Enhancing Transit Access and Safety Through Equitable Micromobility Solution

Micromobility refers to transportation enabled by small, low-speed, human- or electric-powered transportation devices, such as bicycles and scooters. Micromobility may be organized and deployed as a shared vehicle system, as the first and last-mile transportation mode to supplement transit. This project will investigate two major issues associated with the use of micromobility as a solution to improve the accessibility to transit in underserved communities. The first issue is related to the identification of micromobility stations in areas that are underserved by the fixed-route transit system. The second issue is the safety impacts of implementing micromobility in the abovementioned neighborhoods, and the related infrastructure improvements. A Concept of Operations (ConOps) of micromobility will be proposed to address the needs of the first and last-mile travel in consideration of traffic safety and infrastructure needs. The research team will collaborate with the City of El Paso’s bus service operator (Sun Metro), Street and Maintenance Department, the El Paso Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to use El Paso, Texas as the case study, with safety data from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), and operational experience of GLIDE Scooter.

• Record URL:
  https://c2smarter.engineering.nyu.edu/enhancing-transit-access-and-safety-through-equitable-micromobility-solution

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $210000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747124

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Connected Communities for Smart Mobility Towards Accessible and Resilient Transportation for Equitably Reducing Congestion (C2SMARTER)

  New York University
  Brooklyn, New York  United States  11201
• Project Managers:

  Pohl, Lizzie

• Performing Organizations:

  Connected Communities for Smart Mobility Towards Accessible and Resilient Transportation for Equitably Reducing Congestion (C2SMARTER)

  New York University
  Brooklyn, New York  United States  11201

  University of Texas El Paso

  El Paso, TX   
• Principal Investigators:

  Cheu, Kelvin

  Raheem, Adeeba

• Start Date: 20231001
• Expected Completion Date: 20240930
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Micromobility; Public transit; Scooters; Traffic safety; Transportation disadvantaged persons
• Geographic Terms: El Paso (Texas)
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01897927
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Connected Communities for Smart Mobility Towards Accessible and Resilient Transportation for Equitably Reducing Congestion (C2SMARTER)
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747124
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Oct 30 2023 10:40PM