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Enhance Regional Mobility

Goal 1: Explore Creative Alternative Transportation Opportunities
Objective 1: Promote Regional Connectivity
Project Performance Measure(s) Department(s)
ERM RAPID On-Demand Trips Completed Transportation
1.1.1 Autonomous Vehicle Pilot
Summary:
Estimated Actual
This item supports the Council's "Enhancing Regional Milestone Completion Completion
Mobility" priority by improving access within Arlington Execution of COG Fall 2023
while complementing the Arlington On-Demand Rideshare Funding
service. Expanded RAPID Service Spring 2024
Starts
The Arlington RAPID (Rideshare, Automation, and Service Completion Summer 2025
Payment Integration Demonstration) project combines Evaluation and Reporting Fall 2025
the City’s expertise with on-demand rideshare and AV Completion
testing to integrate a shared, dynamically routed Level 4
AV fleet into an existing public rideshare transit system.
Arlington On-Demand continues to provide the rideshare
service and May Mobility provides the AV technology and
fleet. Both the rideshare fleet and the AV fleet include a
wheelchair accessible vehicle, making this service more
widely accessible. In partnership with the University of
Texas at Arlington, the service operates in coordination
with UTA’s fare payment system, allowing students to ride
for a discounted rate. This project creates a one-stop-shop
for mobility needs in the service area concentrated
around UTA’s campus and Downtown, providing a
seamless trip planning, booking, and payment experience
across modes.

The City of Arlington funded the first year of service
through a competitive $1.7M grant from the Federal
Transit Administration. The North Central Texas Council of
Governments (NCTCOG) has provided additional funding,
to be available in summer 2023, in the amount of
$4,538,552, for the service to continue operations for two
additional years. May Mobility and Arlington On-Demand
Transportation, Inc. are absorbing most of the cost for gap
service until the NCTCOG funding is available. The City is
contributing $250,000 to fund the gap service. The project
will include analysis and evaluation of the service
outcomes and reporting on lessons learned.

A new vehicle type, a Toyota Sienna van designed for
ridesharing and autonomous services, was introduced to
st
the fleet in the 1 quarter of FY 2023. The new vehicle is
wheelchair accessible and can hold 4 passengers or 2
passengers and a wheelchair passenger. Additional Sienna
vans are expected to replace the remainder of the AV fleet
over the course of 2023.

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