SUMC Releases Interactive Shared Mobility Toolkit

A new interactive toolkit released today by the Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) will help cities expand bikesharing, carsharing and other forms of shared mobility throughout their regions, including in disadvantaged communities where transportation options are lacking.

Developed in partnership with 27 North American cities through the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN), SUMC’s Shared Mobility Toolkit includes the following components:

• Shared Mobility Benefits Calculator: Allows cities to model the impacts of various shared mobility growth scenarios. Cities can use the online calculator to quickly assess potential decreases in greenhouse gas emissions, reductions in vehicle miles traveled, cost savings and other benefits from implementing transportation improvements.
• Shared Mobility Policy Database: Contains more than 700 of the most important shared mobility policies, studies, and strategic plans in North America. The database also provides best practices, case studies and analysis to help local governments craft an effective regulatory approach to ridesourcing, bikesharing, carsharing and other shared transportation services.
• Interactive Shared Mobility Mapping and Opportunity Analysis Tool: Pinpoints shared mobility vehicle locations in more than 50 North American cities to help local governments understand the state and scope of shared mobility infrastructure in their regions. The tool also incorporates other information, such ascensus data and transit quality, to help cities better understand where greater service is needed and what shared modes the market can support.

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