Smart Columbus – Mitigating Last Mile Challenges

Andy Wolpert, PE City of Columbus, Smart Columbus Deputy Program Manager Columbus, Smart Columbus Mission

To demonstrate how an intelligent transportation system and equitable access to transportation can have positive impacts on every day challenges faced by cities. Smart Columbus Program Connected Electric Autonomous Vehicle

Purpose: • Connecting the community to jobs and services • Community centers • Opportunity centers • Food sources • Support services • Smart Mobility Hubs • Improving safety and mobility of travelers by mitigating First Mile/Last Mile challenges • Validate and ensure equitable and accessible options • Encouraging transit - Grow COTA ridership Connected Electric Autonomous Vehicle

Purpose: • Establish a common data exchange interface • Establish a set of procurement guidelines • Develop a set of AV operational testing and evaluation guidelines to benchmark AVs • Develop a methodology for evaluating the operational safety • Summarize lessons learned Connected Electric Autonomous Vehicle

• Access to 2 Smart Mobility Hubs • Transit Center • St. Stephen’s • Access to Services • FMLM Connection • Fills Transit Gap Smart Mobility Hubs

Existing Transportation Challenges: • Limited FMLM transportation options available at transit facilities • Lack of centralized FMLM transfer zones • Lack of amenities offering trip planning and seamless transfer to multimodal transportation options • Trips are not being optimized for ride-sharing, including microtransit • Unbanked users and users without smart phones are excluded from FMLM travel options Smart Mobility Hubs

• SMH Locations • Columbus State Community College • Linden Transit Center • St. Stephen’s Community House • Columbus Public Library – Linden Branch • Northern Lights Transit Center • Easton Transit Center Smart Mobility Hubs

Solution: Multimodal Trip Planning Application (Pivot)

Vision • The future of transit is multimodal and on- demand • A shift away from personally-owned vehicles • A solution that uses both public and private entities • As the regional public transit provider, COTA is the ultimate owner • A way to plan, book and pay for your trip in one application! Multimodal Trip Planning Application (Pivot)

Participating Mobility Providers PIVOT Multimodal Trip Planning Application (Pivot)

Available Features • Nearby Ride Options for Bus, Scooter, and Bike • Live Transit Alerts • Plan trip with bus, scooter, bike, walk, taxi and carpool options • Sophisticated Navigation with Turn by Turn Instructions Multimodal Trip Planning Application (Pivot)

Open Trip Planner Enhancements • Additional modes • Mixed-mode trip options • Cross-comparison options • More controls for city administration • More flexibility for existing mode options Multimodal Trip Planning Application (Pivot)

Data • Blockchain Hyperledger recording trip plans and trip history. • Trip plan is created by comparing past, current, and predicted traffic data from ODOT INRIX. • Using machine learning, the trip options will include data from trip history to make the navigation better as more users plan with Pivot. • Trip data can be extracted by mode (car, walk, bus, scooter, etc.) for future analysis and mobility Multimodal Trip Planning Application (Pivot) Mobility Metrics

Using Open Source, Shared Streets to standardize and generalize data