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Event Recap: South West Transit Association 2026 Conference & Expo, Albuquerque, NM
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
May 1, 2026
Introduction From March 31 to April 2, 2026, the Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) attended the 2026 South West Transit Association (SWTA) & New Mexico Joint Annual Conference & Expo, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The 3-day event, co-hosted by SWTA and the New Mexico Department of Tran...
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Mobility Innovation in Rural and Small Communities: Data Analysis from Interactive Workshop
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
Apr 24, 2026
Background On March 4, 2026, the Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) hosted an interactive workshop during a session at the Northwest Pennsylvania Mobility Alliance’s Transit Retreat in Mobile, AL, exploring the challenges, knowledge gaps, and wishes that rural and small urban mobility providers...
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Event Recap: Transit Retreat 2026, Mobile, AL
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
Apr 7, 2026
Introduction Since 2022, the Northwest Pennsylvania Mobility Alliance has hosted an annual Transit Retreat for transit agencies and mobility providers to convene in an intimate setting to facilitate and promote the connections to improve transportation networks across the country. This Retre...
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Event Recap: 2025 Transportation Summit: Exploring AI in Shared Mobility, hosted by Move Minneapolis and the Minnesota Shared Mobility Collaborative
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
Nov 24, 2025
Introduction Credit: Move Minneapolis On November 12, 2025, over 50 Minnesota-based transportation professionals from local transit agencies, the Minnesota Department of Transportation, the University of Minnesota, consulting firms, and advocacy organizations gathered for a half-day conferenc...
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Event Recap: Transit Retreat 2025, Des Moines, IA
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
Jul 15, 2025
Introduction On June 25 and 26, 2025, the Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) participated in the 4th edition of the Transit Retreat in Des Moines, IA, organized by the Northwest Pennsylvania Mobility Alliance (NPMA). These Retreats are expressly and deliberately different from standard transit co...
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Event Recap: Transport Ticketing North America 2025
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
Jul 15, 2025
Introduction As transit payment systems constantly advance and evolve, agencies around the country are exploring how innovative fare technologies, mechanisms, and policies can be transformative tools to make transportation more accessible, more user-friendly, and more affordable. In June 2025, n...
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Redefining Rural Transit: Findings from Virginia’s IMI Microtransit Demonstrations
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
Oct 11, 2023
Revised March 2025 Report Cover Page In an effort led by the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT), two rural areas in the commonwealth of Virginia have seen microtransit services become available in their communities thanks to a Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Int...
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Event Recap: NABSA’s 2023 Annual Conference Growing Shared Micromobility: Connecting People & Places, Hamilton and Toronto, ON, Canada
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
Oct 10, 2023
Introduction Credit: SUMC In September 2023, representatives from bikeshare systems, local government officials, researchers, and micromobility enthusiasts gathered in Ontario, Canada, for Growing Shared Micromobility: Connecting People & Places, the North American Bikeshare & Scooter...
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A Lynden Hop Driver Shares His Story
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
Aug 17, 2023
Revised March 2025 Introduction As part of our initiative to find new ways to capture and elevate mobility on-demand (MOD) drivers’ voices, we are pleased to share the perspective of Jason Curry, a driver for Whatcom Transportation Authority (WTA)'s Lynden Hop in Lynden, Washington. Andr...
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Approaches to Mobility Interoperability: July 2023 MIC Quarterly Meeting Recap
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
Aug 8, 2023
Credit: Getty Images on Unsplash Introduction The Mobility Innovation Collaborative (MIC) is a Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) program run in partnership with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to provide technical assistance to over 40 FTA grantees and share lessons learned from inno...
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