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Mobility Innovation Center 2024 Annual Report

Collaboration is the key to innovation

Innovation goes beyond technology or gadgets; it’s about the people who discover new ways to solve problems. When it comes to mobility, the challenges are significant and deeply felt by our communities.

2024 Seattle Commute Survey

Can you find happiness in a commute?

The Seattle Commute Survey explores what a satisfying post-pandemic commute looks like. Telework dropped by 8% compared to 2022 responses, and Seattle is seeing an uptick in drive-alone and mass-transit commutes.

Charging toward a zero-emission transit fleet

UW researchers explore using public-private partnerships to convert bus bases for electric-powered vehicle charging

Conversion of bus base facilities, the heart of transit operations, for electric vehicle charging is a large-scale project with many players and complex needs. One option for transit agencies working to shift to a zero-emission fleet is a public-private partnership model (P3), which defers upfront capital construction costs and has the potential to help agencies meet long-term sustainability and resiliency goals.

Keeping it on the Tracks

What can we learn from high-speed rail?

A team of UW researchers examined successful high-speed rail projects in Europe and Asia with the goal of gleaning insights to inform planning efforts to bring high-speed rail to the Cascadia region. The report involved more than 50 hours of interviews with industry experts and a review of the relevant literature.

Featured project

Electric mobility hubs (eMOB)

The Mobility Innovation Center is partnering with King County Metro, Sound Transit, and Seattle City Light to explore how electric mobility hubs could work in Seattle.

Latest announcements

April, 2025 | CoMotion | Project: Seattle Commute Study 2024 - 2025
Can you find happiness in a commute? Findings and trends from the 2024 Seattle Commute Survey

December, 2024 | CoMotion | Project: Electric mobility hubs (eMOB)
How electrified mobility hubs can supercharge the future

In the news

April, 2024 | American Society of Civil Engineers
How can P3s help transit fleets achieve zero emissions?

July, 2023 | South Seattle Emerald | Project: Researchers Investigate High-Speed Rail
Plans Develop for High-Speed Rail in the PNW

April, 2021 | AWS Public Sector Blog | Project: Virtual Coordination Center
Advice for transportation agencies and authorities seeking funding for innovation