Rural Mobility: Taking Remote Control
- Date: 11/02/2023
At Global Mobility Call, the Rural Mobility Conference addressed one of the transport sector’s biggest challenges: how to improve connectivity…
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…
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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