Many urban communities are now experiencing rapid changes in transportation usage by commuters through their growing adoption of scooters due to their affordability, efficiency, and lack of pollution. In order to address the challenges associated with micro-mobility such as congestion and pedestrian safety, Charlotte, Detroit, and Omaha are collaborating with Passport for a pilot program that will assist cities as to how they manage growing micro-mobility usage that will ensure positive outcomes from the changes underway.
Through their collaboration each city will share best practices and use Passport’s mobility platform to properly oversee scooter deployment and manage necessary curbs, while giving major providers like Bird, Lime, Spin, and Razor greater flexibility in how they manage their fleets. The partners will then use parking principles, data analysis, and a software platform to charge for scooter parking at a price based on supply, demand, and the distribution of scooter usage.
Passport has shown its commitment through a $5 million investment to help cities build digital infrastructure to maintain urban transportation ecosystems, allowing the local government to work with private companies to integrate new transportation services. Passport’s database also helps cities ensure equitable access to scooters throughout underserved areas.
“Working with Passport, we can now gather insight on how our citizens are using these new forms of mobility and be more strategic about managing scooters using supply/demand economics,” said Mark de la Vergne, Chief of Mobility Innovation for the City of Detroit, in a press statement. “With this pilot program, we are now connected to a network of cities facing the same challenges and we can effectively work together to develop a new regulatory model that can be scaled nationally.”
