Webinar: Building an Equitable Transportation System with Shared Mobility

Shared mobility holds enormous potential to help meet the mobility needs for underserved populations that are too often left behind in the planning process. Join the Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) for a free webinar to learn how to use shared mobility to address these important mobility issues. Register now!

Webinar Description
Presenters will discuss emerging best practices that cities are using to help address transportation equity needs in their communities. The webinar will also cover ways that transportation and policy experts can use SUMC’s Shared Mobility Toolkit – which includes a policy database, benefits calculator and mapping and opportunity analysis tool – to identify and realize opportunities for these services. SUMC’s mapping tool includes a special layer that identifies opportunities for shared mobility along with current shared mobility services and information on race and income for more than 50 North American cities.

When:  
Tuesday, December 6th, 2016
12PM Pacific / 1PM Mountain / 2PM Central / 3PM Eastern

Presenters:

Overview: Shared Mobility & Equity of Service 

• Sharon Feigon, Executive Director, Shared-Use Mobility Center

Sharon will moderate the webinar and give a brief overview of the Shared Mobility Toolkit and how it can be used to help cities address equity issues.

Carshare: How Shared Mobility is Helping Low-Income Communities in Boulder, CO

• Karen Worminghaus, Executive Director, eGo CarShare

This presentation will provide an overview of eGo CarShare’s program and its “Multimodal Toolkit,” which is available to affordable housing residents in Denver and Boulder Counties.

Bikeshare: Connecting Communities through Divvy Bikeshare 

• Amanda Woodall, Program Director, Chicago Department of Transportation

This presentation will include a brief overview of the Divvy system, equity-focused aspects of Chicago’s network planning process, and the Divvy for Everyone program.

TNCs: Equity Pilots & Partnerships

• *New Speaker: Christopher Cochran, Senior Planner, Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA)

This presentation will cover PSTA’s work with Uber and Lyft to efficiently improve access to transportation for low-income residents, including the agency’s innovative TD Late Ride and Direct Connect pilot projects.

Senior Mobility: Addressing the Mobility Needs for Seniors

• Jeff Maltz, CEO/Co-Founder, SilverRide

Jeff will discuss how SilverRide is helping to meet the mobility needs of seniors and how the service could be replicated in other cities.

Shuttles: Providing Transportation Options to Underserved Communities in D.C.

• *New Speaker: Sanya Cade, Chief Administrative Officer, Department of For-Hire Vehicles

This presentation will discuss the innovative Neighborhood Ride Service shuttle program and how it is providing important transportation options to underserved communities in D.C.

Reserve your spot today! Space is limited.