Introductory presentation for September 20, 2021 Rural and Small Urban Mobility Innovations Workshop hosted by NADO Research Foundation, Montana State University Western Transportation Institute, and National Rural Transit Assistance Program (National RTAP). .

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Rural and Small Urban Mobility Innovations
Virtual Workshop
September 20, 2 p.m. ET
Welcome! While we wait to begin, please introduce yourself
in the chat box: Your name, organization/company, and the
region or community where you live or work now.

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About the project
• Technical assistance provided by:
– National Association of Development Organizations Research
Foundation
– Western Transportation Institute
– National Rural Transit Assistance Program

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Workshop Welcome
This workshop was supported through a cooperative agreement with the USDA Rural Development. USDA is
an equal opportunity provider.

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Today’s agenda
• Welcome
• Setting the Stage: Rural Mobility Introduction and Coordination
• Rural and Small Metro Mobility Examples
• Small Community Case Study
• Microtransit
• Free Mobility Resources
• Breakout Group Discussions
• Report Out and Wrap Up

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Why Mobility Innovation
• “Transportation is at the heart of everything.”
• Many of the case studies and resources developed around
innovative approaches to mobility are focused on larger
urban places
• Rural mobility partners all have distinct local contexts but
some also shared challenges and potential solutions
• Interesting experiments are happening in rural and small
urban places!
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Setting the Stage: Rural Mobility Introduction
and Coordination
• David Kack, Executive Director, Western Transportation
Institute
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Rural Mobility Examples
• Karalyn Clouser, Research Associate, Western
Transportation Institute
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Rural Mobility Case Study
• Natalie Villwock-Witte, Assistant Research
Professor/Research Engineer, Western Transportation
Institute
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Microtransit
• Andrea Hamre, Research Associate, Western
Transportation Institute
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Free Resources from National RTAP
• Cara Marcus, Resource Center Manager, National RTAP
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Breakout Group Discussions:
Transportation Opportunities
• Active transportation, Facilitators: Natalie Villwock-Witte,
Karalyn Clouser
• Public transportation & microtransit, Facilitators: David
Kack, Karalyn Clouser
• How to access National RTAP Resources, Facilitator: Cara
Marcus
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Additional Resources

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Stay Connected
Visit us online:
www.NADO.org | www.RuralTransportation.org
https://westerntransportationinstitute.org
https://www.nationalrtap.org/home
Next workshop: September 22, 1 p.m. ET:
Transportation Management Associations
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