Mobility Management: finding solutions and overcoming barriers
- Date: 11/29/2023
MOUNT VERNON — Joe Porter is good at keeping secrets, but there is one he does not mind sharing. In…
MOUNT VERNON — Joe Porter is good at keeping secrets, but there is one he does not mind sharing. In…
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…
More public transit agencies are offering low-fare, on-demand shuttle service as a way to connect people to existing transit services…
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…
Lawrence Transit System’s new on-demand service offers convenient, cost-free evening and overnight transportation within city limits, featuring ADA-compliant compact buses,…
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…
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…
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…
On Wednesday afternoon, SANDAG and Facilitating Access to Coordinated Transportation (FACT) representatives were joined by local community members to celebrate…
Spare, a leading on-demand transit platform company has partnered with Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) to expand its Mobility on…
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…
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…
A program that pays for Somerville residents’ taxi rides to grocery stores and medical appointments has been extended. The city’s…
Tarta Flex program reaches rural areas and connects them into the city services.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK is a county covering an area the size of West Virginia with a population about the size…
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…
A mobile app is bringing transit on demand to a regional county municipality in west Quebec that has spent years…
Uber will continue to support RideMon through June, at which point Mountain Line will partner with on-demand transit software provider…
RALEIGH – State officials are helping public transit users, particularly in underserved areas, better understand an emerging transportation service. The…
In Lynden, WA, the community, elected officials, and transit managers partnered to create an on-demand van program that serves their…
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.
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…
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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