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The use of scooters, bicycles, e-bikes, and other forms of micromobility has accelerated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, urban congestion, and parking restrictions. Some transit agencies provide or subsidize micromobility to bridge the gap between transit stops and destinations beyond a comfortable walking distance. While bikes and scooters are not new, micromobility has only recently been used in public transit.

TCRP Legal Research Digest 61: Transit Agencies Providing or Subsidizing Innovative Micromobility Projects: Legal Issues, from TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program, presents practices for transit agencies to consider when implementing shared-use micromobility systems to provide and support public transit, including accessibility, safety, regulation, jurisdiction, service quality, theft, insurance, liability, security, tracking, licensing, permitting, franchising, billing, maintenance, environmental justice, and compliance with civil rights laws. It also provides examples of cities regulating bike and scooter share programs and transit agencies participating in such programs.

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Transit Agencies Providing or Subsidizing Innovative Micromobility Projects: Legal Issues. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/27870.

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48 pages |  8.5 x 11 |  Paperback
ISBN: 978-0-309-70987-3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/27870

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