United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration
Doi
Abstract
This report presents the results of an independent evaluation of the Los Angeles County and Puget Sound First and Last Mile Partnership with Via demonstration, part of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox program. The demonstration, a joint pilot project in Los Angeles County and the Puget Sound region, executed an on-demand service in partnership with Via providing first- and last-mile access to transit stations within the Los Angeles and Seattle metropolitan regions. Upon launch, customers were able to request subsidized Via rides to or from the participating transit stations within specified zones and times of the day. The Los County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro), King County Metro, Sound Transit, and Via (an on-demand transportation network company or TNC) worked together to develop and deploy two analogous pilot projects designed to test the viability of public-private partnerships to deliver access to and from core lines within the public transit networks. Three zones were selected in the Los Angeles region, and five zones were selected in the Puget Sound region. The evaluation of this MOD Sandbox project included 13 hypotheses that explored a number of potential impacts from the project, including mobility, accessibility, public transit ridership, fuel consumption, safety, costs, and lessons learned
