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

在密尔沃基的中心城市和西北15英里处的一个大型郊区就业中心之间，一个长期存在的空间不匹配引起了人们的极大关注。传统的固定路线巴士服务已经实施，但被确定为效率低下，因此被停止。因此，劳动力（包括就业工人和积极寻找工作的失业工人）和雇主继续与空间不匹配作斗争。通过采用自下而上的根本不同的方法-专注于核心用户及其各自的需求，该CIVIC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（TNC）和微型交通（例如，通过），直接解决两类核心用户的流动性需求-劳动力和雇主。如果成功，这个项目将作为一个新的以用户为中心的模式，为其他美国大都市区与显着的空间mismatches.Initial PG活动将探讨战略，克服沟通和制度障碍，制定区域内的UCMS，并促进成功实施。在此阶段，研究团队将与劳动力发展组织和商业组织建立联系，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，并实现核心用户参与第二阶段试点计划的承诺。PG阶段的成果包括试点项目计划、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。试点项目的成功实施和评估将有助于确定（1）UCMS是否能够解决空间不匹配，以及（2）以劳动力为中心的战略还是以雇主为中心的战略更有效。本项目是为了响应A轨道-公民创新挑战赛-社区和流动性与NSF和能源部的合作。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为是值得的通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来提供支持。

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.