Shared Mobility

Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox Demonstration: Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) First and Last Mile Solution Evaluation Report

Elliot Martin
Adam Stocker
Adam Cohen
Susan Shaheen
Les Brown
2021

The Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox Demonstration Program provides a venue through which integrated MOD concepts and strategies, supported through local partnerships, are demonstrated in real-world settings. For the 11 MOD Sandbox Demonstration projects, an independent evaluation was conducted that includes an analysis of project impacts from performance measures provided by the project partners and an assessment of the business models used.

This document presents the results from the independent evaluation of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) First and Last Mile Solution MOD...

Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox Demonstration: Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Ventra–Divvy Integration Case Study

Adam Cohen
Susan Shaheen
Jacquelyn Broader
Elliot Martin
Les Brown
2021

The Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox Program provides a venue through which integrated MOD concepts and strategies, supported through local partnerships, are demonstrated in real-world settings. This case study documents lessons learned from the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) MOD Sandbox Demonstration, called Ventra–Divvy Integration. The case study is a part of an independent evaluation of the MOD Sandbox Demonstrations sponsored by the USDOT Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) and FTA.

The case study includes...

Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox Demonstration: Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) OpenTripPlanner

Elliot Martin, Aqshems Nichols, Adam Cohen, Susan Shaheen, Les Brown
2021

This report documents the results of an independent evaluation of the Vermont Agency of Transportation’s (VTrans) OpenTripPlanner (OTP), called Go! Vermont, part of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox Demonstration program. The project intended to serve as an alternative to other trip planners by including flexible transit options such as route deviation, dial-a-ride, and other demand-responsive alternatives and to analyze web traffic data to determine the level of user activity attracted by Go! Vermont since its launch. The evaluation compared the...

Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox Demonstration: Valley Metro Mobility Platform Evaluation Report

Elliot Martin
Ziad Yassine
Adam Cohen
Susan Shaheen
Les Brown
2020

This report evaluates the Valley Metro Mobility Platform project, part of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox program. Valley Metro currently provides a Valley Metro RidekickTM mobile application for its users that features tripplanning for light rail and buses. The Mobility Platform project aimed to develop new trip planning features and an integrated payment ...

MOD Sandbox Demonstrations Independent Evaluation: Los Angeles County and Puget Sound MOD First and Last Mile Partnership with Via Evaluation Plan

Gustave Cordahi
Susan Shaheen, PhD
Elliot Martin, PhD
Mikaela Hoffman-Stapleton
2018

The MOD Sandbox Demonstrations are sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The MOD Sandbox Demonstrations Independent Evaluation is sponsored by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), jointly by the Intelligent Transportation Systems - Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) and the FTA. All documents are USDOT publications. You may access the document at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6vv4f7ks

Through a partnership-driven approach, LA Metro, KCM, ST, and Via (an on-...

MOD Sandbox Demonstrations Independent Evaluation: City of Palo Alto and Prospect Silicon Valley Bay Area Fair Value Commuting (FVC) Demonstration Project Evaluation Plan

Gustave Cordahi
Susan Shaheen, PhD
Elliot Martin, PhD
Mikaela Hoffman-Stapleton
2018

The MOD Sandbox Demonstrations are sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The MOD Sandbox Demonstrations Independent Evaluation is sponsored by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), jointly by the Intelligent Transportation Systems - Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) and the FTA. All documents are USDOT publications. You may access the document at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5dr3q6nb

The Bay Area FVC Demonstration seeks to reduce Bay Area SOV commute...

MOD Sandbox Demonstrations Independent Evaluation: CTA Integrated Fare Systems From Transit Fare to Bike Share Project Evaluation Plan

Gustave Cordahi
Susan Shaheen, PhD
Elliot Martin
2018

The MOD Sandbox Demonstrations are sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The MOD Sandbox Demonstrations Independent Evaluation is sponsored by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), jointly by the Intelligent Transportation Systems - Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) and the FTA. All documents are USDOT publications. You may access the document at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4x77p7d1

CTA has partnered with the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT),...

MOD Sandbox Demonstrations Independent Evaluation: Valley Metro Mobility Platform Project Evaluation Plan

Gustave Cordahi
Susan Shaheen, PhD
Elliot Martin, PhD
2018

The MOD Sandbox Demonstrations are sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The MOD Sandbox Demonstrations Independent Evaluation is sponsored by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), jointly by the Intelligent Transportation Systems - Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) and the FTA. All documents are USDOT publications. You may access the document at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7md478jk

The proposed Valley Metro Mobility Platform will build on RidekickTM’s...

MOD Sandbox Demonstrations Independent Evaluation (IE) Tri-County Metropolitan (TriMet) Transportation District of Oregon - OpenTripPlanner Shared-Use Mobility (OTP SUM) Evaluation Plan

Gustave Cordahi
Susan Shaheen
Elliot Martin
2018

The Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox Demonstration Program provides a venue through which integrated MOD concepts and solutions – supported through local partnerships – are demonstrated in real-world settings. For each of the 11 MOD Sandbox Demonstration projects, the MOD Sandbox Independent Evaluation includes an analysis of project impacts from performance measures provided by the project partners, as well as an assessment of the business models used.

This report constitutes the Evaluation Plan for the TriMet OTP SUM Sandbox project. It includes the following...

MOD Sandbox Demonstrations Independent Evaluation: PSTA-Public-Private-Partnership for Paratransit Mobility on Demand Demonstration Evaluation Plan

Gustave Cordahi
Susan Shaheen, PhD
Elliot Martin, PhD
2018

The MOD Sandbox Demonstrations are sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The MOD Sandbox Demonstrations Independent Evaluation is sponsored by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), jointly by the Intelligent Transportation Systems - Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) and the FTA. All documents are USDOT publications. You may access the document at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7fh6d5m6

PSTA has assembled a unique multi-partner service with the goal of...