Transit Systems and Impacts of Shared Mobility

Transit agencies and city governments must reclaim a leadership role to take advantage of shared-use mobility options that would further the public interest.

Transit agencies and city governments must reclaim a leadership role to take advantage of shared-use mobility options that would further the public interest. The emergence of shared-use services has been the most rapid change to transportation in recent history, and too often, cities and traditional transit providers have been primarily reactive, creating patchwork solutions calibrated to the provider's terms. Cities and agencies must now act swiftly to reclaim the agenda. Policy makers must seize the opportunity to integrate shared-use mobility options into traditional transit networks in ways that benefit government, the private sector, and, the public. In most parts of the country, major impediments still exist. A few barriers are analyzed in the next few pages in greater detail, along with examples of cities and agencies that are overcoming them.