From Pilot to Permanent: Evaluating and Scaling Transportation Projects
Increasingly, public agencies are employing transportation-related pilot projects to test innovative ideas before fully committing to their implementation. Pilots have the potential to encourage transformative action in government settings at both the local and regional levels. In recent years, pilots have allowed agencies to integrate new technologies and services like micromobility, microtransit, and automated vehicles. Pilots have also been used to test policies such as fare-free transit and smart pricing for parking meters, as well as infrastructure changes like traffic-calming measures and bus-only lanes.
This study investigates the various factors, motivations, and decisions related to pilot projects, in support of larger efforts of SCAG to fund and manage transportation pilots alongside their member agencies.
