Mobility

The AARP Ride@50+ website.

New partnership offers free rides to vaccines, low-cost rides to essential trips in Washtenaw County

Toyota Motor North America and the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation have partnered with the AARP to offer a new one-stop platform to find and book rides to essential services.

Latest in Mobility
A footpath on Huron Street by the eastbound I-94 exit.
Long-awaited pedestrian pathway over I-94 in Ypsilanti to begin construction in 2022

The project will establish a paved, shared-use pathway along a heavily traveled intersection.

A graphic showing A2Tech360's 2020 events.
A2Tech360 event goes virtual to offer new connections to local tech companies and jobs

Organizer Ann Arbor SPARK and participating companies felt it was more important than ever to talk about job opportunities and how businesses are dealing with challenges due to the pandemic. 

A partial map of AAATA's new service changes.
AAATA restores some bus services, braces for COVID-19’s ongoing impact

The Ann Arbor Area Transit Authority recently announced more changes to its routes, representing a shift from 20% of its usual service to 60%. But it's also anticipating changes in funding at the state level.

Initial findings from Ann Arbor’s Lower Town study highlight sidewalk gaps, bike infrastructure

A public meeting tonight will reveal some of the 24-month-long mobility study's key findings.

A Refraction AI REV-1 robot makes a delivery.
Ann Arbor companies specializing in autonomous delivery robots scale up during pandemic

The combination of consumer caution, desire for contactless service, and social distancing mandates has been highly beneficial for two Ann Arbor startups whose driverless robots deliver food, groceries, and medicine.

The June 22 groundbreaking ceremony for the B2B Trail in Frog Island Park.
B2B Trail breaks ground in Frog Island Park, with other improvements planned in Ypsi area

A groundbreaking ceremony on June 22 launched one of several improvements planned over the next two years for Washtenaw County's Border to Border Trail in Ypsi and Ypsi Township.

Representatives of Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels, Michigan Ability Partners, and Saline Area Social Service pick up their new vehicles.
Toyota donates four vehicles to help county nonprofits expand services during pandemic and beyond

COVID-19 has drastically increased demand for many Washtenaw County nonprofits' supportive services. Here's how four of them are using donated vehicles from Toyota to meet that demand in new ways.

Katelyn Coberley, Bia Hamed, and Paulette Avolio work at Eastern Michigan University's Sill Hall.
Michigan’s cybersecurity leaders are pursuing a “culture change” for diversity in their field

The booming mobility sector has a huge and growing need for cybersecurity talent – but the people who currently work in that field still overwhelmingly tend to be white men. However, several local initiatives are paving the way to eliminate barriers and attract more women and people of color to rewarding cybersecurity careers.  

One of the connected vehicles used in the Ann Arbor Connected Vehicle Test Environment.
Ann Arbor’s record-breaking connected vehicle deployment is shaping the future of infrastructure

Many Ann Arborites don't realize that the largest real-world deployment of connected vehicle technology anywhere in the world is right in their backyard. 

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