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City of Pittsburgh Launches Guaranteed Basic Mobility Research Pilot Program

The City of Pittsburgh Department of Mobility and Infrastructure (DOMI) is excited to launch a first-of-its-kind Guaranteed Basic Mobility (GBM) pilot program. The objective of the GBM pilot is to help alleviate the strain of transportation costs and potentially increase access to employment options, with the ultimate goal of improving the financial quality of life for the participants.

Providing affordable and reliable transportation is considered one of the main factors that enables upward socioeconomic mobility. DOMI is working in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University and the Manchester Citizens Corporation to identify 50 eligible participants who will receive free access to the full array of Move PGH’s shared mobility and transportation options. Those offerings include public transit, Spin scooters, POGOH bikes, and Zipcar. Other participants will receive monetary compensation for participating in the research project.

Read more about this project here.