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76 Agency–Micromobility Partnership Approaches Transit agencies engage with micromobility providers in a variety of ways, ranging from direct subsidy of operation to informal relationships in which agencies and private operators collaborate without any exchange of funds or risk. As the micromobility marketplace continues to take shape, new types of collaboration between cities, transit agencies, and private operators are emerging to align mobility goals, sensibly regulate, and more effectively provide transit access.
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Agency–Micromobility Partnership Approaches 77 RTA seems to have gone further than any other U.S. agency in its level of operational involvement, but a number of transit agencies in cities large and small have worked closely with micromobility vendors to create systems that are effectively extensions of the transit system and are clearly marketed as such to the public.
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78 Transit and Micromobility 18 stations for the program's first phase. The system was equipped and operated by the Canadian vendor Bewegen Technologies, and BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina was the system's title sponsor (Trainor 2018)
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Agency–Micromobility Partnership Approaches 79 Subsidizing Specific Ride Types or Creating Connections Several agencies have sought to take advantage of the popularity of micromobility to subsidize or provide services at times and places where transit is not available or to create new first-/last-mile options in their operational areas. Sacramento RT – Sacramento, CA As an incentive for passengers to link micromobility with transit, SacRT offered fare-free light-rail trips in December 2019 for anyone who completed a JUMP (shared e-bike)
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80 Transit and Micromobility goal of encouraging transit use (Denver 2018)
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Agency–Micromobility Partnership Approaches 81 increasing mobility access for low-income individuals and the recipients of government assistance. The infrastructure and service components of each mobility hub will vary and be context specific, but partnership between LADOT, Metro, and other transit agencies will be essential for the success of the project (LA Metro 2019c)
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