With this paper, RMI hopes to (1) offer cities and other mobility and built environment stakeholders an experimentation toolkit that puts them in a position to more quickly unlock the full potential of new mobility in cities designed to shape and enable it, and (2) engage stakeholders in further codeveloping and exploring a concept for living, flexible, and collaborative experimentation sites we’re calling MOD Cities.

Key findings

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"The five elements of MOD Cities reflect the three experimentation enablers—metrics, flexibility, and collaboration—plus two elements related to people-orientation and ensuring integration with the communities and urban fabric at their edges."

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"Urban areas that are designed to shape and enable new mobility—by rethinking streets, parking, and more—can lower emissions, enhance health, and improve equity. "

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"Next steps that cities and other built environment and new mobility stakeholders can take reflect the experimentation enablers: metrics, flexibility, and collaboration, and are drawn from illustrative case studies such as those previously explored in this report."

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