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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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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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A Cimarron Public Transit Driver Shares His Experience with Microtransit in Rural Oklahoma
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
Aug 8, 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 William P., a driver for Cimarron Public Transit in northern Oklahoma. Cimarron Public Transit began in ...
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Event Recap: Transport Chicago, June 2023
By Nate Seeskin
Jul 19, 2023
Revised March 2025 Knowledge sharing is core to the mission of the Mobility Innovation Collaborative and the Shared-Use Mobility Center. Part of this work involves presenting our research and tools at different events. On June 16, 2023, SUMC Program Coordinator Nate Seeskin presented an overview...
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A GoWake SmartRide NE Driver Shares His Story
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
Jun 15, 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 Tyronne Harrell, from MV Transportation, a driver for GoWake SmartRide NE in Northeast Wake County, NC. ...
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Second MIC Workshop Event Recap
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
Jun 8, 2023
Revised March 2025 Introduction On May 2, 2023, the Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) hosted the Second Mobility Innovation Collaborative (MIC) Workshop. This event convened over 90 practitioners from the public, private, and non-profit sectors to discuss key technical issues on mobilit...
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A GoLink Driver Shares Her Story
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
Jun 6, 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 Shetera Carroll, a driver for Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s (DART) GoLink. DART created GoLink in 2019 a...
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A COMPASS Driver Shares Her Story
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
Jun 6, 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 Charlene Hall, a driver for Cecil County's COMPASS microtransit pilot. Charlene's presentation was origi...
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A METGo! Driver Shares His Story
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
Jun 5, 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 Rufus "Shanghai" Nickles, a driver for Mountain Empire Older Citizens (MEOC)’s METGo! Shanghai's prese...
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Open Payments and Transportation Resources: An MIC Quarterly Meeting Recap
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
May 19, 2023
Revised March 2025 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 nearly 50 FTA grantees and share lessons learned from innovative proje...
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