Resource Library

May 29, 2018

Wheelchair Accessible Services Fund, King County, Washington, 2016

The purpose of this rule: To establish the conditions and procedures for disbursing the Wheelchair Accessible Service (WAS) Fee Surcharge proceeds to wheelchair accessible taxicab or wheelchair accessible ...

May 29, 2018

New Director of Mobility and Infrastructure Position, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2016

The City of Pittsburgh is hiring a Director of Mobility and Infrastructure, who will begin work on January 1, 2017. This person will oversee major services, transportation planning, and traffic engineering ...

May 29, 2018

P3 Global Management and the City of Pasadena partner for private peer-to-peer parking service, Pasadena, CA, 2016

P3 Global Management and the City of Pasadena are partnering to allow private parking spot owners to list their private unused and available parking spaces. It is believed that allowing private parking ...

May 29, 2018

Partnership with Lyft (SC Ride), San Clemente, California, 2016

The City of San Clemente has partnered with Lyft to offer subsidized rides that begin or end along the corridors of the 191 and 193 bus routes between 6am and 8pm. The program is designed to lessen effect ...

May 29, 2018

Lyft Partners with Brookdale Senior Living to Expand Transportation for Seniors, 2016

Lyft has partnered wtih Brookdale Senior Living to allow residents to use the Lyft Concierge feature. This allows designated staff to book rides for residents without the resident having to own or operate ...

May 29, 2018

Transit Fare to Bike Share, Chicago, Illinois, 2016

The Chicago Transit Authority received a $400,000 grant from the Federal Transit Administration to modify the existing Ventra App which will allow users to more easily access bike share bikes in Chicago. ...

May 29, 2018

Proposed 50-cent tax on TNCs, Cook County, IL, 2016

The Cook County Board of Commissioners has proposed a new, 50-cent tax on ridehailing trips that begin or end in Cook County. There is already a 52-cents-per-ride tax imposed on these ridehailing services ...

May 29, 2018

Pennsylvania passes legislation to permit TNCs, 2016

SB 984 allows Uber and Lyft to operate legally in Philadelphia, PA.  TNCs were previously operating under a temporary contract that expired in September 2016 and were therefore operating illegally until ...

May 29, 2018

Bike Share System Launch, Baltimore, Maryland, 2016

Baltimore entered into a contract with Bewegen Technologies to design and install the bike share stations as well as operate the service. The original system will have 20 stations and 150 bikes wtih plans ...

May 29, 2018

Study: Jurisdictional Comparison of Legislation Affecting Uber and other TNCs within Australia and Internationally

This research paper offers a jurisdictional comparison of legislation affecting Uber and other TNCs, within Australia and at an international level. It also provides commentary on a number of related issues, ...

May 29, 2018

Seattle free-floating carshare ordinance, 2016

In an effort to provide alternatives to personal vehicle ownership and greater access for low-income households to more transportation options, the city of Seattle introduced a pilot car-share program ...

May 29, 2018

Metro Transit Onboard Survey, Madison, Wisconsin, 2015

In Madison, Transit Onboard Surveys are usually done every five years to help city officials better understand transit trends and demographics to provide equitable service to Madison areas residents. The ...

May 29, 2018

RIDE On-Demand Paratransit Pilot Program, Boston, Massachusetts, 2016

In celebration of 10,000 rides taken during their initial pilot, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) announced that the partnership between their paratransit program, The RIDE, and ride-share ...

May 29, 2018

Washington, DC Proposes Utilizing TNCs to Aid in Paratransit Efforts, 2016

Washington, DC’s Metro has issued a request for proposals to create a public-private partnership with an app based transportation system to help lower the cost of paratransit service. In the proposal, ...

May 29, 2018

King County Reduced Transit Fare Program, Seattle, WA

The ORCA LIFT transit fare program offers reduced transit fares for households with incomes under 200% of the federal poverty level. For qualifying households, reduced transit fares are available for ...