Sandcastle: Mobility Hubs Improve Access to Mobility, Address Climate Change

Josh had a good idea: "Development of mobility-as-a-service hubs in low income communities, perhaps with subsidized rentals of bike share, electric bikes, or other mobility tools?"

The Smart Oakland team had no problem escalating this comment to a post, as we are aware of a recent effort by a group of UC Berkeley graduate students that asked a similar question and then produced an excellent study, which was presented to the City last month.

To quote that study:  "Mobility hubs have the potential to address several notable deficiencies in Oakland’s present transportation system, including poor first- and last-mile access from many areas of the city to key bus and rail transit stations, and long travel times for public transit trips that do not utilize core high-frequency transit services."

The questions seems to be: How do "mobility hubs" fit into the smart city? Into a smart(er) Oakland? An adequate answer will need to speak directly to the US Department of Transportation's "vision elements" as well as Oakland's "values and priorities".

Can the 218 Consultants come to Josh's rescue?