Innovative Transit Projects Get Infusion of Federal Cash

The Federal Transit Administration provided some $14 million in innovation grants for 25 projects across the country as part of the Accelerating Innovative Mobility program.

Many of these projects aim to build improved digital systems that better integrate public transit with other transportation providers, develop trip-planning platforms or integrate fare payment systems across a number of mobility providers.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation was awarded $628,000 to develop a regional platform which will enable multimodal trip-planning and payment across a 13-county region in the southern part of the state.

“All shared mobility providers that serve the communities covered by the project will be invited to participate and be listed on the MaaS (Mobility-as-a-Service) platform,” said Christina Joyce, a spokesperson for the Minnesota Department of Transportation.