Shared Mobility Inc

One week ago today we attended the ribbon cutting for Project MOVER E-bikeshare in the Village of Ossining, NY. Thank you to our project partners, Cityfi, Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Drop Mobility, and NYSERDA for a successful launch. More #electricmicromobility to come soon across the Hudson Valley! Check out the reporting on News 12 Hudson Valley to learn more about the bikeshare launch. https://lnkd.in/eAAFhFBA

The NYSERDA team recently visited The Village of Ossining for the launch of a new e-bikeshare program! The Project MOVER pilot program, operated by EIT InnoEnergy and Drop Mobility in partnership with Shared Mobility Inc and others, will provide 50 e-bikes for residents and visitors, with a goal to expand to 300 e-bikes throughout the Village of Ossining and several surrounding areas in Westchester County. NYSERDA provided funding through the New York Clean Transportation Prizes.

Join us at New York Bicycling Coalition's NY Bike Summit in Albany next week. SMI staff Stephen Bratspis and Tyler Madell will be speaking about e-bike purchase incentive programs and battery safety education. Folks can read about Tyler's research on equitable e-bike access on our blog #ebikes #equity https://lnkd.in/edYXquhC

Thank you, Indego and Bicycle Transit Systems, for providing our Reddy Bikeshare and CDPHP Cycle Teams a vibrant source of transportation while in Philadelphia for the North American Bikeshare & Scootershare Association Conference. And thank you for inviting us and other bikeshare operators for a tour of your operations workshop!

Congratulations to our very own Rebecca Reilly for joining a panel discussion at this week's North American Bikeshare & Scootershare Association Conference to discuss best practices of servicing small and large micro-mobility fleets. Reilly joined the Reddy Team in 2023 as a Climate Justice Fellow with NYSERDA. She was joined on the panel by practitioners from ROAM Share (which operates Heartland Bike Share in Omaha and two other networks in Nebraska), Software company Qucit, e-bike parts manufacturer R2Energy, Bicycle Transit Systems, and Shift Transit.

Next week starts the North American Bikeshare & Scootershare Association Conference in Philadelphia, and we're excited that Rebecca Reilly of our Reddy Bikeshare team will be speaking at it! Rebecca joined us last year as a Climate Justice Fellow with New York State Energy Research And Development Authority (NYSERDA). She researched how bikeshare operations are conducted in different cities and countries and tested a lot of the strategies here in Buffalo & Niagara Falls. She will be discussing her findings at a panel discussion at the conference on Tuesday. Folks can read more about her research in the blog link below: https://lnkd.in/gDtQwF8J

E-bikes can provide transformational mobility access and independence for people reentering society after incarceration. We’re proud to partner with Tomorrow’s Neighbors in their Ride 2 Work program - giving people access to e-bikes for commuting to work, attending appointments, and reaching other essential destinations in #Carslile , PA. Kurt Danysh, Director of Tomorrow’s Neighbors said on the program, “It’s not just about getting from point A to point B – it’s about improving people’s lives holistically. The Ride 2 Work program helps people stay healthier, reduces stress, and makes their lives a little easier.” To learn more, read our blog post by Shane Paul - who managed this initiative on behalf of SMI. #EBikeLibraries #Equity #SharedMobility #CommunityImpact https://lnkd.in/ePqQRYnb

Exactly four months ago today, we installed the first universal wireless charging station for shared electric micromobility in the US to support the Capital District Transportation Authority’s CDPHP Cycle! (https://lnkd.in/dX8xWfJY) bikeshare system, in Amsterdam, NY. Since May 23rd 2023, re:Charge’s universal wireless charging solution has made Drop Mobility’s bikes accessible to more people in Amsterdam, NY, while helping Shared Mobility Inc bikeshare operations. After four full months of operation, the universal wireless system has not had any reliability issues, and we have been learning valuable lessons from this public deployment which we look forward to using when we work on larger deployments. This accomplishment would not be possible without the involvement and support of the following organizations: WiBotic, the provider of our wireless power transfer technology. Drop Mobility, the ebike provider for CDPHP Cycle!, who helped us retrofit their excellent ebikes to receive power wirelessly. Shared Mobility Inc, the operator of CDPHP Cycle!, who provided valuable insight into the impact of battery charging on bikeshare operations. The City of Amsterdam, NY (www.amsterdamny.gov) for hosting our charging station. The Capital District Transportation Authority (www.cdta.org), owner of the bikeshare system. Their leadership in integrating bikeshare into larger transit systems and their willingness to support efforts to make bikeshare better is remarkable. #micromobility #charging #ebikes #climatesolutions #bikeshare #equity

Ossining, NY—This summer marked the launch of an exciting new e-bikeshare program in the Village of Ossining, NY, operated by Drop Mobility in partnership with Shared Mobility Inc. As a pilot initiative, the program will provide 50 electric bikes (e-bikes) for residents and visitors of Ossining, with the goal to expand to 300 e-bikes throughout the Village of Ossining and several surrounding Rivertowns in Westchester County. The pilot phase, which will operate until late November 2024, aims to expand mobility options for the community and advance Ossining Village Mayor Rika Levin’s goal of becoming the greenest Village in the nation by increasing bike and transit trips and decreasing driving trips and carbon emissions while allowing the Village to learn and adjust as needs of riders may require. This program is part of Project MOVER, funding for which is provided by the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA) under the New York Clean Transportation Prizes program. The expansion communities included in the grant are the Town of Ossining and the Villages of @Croton-on-Hudson, Tarrytown, and Dobbs Ferry, and future phases in Ossining and beyond will include lease-to-own programs for working-class families, and the operation of “bike libraries” throughout the partnering communities. Bikes launched for community use on August 26th, with a formal ribbon cutting on Wednesday, October 9th. For more information about the pilot, visit projectmoverbikeshare.com. Businesses and community members interested in partnerships/sponsorship opportunities and bulk membership purchases should contact [email protected].

Program Director Tyler Madell and Program Manager Shane Paul presented on equitable transportation design to transportation engineers from across Upstate New York at the ITE—A Community of Transportation Professionals New York Upstate Section Annual Meeting today. They discussed the importance of e-bike libraries and e-bike rebate programs in improving mobility access to disadvantaged communities and lessons learned from SMI's implementation experience across the United States.