Resource Library

January 24, 2019

Credit: Brett Sayles

Scooter Permit and Pilot Program, San Francisco, California, 2018

In response to the proliferation of electric scooter operators dropping vehicles on public sidewalks, and users operating them in the public right-of-way, in early 2018. In response, the San Francisco ...

January 24, 2019

Pexel

Scooter and Dockless Bikesharing Pilot, Austin, Texas, 2018

The City of Austin passed the attached ordinance to add dockless bikesharing to the city's schedule of fees ($30 per bike), thus permitting their operation in the right-of-way. The passage of the ordinance ...

January 24, 2019

Regional E-Bikesharing Partnership, Sacramento, California, 2018

Social Bicycles (SoBi) has partnered with the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) and the cities of Davis, Sacramento, and West Sacramento to launch an electric bikeshare program in the Sacramento ...

January 24, 2019

Bicycle infrastructure and traffic congestion: Evidence from DC’s Capital Bikeshare, Washington, DC, 2016

This study explores the impact of bikeshare infrastructure on congestion in an urban environment. The impact on helping to reduce traffic congestion as a result of the Capital Bikeshare were studied and ...

January 23, 2019

Credit: SDOT

Seattle Bikeshare Program & Permit Process

Brief Summary Drawing on experiences with unregulated systems from other cities, Seattle, WA created the first permit program in the country aimed towards a regulated and structured dockless bikeshare ...

January 22, 2019

RTC Southern Nevada

RTC Paratransit Partnership with Lyft

Brief Summary The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) partnered with Lyft on a pilot program to provide fast and convenient paratransit service. The program aimed to ease demand ...

January 17, 2019

Free-Floating Bike Share Pilot Evaluation Report, Seattle, Washington, 2018

This Seattle Department of Transportation report looks at the first half-year of Seattle's dockless bike pilot. The evaluation period is from July-December 2017, and includes both an analysis of the use ...

January 17, 2019

Parking Minimums Eliminated Citywide, Buffalo, New York, 2016

Buffalo, New York adopted its first major zoning update in over 50 years in 2016 with its form-based Green Code. Among its innovations is the removal of off-street parking minimums for buildings (§8.3). ...

January 17, 2019

Parking Minimums Eliminated, Citywide, Hartford, Connecticut, 2017

While moving towards a form-based zoning code, the City of Hartford, Connecticut has joined Buffalo, New York in eliminating their off street parking minimums for off-street parking citywide, as shown ...

January 17, 2019

GoodFreePhotos

TNC Datasharing with CPUC, San Francisco, California, 2018

The following documents represent the San Francisco County Transportation Authority's response to the California Public Utilities Commission's Rulemaking 12-12-01 (Filed 12/20/12, Issued 09/23/2013), ...

January 17, 2019

GoodFreePhotos

TNCs Today: A Profile of San Francisco Transportation Network Company Activity, San Francisco, California, 2017

This report tracked TNC  data of trips made entirely within San Francisco, gleaned from the Application Programming Interfaces (API) of Uber and Lyft over a period from mid-November to mid-December 2016. ...

January 17, 2019

Code Regulating Vehicles for Hire, including TNCs, San Francisco, California, 2017

This is the section of the San Francisco Municipal and County code regarding the operation of "Private Transit Vehicles." It has its basis in old jitney code, which was repealed after many years of inactivity. ...

January 17, 2019

City of Blue Ash and Zagster Inc. partner for bikeshare, Blue Ash, OH, 2018

The City of Blue Ash has partnered with bikeshare provider, Zagster, to launch the first bikeshare program in a Cincinnati suburb. As of June 13, fifty bikes are available for rent at eight Blue Ash Zagster ...

January 17, 2019

City of Yonkers and Lime partner for LimeBike bikeshare, Yonkers, NY, 2018

The City of Yonkers has partnered with Lime to launch LimeBike. This program is the first dockless bikeshare to come to the New York City area. As of May 21, residents of Yonkers can access any of the ...

January 17, 2019

City of West Sacramento and Via partner for flat-fare microtransit service, West Sacramento, CA, 2018

The City of West Sacramento has partnered with ride-hailing company, Via, to provide on-demand, flat-fare transportation in West Sacramento. Through this one-year pilot program, ten Mercedes vans, each ...