A month and a half after launching its second first-mile, last-mile pilot program in Northeast Ohio’s Aerozone Alliance region — an economic…
Indiana’s Metropolitan Evansville Transit System (METS) announced the launch of METS Micro, an on-demand, app-based public transit pilot service in partnership with Via,…
Edwardsville and Bonner Springs residents have a new public transport option. The Unified Government’s Transportation Department launched the Southwest Edwardsville…
Nine communities are getting state funding to launch a microtransit pilot program. The $20 million program will let commuters access…
Public transit ridership plummeted around the world at the start of the coronavirus pandemic and never fully recovered. Some riders may…
Lack of transportation services in low-income communities greatly affects people’s health and well-being, creating barriers to social determinants of health…
More public transit agencies are offering low-fare, on-demand shuttle service as a way to connect people to existing transit services…
Getting from A to Z and back again just got a lot easier for employees in MassHire’s service area, thanks…
On Monday morning, Albemarle County launched a new on-demand public transportation system for two areas outside the traditional bus routes.…
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODoT) has awarded a five-year contract to on-demand transit specialist the Routing Company (TRC) to…
The California Department of Housing and Community Development has announced a grant of $2,699,407 to the Humboldt County Association of…
A new pilot program for affordable transportation is launching in Broken Arrow. The Microtransit Pilot Program is a service that uses…
Research on public microtransit service areas by former NCSG TRPG Director Dr. Sevgi Erdoğan and current NCSG PhD student Alibi Shokputov was recently published…
Norman On-Demand, a new microtransit service, joined the city’s array of transportation services, which OU students say is beneficial as…
CSKT Transit has partnered with Via Transportation to introduce a mobile application designed to revolutionize public transportation within the Flathead…
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), the major transit provider for Philadelphia and the four surrounding counties, recently selected RideCo,…
Durango Transit is rolling out a new and flexible, on-demand micro-transit service called DuranGO! Microtransit, which will enable residents and…
The Routing Company has received a contract from Solano Transit Authority to deploy on-demand transit service. The contract includes a…
With a cost to LA Metro of $42 every time a passenger boards one of its e-taxi vans, called Metro…
GOTrenton!, the new micro-transit system in Trenton, the capital of New Jersey, is being introduced for the first time. Developed…
Autonomous vehicles will be used in California to try to reduce the number of medical appointment cancellations. A pilot project…
Lawrence Transit System is expanding its services with the launch of on-demand bus track. The agency’s new service helps to…
In 2020 Wilson, NC abruptly parked all its buses to launch a publicly subsidized van service offering $1.50 trips anywhere…
Below are some reasons that Metro Micro is awful: Cost: Microtransit’s cost to Metro is alarming. The Times says rides cost…
Rabbittransit’s Stop Hopper program has served more Valley residents than anticipated throughout the first year of its three-year pilot program,…
Between the lines: Microtransit programs aren’t financially self-sustaining, so cities must find funding sources. Avondale uses local funding combined with federal…
The City of Fairfield’s transit service (FAST) has added a new on-demand microtransit service called FAST Connect. To schedule same…
Recognizing this growing rural transportation challenge, in 2021 two Virginia transit agencies launched on-demand microtransit services designed to expand their…
Norman On-Demand, a new app-based public transit pilot program, was launched by the city of Norman, Okla., to make public…
Tulsa Transit announced they will be opening up a new ride-share-like service called Micro Transit for an easier way of…
The Charlottesville Area Transit is launching a new on-demand service in Albemarle County. CAT announced on Thursday that Via has…
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority is launching a new workforce connector program to expand job opportunities in North Olmsted,…
Kansas City’s newest rideshare service, IRIS, is now available citywide, as well as in North Kansas City and in Gladstone.…
The City of Detroit Office of Mobility Innovation is launching a new shuttle pilot program next year to explore the…
Two years ago, Mitchell Elliott had a tough time convincing his organization that an on-demand transportation service would work in…
A new $342,000 grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will help one Lowcountry organization plan for a new on-demand…
Richmond’s transit system is expanding deeper into the surrounding counties and launching on-demand “micro-transit” in underserved parts of the region. Driving the news: GRTC…
t’s been five years since Tameeka Mason has driven a car. The North Camden mother has a driver’s license but…
Ridership continues to grow for microtransit services in two Virginia communities (southwest Virginia and Hampton Roads) following the completion of…
The city’s new on-demand transit service, IRIS, will now serve riders across the entire metro, with the intention of filling…
SamTrans has launched a new on-demand micro-transit service in Half Moon Bay and East Palo Alto as it seeks to…
The Gold Coast Transit District’s new GO Now on-demand service offers flexibility and convenience for commuters, providing transportation for errands,…
Park City will have micro transit again starting July 2. Micro transit operates like a free ride-hailing service such as Uber…
Via and Uber have joined forces in order to provide customers with a seamless integration of Uber drivers into Via-powered…
A year after a fleet of minivans was introduced by the Capital Area Transit System as part of a citywide microtransit…
Transit agencies are increasingly offering an alternative service for their Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) paratransit riders. This service is…
Go Metro has announced that Hamilton county is set to introduce a ground-breaking on-demand public transit service called MetroNow!. The innovative service…
Tarta Flex program reaches rural areas and connects them into the city services.
After officially becoming classified as a metropolitan area in the last census, Twin Falls is now rolling out a public…
May Mobility in Ann Arbor, a developer and deployer of autonomous vehicle (AV) technology, has launched the first on-demand public…
Uber will continue to support RideMon through June, at which point Mountain Line will partner with on-demand transit software provider…
It’s been a busy month in the world of mobility and technology: several big transit agencies announcing big plans on…
RALEIGH – State officials are helping public transit users, particularly in underserved areas, better understand an emerging transportation service. The…
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — A new public transportation system will be coming to the City of Twin Falls in…
Topeka’s new micro transit service has been up and running for nearly three months now. City leaders tell 27 News…
One year ago, four black Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans with multi-colored swooshes all over them hit the streets in Buckhead. These…
A three-year microtransit pilot program run by the Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC) is coming to six localities in the greater Richmond,…
Tulsa Transit can now take people from one destination to another, within North Tulsa, without having to hop on a bus.
It’s been a busy first quarter of 2023, and a lot’s been happening in the world of transit technology news.…
The city of Round Rock approved a contract with an on-demand taxi service — zTrip — to provide people with…
Suburban employers have job vacancies they can’t fill. There are plenty of job seekers in Milwaukee County, but many don’t…
Park City launched its micro transit pilot program Nov. 11, 2022. Between then and the beginning of March 2023, the…
New York’s Via has acquired U.K.-based Citymapper. The deal will integrate the software transit agencies use to plan routes with…
The city of Moab is set to debut its Moab Area Transit pilot program Thursday, which features both fixed-route service and on-demand…
Fox Valley residents who rely on public transportation will soon have another way to travel. Oshkosh’s GO Transit is planning…
The service is a pilot program Summit County’s transportation agency High Valley Transit is operating in partnership with the city.…
Last fall, Metro Transit launched a one-year, on-demand ride pilot in parts of three north Minneapolis neighborhoods, and because the…
Five transit agencies in rural Oklahoma teamed up to form PICK transportation, a door-to-door transit service that is fully ADA…
The first-mile, last-mile pilot program has a new shuttle dropping riders off directly at nearby employers
The Routing Company will work with Anne Arundel County Office of Transportation to help improve the convenience and accessibility of…
GoMicro is Riverside Transit Agency’s on-demand service that offers shared rides in the Hemet-San Jacinto microtransit zone. GoMicro provides an…
Communities on the east and south sides of Logan can now utilize Cache Valley Transit District’s new “microtransit” system titled…
Johnson County residents who face transportation barriers can now request same-day on-demand transportation through a new county-wide ride service. This…
In January, the transit department started a 12-month pilot program for free, on-demand rides, similar to Uber or Lyft, within city…
Southeast Vermont Transit (SEVT) began a new microtransit service in Windsor, Vt., on Jan. 23: Windsor MicroMOO. The Windsor MicroMOO…
The Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority will introduce a new “microtransit” service in Rossford and two suburban zones on Monday…
SamTrans will soon offer “microtransit” services in the areas of East Palo Alto and Half Moon Bay, allowing people there…
The Kalamazoo Metro is working to launch a service similar to Uber or Lyft. “People could call for a ride…
Jesse Hill can’t drive because of a sight impairment, so he’s long relied on family members to get around his…
2022 is nearly out the door, leaving some clear trends in the realm of mobility technology. Demand for all types…
As Austin’s pursuit of transformative public transit goes big, little transit, or “microtransit,” is quietly sprouting up in cities throughout…
The shared service allows customers to easily book their trips on a mobile device by using the GoMicro app.
Clallam and Pierce counties in Western Washington are experimenting with what some call “microtransit”: on-demand trips for that last mile,…
Charlottesville Area Transit hopes that more people will take the bus thanks to a grant that will make for personalized…
Big Sky Connect, a new on-demand micro transit system, will launch mid-December; buses now run twice as often along the…
Community Transit staff and board members, elected officials and community partners celebrated the kick-off of a one-year pilot of the…
Long Beach officially launched its Micro-Transit Shuttle program on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 27, in the Alamitos Bay-Belmont Shore neighborhoods. A…
In 2020, the Baldwin Regional Area Transit System (BRATS) in Baldwin County, Alabama partnered with Via to transition its demand-responsive…
Safety-focused AV Startup Argo AI and FedEx robot delivery program shut down, tele-operated cars may come to Las Vegas, electric…
A new paper by the Mineta Transportation Institution argues that microtransit is the answer for public transit agencies to overcome…
Enhancing the region’s dial-a-ride service Placer County Transit will soon be offering microtransit as part of a pilot program to…
The Routing Company (TRC) and Clallam Transit System (CTS) in Washington state have signed a five-year agreement for on-demand transit.…
The rural northern community of Grand Rapids is now being served by Minnesota’s Autonomous Rural Transit Initiative, an 18-month pilot…
MaaS Global has a cash crunch, the need for AV driving tests, rescuing the grid with EVs, and the debut…
Franklin Regional Transit Authority – Greenfield, MA
In 2019, FRTA launched the FRTA Access microtransit program. In contrast to many microtransit programs that are contracted out to a third-party company, FRTA operates its microtransit in house: FRTA upgraded its scheduling software to allow riders to book on-demand rides, and uses its existing demand-response vehicles to make the trips. Eligible demand-response riders have priority when they reserve in advance, and then any remaining capacity is open to the general public through the FRTA Access app. Initially, riders could only summon rides through the app, but over time FRTA also added an online reservation as some parts of the region lack good cell coverage.
Franklin Regional Transit Authority – Franklin County, MA
In November 2021, Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) a new program, entitled the Franklin County Access Pilot for Nonprofits. It was created for a coalition of local health and social service agencies. FRCOG had funding from a state legislative earmark that they originally planned to use to subsidize Lyft rides. The Lyft pilot was delayed due to lack of Lyft drivers in the rural area, and in the meantime, FRTA’s in-house ride-hailing program, Access, launched. , so FRCOG pivoted to subsidize microtransit rides instead of Lyft rides. FRTA’s Advisory Board met in May 2022 to discuss the future of these initiatives and voted to make the FRTA Access a permanent program.
On-demand ride-sharing services, vans and shuttle buses have spread to at least 100 U.S. cities, providing flexibility and reducing car…
The City of Conway has announced that Rock Region METRO, will be launching the METRO Connect Conway public microtransit service…
Against treating AV development as a “race”, intercity electric buses, equity in digital ticketing, and the hope of an end…
Via is a go-to form of transit for around 50,000 Jersey City residents and visitors per month, most of whom…
The Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority announced plans to launch a microstransit pilot program for the county on Monday. TARTA…
The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (Houston Metro) launched a new rideshare program in southwest Houston. Metro Board of…
On-demand public transit, also called microtransit, is becoming increasingly popular across the United States, particularly in small cities, suburbs and…
The City of Valdosta has fully embraced technology and innovation through its partnership with Via to provide the City of…
The City of Chandler, Ariz., now has more transportation options available with the launch of the new microtransit service: Chandler…
A new dimension in public transportation will debut in the Chambersburg area on Aug. 15. The Stop Hopper will help people with…
Proposed changes to NTD reporting, electric cars hit a “tipping point”, the equity of cashless fare systems, and understanding the…
A new on-demand, microtransit service in Chandler, Ariz., could take over for the parental taxi. Chandler Flex, a new transit…
Part of a paradigm known as “Mobility-as-a-Service” (MaaS), the initiative allows Chloe and her brother John to move around the…
Summer is in full swing in the Tahoe Basin, and warmer days aren’t the only thing back — so are…
What if you could catch a ride on public transportation the same way you catch an Uber or Lyft? That’s…
For the Rock Region Metro transit agency, convincing riders the cost-saving fleet of Uber- and Lyft-like vans do run on…
On-demand transit service in eastern Placer County is receiving high marks for its performance and is viewed as a major…
FlexRide, a new micro-transit service designed to connect city residents to suburban jobs, has been awarded a $4.2 million grant…
Public transit is expanding in Johnson County next week with RideKC Micro Transit. RideKC 499 Johnson County Micro Transit will…
It’s been a busy month in the world of mobility technology news: Elon Musk using AVs as “drama”, “Autono-MaaS”, Amazon…
The Capital Area Transit System (CATS) and the city of Baker, La., have launched LYNX by CATS, a new, on-demand,…
We see partnerships with micro-mobility providers such as Bird as opportunities to expand our role from solely a transit service provider to…
Hard times and “fake” financials for Uber and Lyft, a new universal mobility pilot in L.A., AV buses will still…
More equitable bus lanes through technology, electric bus production delays, ‘liar, liar, battery supplier’, where on earth is all that…
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, are presenting a framework for comparing how different micromobility vehicles, such as e-scooters, and bicycles…
This on-demand mobility service will use electric shuttles that can be requested anywhere within the zone, including designated stops or…
ST. LOUIS – Today, the Downtown Engagement and Public Safety Initiative, in partnership with Labyrinth Smart Mobility, today launched STL…
Rabbittransit is expanding its Stop Hopper microtransit service to include Lewisburg, West Milton, Milton, Danville and Bloomsburg beginning March 21.…
MARTA, in partnership with Georgia Tech, has launched MARTA Reach, a six-month pilot rideshare service designed to connect riders to-and-from MARTA…
Far Eastside residents will be able to schedule on-demand round trips for $2 to access job training, supportive services, childcare,…
In March of 2021, Battle Creek Transit received funding through a Michigan Department of Transportation grant to launch the Calhoun County…
St. Lucie County, Fla., is launching its new Area Regional Transit On-Demand (ART On-Demand) public transit service, allowing residents and…
Passenger hyperloop is dead, glorified golf carts for all, and transit agencies buy automated buses. Just a few of the…
Those black-and-blue minivans shuttling passengers around the Snyderville Basin went into service in May, and by late January, they’d given…
On-demand ‘microtransit’ services are expanding from cities to more rural parts of the United States, offering an affordable means of…
Have more mobility news that we should be reading and sharing? Let us know! Reach out to Sage Kashner (kashner@ctaa.org).
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