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A COMPASS Driver Shares Her Story
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
Jun 6, 2023
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 originally part of the Janu...
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A METGo! Driver Shares His Story
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
Jun 5, 2023
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 presentation was originally...
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Open Payments and Transportation Resources: An MIC Quarterly Meeting Recap
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
May 19, 2023
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 projects from around the co...
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A Ready! Driver Shares His Story
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
May 8, 2023
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 Malik N., a driver for the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA)'s Ready! microtransit pilot. Malik's story Malik, a Ready!...
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Event Recap: APTA Mobility Conference, Minneapolis, MN
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
May 1, 2023
As transit agencies work to improve their service, grow their presence, and innovate, convening with peer agencies is invaluable. Forums where agency representatives, private mobility providers, and transportation advocates work together to address problems and find solutions can help spur innovati...
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Developing an Origin-Destination-Transfer (ODX) Model
By Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (PVTA)
Mar 31, 2023
Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (PVTA) Introduction The Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (PVTA) is the second-largest transit agency in Massachusetts. PVTA provides public transportation services across a 600 sq. mi. area covering a population of about 600,000 in Hampden and Hampshire counti...
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Centralizing Dispatch Services in a Primarily Rural Alaskan Borough
By Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Mar 31, 2023
About the Borough The Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) Borough is located in south-central Alaska just north of Anchorage with a total area of 25,258 square miles, roughly the size of West Virginia, and an estimated population of just over 111,000. Mat-Su is second only to the Municipality of Anchorag...
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Lessons Learned from Arrowhead Transit’s IMPACT Pilot Project
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
Mar 8, 2023
Introduction The Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency (AEOA) is a private, non-profit organization that serves as a community action agency providing a myriad of services across ten counties in northeastern Minnesota. Among other services, AEOA provides dial-a-ride public transportation service...
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Findings from the Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox’s Independent Evaluation
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
Mar 3, 2023
In February 2023, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) published the Synthesis Report: Findings and Lessons Learned from the Independent Evaluation of the Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox Demonstrations. This report presents an overview of findings from the 11 Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandb...
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Event Recap: NPMA’s Second Transit Knowledge Sharing Retreat, Myrtle Beach, SC
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
Feb 20, 2023
Introduction Building on the First Transit Knowledge Sharing Retreat in Erie, PA in June, 2022, the Northwest Pennsylvania Mobility Alliance (NPMA), in partnership with the Transit Association of South Carolina and Coast RTA, hosted the Second Knowledge Sharing Retreat in Myrtle Beach, South Car...
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