Innovative Mobility

CALSTART’s Innovative Mobility Initiative focuses on leveraging emerging transportation technologies and operating models to make the lightest-footprint modes competitive with traditional means of moving goods and people. The initiative takes a whole-system approach to design transportation networks that reduce the number of miles needed to access resources and opportunities, and shift trips to efficient, zero-emission modes.  

FOCUS AREAS

Personal Mobility

PERSONAL MOBILITY

Last-Mile Delivery

LAST-MILE DELIVERY

School Mobility

SCHOOL MOBILITY

PERSONAL MOBILITY

Putting the power of new mobility in the hands of communities, especially those historically and currently underserved by traditional transportation systems.

CMO

Clean Mobility Options

A California-based public program that empowers under-resourced communities across California to better understand and overcome mobility obstacles with funding for community needs assessments and clean, shared, zero-emission transportation projects.

E-BIKES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

A community-driven e-bike incentive program serving economically disadvantaged individuals.

CAPITAL REGION MOBILITY HUBS

A demonstration project developing transit-supportive mobility hubs in New York State’s Capital Region.

 

ELATE

Enhancing Life with Automated Transportation for Everyone

Pilot deployments of Next Generation, purpose-built Accessible Automated Electric Vehicles (AAVEs) to improve transit operations and increase access for seniors, students, and individuals with limited personal mobility.

EZFARE

THE GATEWAY

An innovative, regional transit fare payment system targeted to significantly benefit the unbanked, underbanked, low income, disadvantaged, disabled, elderly, student and other underserved populations, linking more than ten transit agencies across Ohio and Kentucky.

 
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LAST-MILE DELIVERY

Reducing the impact of goods movement through innovative curb management strategies and right-sized vehicles.

Delivery Fleet 1.0

Emissions Estimation Tool

Delivery First/Last-Mile

An interactive software tool that calculates the benefits and operational considerations of switching to zero-emission first/last-mile delivery vehicles. 

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Beyond the Curb

International Study

Going Beyond the Curb

An international study of available technologies and best-practice local policies to reduce emissions through strategic curb management.

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Beyond the Curb NYC

Case Study

Beyond the Curb NYC

A case study of opportunities for delivery innovation in New York City.

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SCHOOL MOBILITY

Complementing school bus electrification with multimodal mobility options and partnering with educational institutions as community anchors.

Clean Mobility in Schools

San Diego Unified School District

CALSTART is providing administrative support and technical assistance to SDUSD to deploy a variety of clean mobility solutions serving Lincoln High School and 14 nearby elementary and middle schools.

Program elements include 13 battery electric school buses and charging infrastructure, an e-bike lending library, energy storage, battery electric passenger vehicles for car sharing and van pooling for school purposes.

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Electric School Bus Network

National and Regional Working Groups

Interested in learning more about school bus electrification?

CALSTART’s Electric School Bus Network accelerates nationwide school bus fleet electrification through peer-to-peer networking and dialogue-driven working group meetings.

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