SCC-CIVIC-PG Track A: User-Centered Mobility Solutions (UCMS): A New Vision to Connect Jobs and the Labor Force

在中部城市密尔沃基以非裔美国人为主的社区与西北15英里的一个大型郊区就业中心之间，长期存在的空间不匹配问题受到了极大的关注。传统的固定路线巴士服务得以实施，但被确定为效率低下，因此被叫停。因此，劳动力(包括积极寻找工作的就业人员和失业人员)和用人单位继续与空间错配作斗争。通过采用一种根本不同的方法，即自下而上专注于核心用户及其各自的需求，公民规划补助金(PG)将开发两个以用户为中心的移动解决方案(UCMS)试点计划，该计划整合了新的移动技术，包括运输网络公司(TNCs)和微运输(例如VIA)，以直接满足两类核心用户-劳动力和雇主-的移动需求。如果成功，该项目将为其他空间错配严重的美国大都市地区提供一个以用户为中心的新模式。最初的PG活动将探索克服沟通和制度障碍的战略，以制定区域内的UCMS并促进成功实施。在这一阶段，研究团队将与劳动力发展组织和业务组织联系，招募和吸引核心用户，识别和解决障碍，与核心用户共同选择替代移动服务，并实现核心用户对参与第二阶段试点计划的承诺。PG阶段的成果包括试点计划、公众参与计划和评估框架。第二阶段将实施试点计划，并比较以劳动力为中心的流动解决方案和以雇主为中心的流动解决方案在解决空间不匹配问题方面的有效性。试点计划的成功实施和评估将有助于确定(1)UCMS是否可以解决空间不匹配问题，以及(2)以劳动力为中心的战略或以雇主为中心的战略效果更好。该项目是对与NSF和能源部合作的A轨道-公民创新挑战-社区和流动性的回应。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

A long-standing spatial mismatch has received significant attention between predominantly African American neighborhoods in the central city of Milwaukee and a large suburban employment center 15 miles northwest. Conventional fixed-route bus services were implemented but determined to be inefficient, so they were discontinued. Thus, the labor force (including employed workers and unemployed workers who are actively looking for jobs) and employers continue to struggle with the spatial mismatch. By adopting a fundamentally different approach that is bottom-up—focusing on the core users and their respective needs, this CIVIC Planning Grant (PG) will develop two pilot programs of User-Centered Mobility Solutions (UCMS), which integrate new mobility technologies, including transport network companies (TNCs) and micro-transit (e.g., Via), to directly address mobility needs of two types of core users—the labor force and employers. If successful, this project will serve as a new user-centered model for other U.S. metropolitan areas with significant spatial mismatches.Initial PG activities will explore strategies that overcome communication and institutional barriers to formulate intra-region UCMS and to facilitate successful implementation. During this stage, the research team will connect with workforce development organizations and business organizations to recruit and engage core users, identify and address barriers, jointly select alternative mobility services with core users, and achieve commitment from core users to participate in the Stage 2 pilot programs. PG stage outcomes include the pilot program plan, public involvement plan, and evaluation framework. Stage 2 will implement the pilot programs and compare the effectiveness of the labor force-centered and the employer-centered mobility solutions at addressing the spatial mismatch problem. Successful implementation and evaluation of the pilot programs will help to determine (1) whether UCMS can solve spatial mismatch, and (2) whether a labor force-centered or employer-centered strategy works better.This project is in response to Track A – CIVIC Innovation Challenge - Communities and Mobility a collaboration with NSF and the Department of Energy.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.