Transportation Innovation
Our district is a place of innovation, and we work with partners to utilize the area as a living laboratory to test new and emerging transportation services, technology, and programs focused on creating sustainable communities.
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Previous Research & Development Projects
2021
Electric Bikeshare Pilot
Lead: Shared Mobility, Inc.
Partners: BNMC; NYSERDA; NYSDOT
Launch of four e-bikeshare hubs, including on the medical campus, to assess operational needs and user behavior, including educational activities geared to users and municipalities interested in deploying these types of programs.
2019
University at Buffalo Automated Vehicle Pilot Program
Lead: University at Buffalo
Partners: BNMC; NYSERDA; NYSDOT
Deployment of automated shuttles and cars on UB’s North Campus, and creation of a feasibility study on how a shuttle system could work on the medical campus.
2019
Middle Main Smart Corridor Plan
Lead: BNMC
Partners: NYSERDA; NYSDOT; National Grid; City of Buffalo; GBNRTC; NITTEC
Development of recommendations to pilot smart infrastructure technologies to improve multi-modal traffic efficiency and safety as part of the Middle Main Street Reconstruction Project.
2017
GO Buffalo Niagara Expansion Plan
Lead: GBNRTC
Partners: BNMC; NYSERDA; NYSDOT; GOBike
Development of a business plan for the expansion of GO Buffalo Niagara into areas outside of the medical campus.
2016
Fruit Belt Neighborhood Parking Permit Study
Lead: BNMC
Partners: NYSERDA; NYSDOT, City of Buffalo; Fruit Belt Coalition
Development of active parking management recommendations to reduce on-street parking impacts in the adjacent Fruit Belt neighborhood, concluding with Buffalo’s first residential parking permit program.
2016
EV Carshare Pilot
Lead: Shared Mobility, Inc. (formerly Buffalo Carshare)
Partners: BNMC, NYSERDA; NYSDOT
Pilot of electric vehicle carsharing with hub on the medical campus to better understand energy efficiency opportunities, and management and operational needs and opportunities.
2014
Smart Card Integrated Transportation System Study
Lead: BNMC
Partners: NYSERDA; NYSDOT; NFTA; REDDY Bikeshare; GBNRTC; UB
Development of a feasibility study to provide users with one access card and one account management system that gives them access to and allows them to pay for a wide array of transportation services.
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Buffalo Bikeshare Pilot
Lead: Shared Mobility, Inc. (formerly Buffalo Carshare)
Partners: BNMC; UB; NYSERDA; NYSDOT
Development of nation’s first dockless bikesharing program, with a deployment focus on the medical campus. The program led to the creation of REDDY Bikeshare.
2013
GO BNMC Transportation Demand Management Pilot
Lead: BNMC
Major Partners: NYSERDA; NYSDOT, City of Buffalo, NFTA, GBNRTC
Establishment of a BNMC Transportation Management Association and implementation of TDM strategies to increase the use of alternative transportation options and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
2012
GO Buffalo Community Transportation Pilot
Lead: BNMC
Partners: US FTA; GObike; Shared Mobility Inc. (formerly Buffalo CarShare)
Deployment of transportation demand management strategies on and around the medical campus to improve access to alternative transportation options and career opportunities on the medical campus. Led to the creation of GO Buffalo Niagara.
2011
Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Deployment
Lead: BNMC
Partners: National Grid, AAA of WNY; US DOE
Installation of 21 EV charging stations on the medical campus, some of the first in the region.