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Findings from the Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox’s Independent Evaluation

By Shared-Use Mobility Center

Mar 3, 2023

Revised March 2025 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...

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Event Recap: NPMA’s Second Transit Knowledge Sharing Retreat, Myrtle Beach, SC

By Shared-Use Mobility Center

Feb 20, 2023

Revised March 2025 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 M...

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Insights on Mobility On-Demand from Drivers’ Perspectives

By Shared-Use Mobility Center

Feb 7, 2023

Revised March 2025 Introduction As mobility on-demand (MOD) services become more widespread, many of the conversations about MOD have focused on the technologies, software and mobile apps. However, the operators behind the wheel of MOD vehicles play a critical role ensuring that public transi...

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End of the Year Roundup 2022

By Shared-Use Mobility Center

Jan 4, 2023

Revised March 2025 Happy New Year! The team at the Shared-Use Mobility Center is excited to look back at 2022 and highlight some of our favorite moments from this past year!  Photo by Adi Goldstein on Unsplash Meeting You at Our First In-Person Workshop in Chicago One of the bigges...

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Visit Kansas City Area Transportation Authority’s Garage to Learn About Their Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)

By Shared-Use Mobility Center

Dec 13, 2022

Revised March 2025 On November 10, 2022, the Shared-Use Mobility Center visited the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority's (KCATA) headquarters. KCATA received a Federal Transit Administration’s Accelerating Innovative Mobility (AIM) grant to equip buses with an advanced driver assistance...

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Event Recap: NYPTA’s Mobility Innovation Conference in Albany, NY

By Shared-Use Mobility Center

Nov 15, 2022

Revised March 2025 Introduction On October 26th and 27th, 2022, transit agencies from across New York gathered in Albany for the New York Public Transit Association (NYPTA) Mobility Innovation Conference. The event, sponsored by NYPTA, Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Region II, and the N...

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Universal Basic Mobility and Mobility Wallets Pilots

By Shared-Use Mobility Center

Nov 14, 2022

Introduction Access to transportation and access to economic opportunities go hand-in-hand, but not everyone has access to affordable, reliable, and frequent transportation options. Universal basic mobility (UBM) means that “all citizens should have a decent range of affordable transport o...

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About LA Metro’s Travel Rewards Research Pilot

By LA Metro

Nov 2, 2022

Revised March 2025 Introduction On October 20, 2022, the Shared-Use Mobility Center hosted a meeting for IMI and AIM Grantees about novel data sources. During this meeting, Jacquilyne Brooks de Camarillo who is a Transportation Planning Manager at LA Metro, presented on their Travel Rewards R...

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Improving Access to Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) for Mobility Impaired Riders by Using Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)

By Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) /RideKC

Oct 5, 2022

Revised March 2025 Introduction The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) is a bi-state (Missouri and Kansas) regional transit authority created in 1965. KCATA is responsible for public transportation in the Kansas City urbanized area with a seven-county jurisdiction - Cass, Clay,...

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Meet Chuck Quinn, Director of Special Projects for River Cities Public Transit

By Shared-Use Mobility Center

Oct 4, 2022

Revised March 2025 On May 16, 2022, the Shared-Use Mobility Center hosted the first Mobility Innovation Collaborative workshop. At this workshop, we had a chance to speak with Integrated Mobility Innovation (IMI) and Accelerating Innovative Mobility (AIM) grantees. This was a great opportunity t...

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