In a recent conversation with Kelly Schneider, a leader in developing innovative transportation solutions, we explored the challenges and successes…
Small transit systems in rural areas and small towns across the U.S. are implementing creative solutions to address mobility challenges.…
Reliable transportation is essential for workforce participation, yet it remains a significant barrier to employment across many regions of the…
Imagine going to a doctor and getting a prescription for transportation insecurity. Thanks to the work of the Gravity Project,…
Residents in Lincoln Co., Idaho are predominantly farmers and ranchers, with a population of just over 5,000 and under 2,000…
Access to fresh, nutritious food remains a significant challenge for many communities across the United States, particularly in rural areas…
It’s past time we acknowledge that non-drivers exist, not just in big cities but everywhere. Even in rural America, we make up nearly a third, if not more, of the population. We need to make it possible for people who can’t drive or can’t afford to drive to live, and even thrive in all our communities.
There are many things that need to happen when natural disasters hit, from evacuation to emergency responses, to relief efforts.…
Access to healthcare is essential for everyone, but it is particularly important for children’s growth and development. Healthcare access improves…
Funded by federal and state grants and operating in partnership with local social and public service agencies, Village Vans is an important community asset…
As we move forward with providing support to you, we will prepare for the next change. It is my plan to continue the work and legacy that Amy has built at NCMM.
It may be surprising to find out how many veterans spend their lives on the verge of homelessness nationwide. Despite…
RICHMOND — The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) today announced that its new Virginia Trip Planner is…
In one Oklahoma region, they’re using high impact, low-cost, proven interventions to start making roads safer for everyone.
“The success of the program lies in its ability to tailor transportation services to meet the unique needs of each individual. With staff expertise and lived experience, we ensure empathy and understanding are at the forefront of every trip, fostering trust and rapport among our riders.”
A RAISE grant recently awarded to Kenosha, WI is going to be used to create bike trails in a former railroad corridor.
As COVID grants are ending, communities may be looking for alternative sources to fund multimodal transit projects.
The Pandemic hit mass transit hard. From fears of getting sick on public transportation to the rise of remote work, most metro areas are still not back up to the ridership they had in the Before Times. Some transit agencies are experimenting with gamification to lure riders back.
In September 2023, the Transit Workforce Center unveiled research on various childcare support models within the transit industry, underscoring a critical link between childcare support and workforce availability.
Kayla, a native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, has cultivated a profound passion for serving communities since her upbringing in the vibrant…
Utah’s Transportation Technology Group researches and implements emerging technology to provide safety information to drivers, vehicles, and control room operators. Their goal is to make transportation safer while improving mobility options and reliability for all users.
Recent court cases in Chicago and New York ordered those cities to install accessible pedestrian signal (APS) devices. These devices are posted at pedestrian crossings, with buttons that activate verbal prompts for blind and visually impaired persons to know when it is safe to cross.
While regional and commuter rail lines in this New England state help spur economic growth, first and last mile transit remains an obstacle. But Norwalk’s WHEELS2U micro transit program was so successful that the state is expanding localized shared van programs.
Paris, a small city in Northeast Texas is connecting its residents through public mobility services. Supported by the community, this service is providing much needed access to healthcare, grocery shopping and socialization. Federal transportation funding in the United States is primarily allocated 80% for highways, 20% for public transit. In rural areas like Paris’s Lamar County, which has a population density of 55 people per square mile, this has led to a lack of mobility options for residents who don’t have access to a car.
Early childhood nonprofits in Lincoln and Omaha, NE, knew that families didn’t have enough affordable childcare. But until they ran the data, they didn’t realize that such a large part of the problem was accessing that childcare.
Hillsborough County, FL is making fresh and healthy food more accessible to residents in East Tampa. Following a successful pilot, the program is now a regular public service.
When a college student’s grandfather moved to Maryland to be closer to family, she noticed that he often sat at…
In Nashville, TN, Neighborhood Health, a nonprofit organization that serves patients regardless of their ability to pay, partners with the city’s transit organization to get people to appointments.
Public transportation, along with many other professions, is experiencing a shortage of qualified workers. According to a recent study published…
This job means a lot to me. It’s more than a job: This saves lives. It doesn’t matter how hard the day is, I’m proud of what we do.
In Will County, IL, a Chicago exurb, Census tract surveys found that transit was a major barrier for women to get to their annual wellness visits. The Will County Health Department (WCHD) partnered with Pace Suburban Bus, a local transit agency, to connect women with bus vouchers to access necessary preventative care.
As we shift from summer into fall, I have compiled the most striking posts from the past few months. Organizations are using HHS grants for transit, making new partners, and trying new models to best support their communities.
Rural Perry County is home to workers who routinely commute to Mechanicsburg, a 30 min. drive away. But public transit options are limited. Researchers at Penn State University collaborated with local government officials to design solutions.
Local government officials and human services staff identified at-risk populations in their communities who faced food insecurity and transportation difficulties.…
Hopelink and King County, WA Metro are teaming up to teach newly housed residents of the county’s 1,600 new affordable…
OMAHA, NEBRASKA – A new video series called “Faces of Transit in Nebraska” celebrates the good work of transit agencies…
New Growth Transit (NGT) is an unusual transit program because it began operations with a grant from a Health and…
In Fort Smith, AR, the University of Arkansas’s Civil Engineering Department partnered with the municipality to create a bikeshare program…
Judges in Western Indiana counties often see transportation access as a barrier to justice-involved individuals facing addiction. They partnered with…
In NW PA, the Crawford Area Transportation Authority (CATA) has been working with Pennsylvania state transportation agency PennDot to develop…
In Athens, OH, the local library system used a Creating Healthy Communities grant to launch their book-a-bike program. Athens, Ohio,…
In rural Arkansas, county coordinators support families in crisis to help connect them with necessary services. Transit is a key…
When Glen retired as an educator from a small rural middle school, he knew that volunteering and service were in…
In 2015, social worker Kim Garrett worked at the victim’s services unit at the Oklahoma City Police Department. After seeing…
In 2019, Stark County’s SARTA system was awarded an Integrated Mobility Innovation (IMI) grant to make public transit more accessible to all riders. Successful partnerships and communication led to more equitable mobility programs.
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) partnered with the Mississippi Home Corporation (MHC) to provide driver training and employment for unhoused people. The success of the program has been life changing for Mississippians experiencing homelessness, while helping transit providers solve critical driver shortages.
Chillicothe, OH – Traci Harris (Ross County Mobility Manager) and Gerod Rickerd (Pickaway County Mobility Manager) hosted a one-day workshop for…
In Lynden, WA, the community, elected officials, and transit managers partnered to create an on-demand van program that serves their…
Opioid addiction is a particularly insidious disease, one that is more recently leading to a spike in overdose deaths. Recent…
For a small but growing number of food banks, distributing food is no longer enough. These food banks, including Feeding…
Amsterdam boasts that it’s the bike capital of the world. Smaller North American cities can learn from their best practices.…
Grilled lamb with eggplants, bell peppers, onions, and sweet potato ratatouille served over a bed of rice are not typically…
As a part of the 2022 Community Mobility Design Challenge, a community in the Mississippi Delta region is looking to…
“Prepare for the worst, hope for the best” is a useful motto for the average person, but if you’re a community emergency management professional then…
What is MaaS? Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) is an integrated mobility concept in which travelers can access a variety of transportation modes…
Milwaukee is getting urban residents to suburban jobs through an innovative project funded by the American Rescue Plan and a…
A local university, city transit agency, community-based organization, and for-profit mobility company unite to solve first/last mile challenges in a…
goHunterdon, a Transportation Management Association in Hunterdon County, NJ partners with a local healthcare provider to provide free Lyft and…
Many years ago, the Missouri Rural Health Association saw an unmet need for rural Missourians and took on the task…
NCMM collaborates with the FTA Universal Mobility Working Group and the Shared Use Mobility Center (SUMC) to produce Universal Mobility,…
Sage Kashner recently joined the NCMM team as the Communications Associate. Sage is passionate about accessible transit and all of…
Mobility managers across the country know that people’s travel patterns do not adhere to city and county boundaries; this is…
The saying, “think outside the box,” is used to inspire innovative ideas designed to overcome challenging and complex circumstances. However,…
Oregon State Transportation and Mobility for Veterans “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation…
A billboard sits outside Trenton, NJ promoting Greater Mercer TMA’s PickUP program, using Waze Carpool. In this story about Greater…
WalkBoston leading a walk audit in Worcester for travel trainers from Worcester, New Bedford, Lawrence and Boston, along with staff…
Aaron Kennedy and Asti Powell in Chillicothe, Ohio. The City of Chillicothe doing business as Chillicothe Transit was a recent…
Minnesota’s Metro Transit buses drive through a transit way. The General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS), though a mere 16 years…
The Transportation Navigator launched in Virginia in October 2021 as the Commonwealth’s first statewide one-click resource for publicly available transportation…
The Federal Transit Administration is proposing a Buy America waiver for non-ADA accessible passenger vans and minivans that can be…
NCMM Program Associate, Will Reckley Passionate about transit, multimodalism, and land use planning, Will has been working with the National…
San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) and other transit systems have been working towards combatting human trafficking in their systems…
For non-drivers across the country, public transit services are a vital lifeline when it comes to accessing jobs, food, and…
The National Center for Mobility Management (NCMM), supported by the Federal Transit Administration, is now accepting applications for its Community…
NCMM’s director, Amy Conrick, speaking at NCMM’s 2022 Forum held in Louisville, KY. Amy Conrick has been part of the…
Attendees of NCMM’s Issue Focused meeting held in Biloxi, Mississippi. On Friday June 10th. 2022, professionals representing the Transit Industry…
MaaS can help to further the reach of Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT), the largest public transportation provider in Tompkins…
Studies have found that access to reliable transportation is one of the biggest factors when it comes to escaping from…
Kirby Wilhelm, Program Associate for NCMM Kirby Wilhelm is a Program Associate working for the National Center for Mobility Management.…
A view northwest on Garrison Avenue, the main arterial street of downtown Fort Smith, Arkansas. A series of National Science…
Judy Shanley, Easterseals NCMM Partner Director You likely have met and interacted with Judy over the course of the last…
A Prairie Hills bus waits in front of Monument Health’s hospital in Spearfish, South Dakota. For many individuals, especially those…
See all Episodes of the Mobility Lines Podcast Episode 9 of the Mobility Lines Podcast is now available! The latest…
A Rides to Wellness operator in Flint, Michigan removes a carseat from the trunk in preparation for installing it to…
Southern Area Agency On Aging’s “Miles 4 Vets” bus. Given the important role that mobility managers play in addressing the…
Passenger hyperloop is dead, glorified golf carts for all, and transit agencies buy automated buses. Just a few of the…
NCMM’s newest Project Associate, Enjoli Dixon. Enjoli Dixon brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from her previous experience as…
See all Episodes of the Mobility Lines Podcast Episode 8 of the Mobility Lines Podcast is now available! The latest…
NCMM’s new deputy director, Bill Wagner Bill Wagner recently joined the NCMM team as Deputy Director. Bill brings a wealth…
Courtesy of Upper Allegheny Health System For too many Americans, the lack of affordable, reliable, and accessible public transportation presents…
See all Episodes of the Mobility Lines Podcast Episode 7 of the Mobility Lines Podcast is now available! The latest…
A group of Helping Hands of Las Vegas Valley volunteers work to set-up food deliveries to go out to older…
To better support residents in need of assistance, states across the country are establishing coordinated care and resource referral networks…
A group of Sinai Hospital employees involved with their shuttle, stand around the new service’s vehicles. All too often, the…
In order to address some of the barriers to equitable healthcare access, transit providers across the U.S. are partnering with…
ScotRail trains, one of Scotland’s many mobility options, arrive and depart from a station in rural Scotland. By giving riders…
Denver’s Union Station where RTD’s Mental Health Clinicians assist riders. Additional related example: Metro Transit (St. Louis MO) is partnering…
See all Episodes of the Mobility Lines Podcast Episode 6 of the Mobility Lines Podcast is now available! The latest…
This three-part series (Episodes 3-5 of NCMM’s Mobility Lines podcast) features a conversation with transportation technology expert Carol Schweiger. Episode 3 begins…
Oklahoma’s PICK Van sits in a garage awaiting deployment. Image Credit: Michelle Robertson-Prine at Grand Splash Marketing, LLC. In order…
Participants of the Mobility Management subcommittee of the New Hampshire State Coordinating Council for Community Transportation ( SCC ) meeting…
Image Credit: Hillsborough Area Regional Transit With the COVID-19 pandemic rocking the United States, transit, like other essential sectors, needed…
Five Micro vehicles parked / Image Credit: High Valley Transit Similar to ridesharing, microtransit offers on-demand transportation to riders by…
As explored in previous posts in this series, transit’s foundational data standard is the General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS). This…
On June 10, the National Center for Mobility Management continued its partnership with the Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration,…
GTFS provided the starting point for standardized open transit data’s impact on the transportation sector. Now that it has been…
In this series, we’ve covered what open data is, how it’s part of our everyday lives, and the important relationship…
AARP’s Jana Lynott recently released two blogs exploring Ridesheet, a new open-source ride scheduling software application developed through funding from…
Previous Next Bill Baumann, Mobility Coordinator for the Human Services Council of Southwest Washington, recently published a piece for…
Open data is already a part of the everyday lives of most people in the United States. For example: Public…
Source: NADTC Photo Resource Gallery Mobility managers are often described as the “boots on the ground’ professionals who address the…
Photo credit: Mikes Photography Of the many trends that seem to be poised to drive transportation in the near future,…
RideSheet is a new open-source ride scheduling software application designed for the unique needs of small, demand-responsive transportation providers. By incorporating…
Members of the Inclusive Walk Audit Facilitator’s Guide working group outside on a walk audit using assistive mobility devices. Photo…
Much like open-source software, open data is already playing an important role in transit, and the opportunities for more impact…
Source: Capacity Builders, Farmington, NM A simple, but integral technological advancement holds the promise of creating a stronger, more equitable…
The first and second posts of this series provided background information on open-source software (OSS) and examples of the business…
Content in this document is disseminated by NCMM in the interest of information exchange. Neither the NCMM nor the U.S.…
A slightly quieter few weeks as we come out of the holidays and transition to a new administration. COVID-19 and…
This is the first in a series of blog posts on this topic. In this blog, I will share some…
Content in this document is disseminated by NCMM in the interest of information exchange. Neither the NCMM nor the U.S.…
The previous blog in the Wayfinding series introduced the ‘logic model’ as a special kind of compass and roadmap…
A Special Kind of Roadmap As previously discussed in my wayfinding series the term ‘wayfinding’ historically refers to the techniques…
In New York State, healthcare’s traditional payment structures are shifting from fee-for-service models, in which providers are paid for delivering…
The second episode of the Mobility Lines Podcast is a discussion between Jerom Theunissen, Dr. Judy Shanley, and Fred Roberge of…
In the first post of this series, we looked at what open-source software (OSS) is and some of the key…
? = COVID-19 related ? COVID-19 & Transit Covid-19: Real-time crowd-density app being developed for public transit users by Tom…
This inaugural episode of the Mobility Lines Podcast is a discussion between Dr. Judy Shanley and Dr. P.S. Sriraj of the…
During the pandemic, there have been multiple webinars and workshops helping transportation and mobility providers provide solutions to their customers…
? = COVID-19 related New In the Podcast Playlist In two episodes of the CleanTech Talk podcast, Michael Barnard, Chief…
Daily life has been transformed this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but have our travel patterns changed? A tool…
Over the past few months, people all over the country have turned to digital platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google,…
The following is a selection from NCMM’s recently released research paper on “The Role of Transportation in Addressing Social Isolation in…
Riders benefitting from Chandler/Gilbert Arc’s van sharing program. Screenshot taken from Maricopa Association of Governments’ video. The sprawling Phoenix metropolitan…
It’s been another hard month. Let’s get right to it. ? COVID-19 & Transit Coronavirus pandemic causes Via ride-share service…
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, new challenges continue to arise for those in transportation. One that has always been of…
When the topic of using technology in the public interest comes up, open-source software (OSS) is a frequent phrase on…
States are adapting their methods to address emergent and unexpected needs of families for transportation as well as a precipitous…
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