Working Across Jurisdictions to Create Innovative Mobility Projects
By Shared-Use Mobility Center
Jun 7, 2022
Introduction
On May 18, 2022, Katherine Conrad from NEORide, Wood Hudson from the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation, and Kendra McGeady from Pelivan Transit/Northeast Tribal Transit Consortium discussed how they are putting together partnerships for their projects at the 2022 National Shared Mobility Summit.
Thank you for participating in the session and sharing your stories!
About Each Project
The Stark Area Regional Transit Authority received the IMI grant to develop an innovative alternative payment system for mobility, business and personal applications targeted to low-income, disadvantaged, disabled, student, elderly and other underserved populations.
This project is managed by NEORide, CALSTART, and Cleveland State University.
The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation received the IMI grant to provide microtransit in rural communities in the Tidewater region. The project will augment existing transit resources by leveraging mobile technology for real-time trip booking and vehicle routing, providing real-time, demand-response microtransit service.
The Grand Gateway Economic Development Association received the IMI grant to integrate on-demand shared-ride services in 21 rural communities in eastern and central Oklahoma. Using intelligent transportation systems, the project will connect four regional rural public transit partners with predictive scheduling and routing technology that helps riders tailor trips to meet their needs.