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INSTRUCTOR: Katherine Kortum, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE

Sponsored by ASCE Continuing Education and the Transportation and Development Institute (T&DI).

Purpose and Background

Have you been wondering about all of the shared mobility services available today? Carsharing, bikesharing, microtransit (such as Bridj or Chariot), and transportation network companies (such as Uber and Lyft) are expanding, sometimes at unbelievable rates, but what is the best way to deal with them? This webinar describes the services and how they operate, and it will also outline the issues that cities, counties, planning agencies, and regulators should consider both before and after the services come to town.

Primary Discussion Topics

• Shared mobility systems
• Transportation network companies
• Planning, policy, and regulatory issues, recommendations, and discussion

Learning Outcomes

• Identify the types of shared mobility services that exist today
• Discuss history, operations, and interactions they have with each other and with existing transportation networks
• Explain major issues that should be considered when planning for and regulating these services

Webinar Benefits

• Learn about the types of shared mobility services currently in existence
• Find out the history of taxis and how it shaped the current shared mobility world
• Understand the complexity of existing regulatory systems
• Discuss the potential positive and negative effects of new services on existing transportation systems
• Learn what other jurisdictions are doing to address public safety and equity concerns
• Consider potential synergies among both new and existing transportation systems
• Avoid over-regulating new services

Intended Audience

• Officials from jurisdictions making the decisions about whether to allow the new services, how to regulate them, and whether and how to incentivize them
• Any interested transportation professional who wants more information about how these services can and will interact with existing transportation networks and the effects they may have on service patterns, development, and future regulatory frameworks

Webinar Outline

• Descriptions of shared mobility systems
• Taxis
• Transportation network companies
• Carsharing
• Bikesharing
• Microtransit
• Planning, policy, and regulatory issues
• Effects of these services
• Insurance
• Equity issues
• Safety
• Labor issues
• Planning, policy, and regulatory recommendations and discussion