published an article by Rebecca Heilweil that profiled the specialty ridesourcing companies HopSkipDrive, Zum, GoKart and Kango. These companies allow minors (under 18) legally hail and ...

June 3, 2019

Credit: City of Oakland

Ford GoBike Adaptive Bikeshare Pilot, Oakland, California, 2019

Ford GoBike, the incumbent bikeshare program operated by Motivate in the Bay Area partnered with the City of Oakland, California, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, and the Bay Area Outreach and ...

May 31, 2019

E-Scooter Pilot Program, Portland, Oregon, 2019

Following a four month "Shared E-Scooter Pilot" and the subsequent 2018 E-Scooter Findings Report, both of which are linked to below, the City of Portland launched the "E-Scooter Yearlong Pilot" on April ...

May 30, 2019

A visual outlining the charging hub site selection process. Credit: https://www.stpaul.gov/departments/public-works/transportation-and-transit/twin-cities-electric-vehicle-mobility-network#:~:text=The%20Twin%20Cities%20Electric%20Vehicle,through%20a%20car%2Dsharing%20service.

EV Carshare Twin Cities Community Mobility Network, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2019

A new program called the Twin Cities Electric Vehicle Mobility Network in St. Paul and Minneapolis, aims to combine two common and critical shared-mobility options: car sharing and electric vehicles (EVs). ...

May 28, 2019

Little Roady Autonomous Shuttle Pilot - RI DOT

RIDOT launches autonomous electric vehicle pilot program with May Mobility: "Little Roady Shuttle", Providence, Rhode Island, 2019

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT), in partnership with May Mobility, Inc., has launched the autonomous “Little Roady Shuttle” pilot program in Providence, Rhode Island. Through ...

May 28, 2019

The City of Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan, and Spin partner for scooter pilot, Ann Arbor, MI, 2019

The City of Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan (UM), and Ford-owned scooter company, Spin, have partnered to bring dockless, electric scooters to the Ann Arbor area. Through this partnership, 200 scooters ...

May 28, 2019

GoDakota Rideshare 101 Presentation Cover Slide

Dakota County partners with Lyft for paratransit rides, Dakota County, MN, 2019

In March 2019, Dakota County, Minnesota launched a partnership with Lyft to offer flexible, on-demand rides to individuals with disabilities who receive home and community-based services in the County. ...

May 22, 2019

Map of one of the partnership service areas.

First/Last Mile Partnership, CATS and Lyft, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2018

The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) has partnered with Lyft to provide First/Last Mile service to/from two of its stations, the Parkwood Station and JW Clay/UNC Charlotte Station for trips taken within ...