At Global Mobility Call, the Rural Mobility Conference addressed one of the transport sector’s biggest challenges: how to improve connectivity…
Rural Perry County is home to workers who routinely commute to Mechanicsburg, a 30 min. drive away. But public transit options are limited. Researchers at Penn State University collaborated with local government officials to design solutions.
In 2020 Wilson, NC abruptly parked all its buses to launch a publicly subsidized van service offering $1.50 trips anywhere…
OMAHA, NEBRASKA – A new video series called “Faces of Transit in Nebraska” celebrates the good work of transit agencies…
New Growth Transit (NGT) is an unusual transit program because it began operations with a grant from a Health and…
Last year, a consortium of organizations lead by Bloomberg Philanthropies quietly launched a sprawling resource called the Local Infrastructure Hub, which provides…
“This research illustrates the need for a mindset shift from simply providing transit for people to building social networks to…
Senior citizens who want to live in the same rural towns where they grew up face a growing problem ……
Rural areas represent 97% of America’s landmass while producing only 10% of the nation’s gross domestic product. Given the large…
A longstanding “Indigenous Uber” service in Fresno Country, California has made the transition to electric vehicles, giving the area’s farmworkers…
Two years ago, Mitchell Elliott had a tough time convincing his organization that an on-demand transportation service would work in…
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…
Ten Ohio communities will be getting money from the federal government to put toward greener public transportation – including six in rural…
The University of Iowa is shared their results on a self-driven bus that has traveled hundreds of miles throughout rural…
When a person wants to take a trip across the country, they can choose from a variety of travel planning…
The funding supports local and regional pilot projects connecting employees and employers through shared ride and transit options. The funding…
Better access to health care in rural Pennsylvania might not be a matter of sending more doctors outside cities and…
The United Way is helping expand transit service to areas of Cape Breton Regional Municipality that don’t have bus routes.…
Community paramedicine is expanding nationwide, including in rural areas, as health care providers, insurers and state governments recognize its potential…
A mobile app is bringing transit on demand to a regional county municipality in west Quebec that has spent years…
Getting around rural America without a car is hard — especially for older residents. It makes public transportation especially important…
Public transportation in Cookeville is going electric. Tennessee Tech engineers teamed up with the Upper Cumberland Human Resources Agency on…
Grilled lamb with eggplants, bell peppers, onions, and sweet potato ratatouille served over a bed of rice are not typically…
Popular perceptions of the rural United States evoke images of farms and ranches, wide open spaces, and, of course, pickup…
Lincoln County, about 30 miles north of Twin Falls, is an extremely rural county with three small towns. Shoshone, Deitrich,…
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is focusing on the needs of rural communities with its new pilot program. The new…
The Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan TD, along with the National Transport Authority (NTA), has announced the launch of the Connecting Ireland…
Five transit agencies in rural Oklahoma teamed up to form PICK transportation, a door-to-door transit service that is fully ADA…
Many years ago, the Missouri Rural Health Association saw an unmet need for rural Missourians and took on the task…
A public transport system that is reliable, affordable and green should be a basic right. But it isn’t, and in…
Preventing and treating cervical cancer at an early stage requires women to get regular screenings, including HPV and Pap tests.…
A new environmentally friendly ride-sharing program is looking to put a fresh spin on an old idea for thousands of…
The rural northern community of Grand Rapids is now being served by Minnesota’s Autonomous Rural Transit Initiative, an 18-month pilot…
May Mobility and Via will launch the first public transit project using American Disability Act (ADA)-compliant AVs in rural America.…
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.
Aaron Kennedy and Asti Powell in Chillicothe, Ohio. The City of Chillicothe doing business as Chillicothe Transit was a recent…
Over the course of the past 50 years Greyhound alone has shed 86.9% of its bus operators. In 2013, with most…
A big engine of Oregon’s economy lacks access to basic resources like childcare, housing and transportation, a new survey of…
For non-drivers across the country, public transit services are a vital lifeline when it comes to accessing jobs, food, and…
Alternatives to fuel-driven vehicles may soon be on the road as Washington County and five counties in Southern Utah explore…
Hear how the project team at the University of Iowa’s National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) transportation safety research center is…
ALICE, Texas — If you’ve lived in the Coastal Bend for some time, chances are you’ve seen a van with…
People living in rural areas have long had difficulty accessing health care, a situation usually attributed to a lack of…
Some $2 billion in federal money will soon be unlocked for rural transit projects, but it may not be enough…
MaaS can help to further the reach of Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT), the largest public transportation provider in Tompkins…
About 155,000 people over the age of 65 live in rural Arizona – one in five of those individuals live…
The Biden administration announced Wednesday it will deploy U.S. Department of Agriculture staff into at least 25 rural areas in…
With limited resources and dispersed service areas, rural transit systems are turning to technology to provide on-demand service and improve…
Federal stimulus spending and healthy state budgets are creating the chance to make real improvements in broadband, healthcare, transportation, and…
A Prairie Hills bus waits in front of Monument Health’s hospital in Spearfish, South Dakota. For many individuals, especially those…
More people are moving to rural Ohio than cities and suburbs across the state, according to an Ohio State University…
Marcela Moreno, a 2021 Transportation Justice fellow through The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) in partnership with Better…
The Lewis County Planning Department, led by Casandra Buell, is getting creative about how to fill gaps left by conventional…
Botetourt Van Services provides transportation services for residents in Botetourt County who are over the age of 55 or residents…
To better support residents in need of assistance, states across the country are establishing coordinated care and resource referral networks…
Gregorio Hernández López has been on both sides of the equation when it comes to The Latino Equity Advocacy &…
Marcela Moreno, a 2021 Transportation Justice fellow, discusses the ways transportation (or lack thereof) impacts rural communities — and what…
ScotRail trains, one of Scotland’s many mobility options, arrive and depart from a station in rural Scotland. By giving riders…
Oklahoma’s PICK Van sits in a garage awaiting deployment. Image Credit: Michelle Robertson-Prine at Grand Splash Marketing, LLC. In order…
Find out how integrating DRT into a MaaS solution in sparsely populated areas would be a paradigm shift in terms…
Electric cars and trucks might prove a perfect fit for rural Kansas. “They’re better vehicles. They’re more reliable. They’re less costly.…
Five Micro vehicles parked / Image Credit: High Valley Transit Similar to ridesharing, microtransit offers on-demand transportation to riders by…
During its first full month of operation, the transit authority recorded 20 trips. According to the most recent month’s data,…
Residents of two rural Virginia counties who don’t have an easy way to get around are gaining more flexibility to…
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN), both members of the Senate Committee on…
AARP’s Jana Lynott recently released two blogs exploring Ridesheet, a new open-source ride scheduling software application developed through funding from…
[Disclosure: This article is originally from Via, republished on Cities Today with permission. Via provides an on-demand microtransit platform to…
Shared ride bus service has been expanded to low-to-moderate-income rural households in the county by the Crawford Area Transportation Authority (CATA)…
The Rural Community Toolbox is a comprehensive directory of federal resources developed by the Rural Federal Interagency Working Group. While there are…
As Frederick County continues to emerge from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, County Executive Jan Gardner could revive a…
Soon the community expects to have four bus routes in operation, covering 35 miles with about 20 stops, thanks to…
The government committed C$250 million during the next five years to promote and support transit needs in rural and smaller…
A ride-sharing pilot project will be available to residents in Renfrew County beginning in the winter of 2021. It’s a…
Rather than using a set schedule that riders can either make work or not, Pantonium Macrotransit used AI software (and…
The County of Renfrew is collaborating on an exciting and pioneering pilot and demonstration project of a ride share system…
Around the country, some riders have no alternative to using rural public transit. Others need the service more than ever…
Overcoming the Rider Demand Obstacle No doubt that rideshare is a sustainable, transportation option. All that’s needed is an awesome…
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U.S. Senator Jon Tester met Tuesday with Pete Buttigieg, President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for the top position at the U.S.…
This is the first in a series of blog posts on this topic. In this blog, I will share some…
The enormous job of vaccinating the nation is underway, but for rural Americans, getting a COVID-19 vaccine becomes harder the…
The Formula Grants for Rural Areas program provides capital, planning, and operating assistance to states to support public transportation in…
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This brief is part of a five-part series examining how downtown commercial corridor revitalization can support rural recovery and resilience, and…
As food insecurity rises among older adults in the United States, a new study from Indiana University is uncovering factors…
A multi-state plan to reduce carbon emissions and invest in more sustainable transportation could be in action as soon as…
Only 1% of vehicles sold in Maine are electric, yet a few of those cars are already traveling the back…
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