University of California Institute of Transportation Studies

At present day, there are little to no policies around the use and implementation of micro-mobility in many cities. At the national level, there are no specific guidelines that outline how micro-mobility parameters should be implemented in a city. The National Transportation Board has left it up to metropolitan districts to decide on how to gauge the decision to install micro-mobility systems in their cities. However, best practice guidelines have been identified by the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) and the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal HighwayAdministration (FHWA).The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) provides a Shared Mobility Primer as a practical guide for local governments and public agencies as they seek to implement emerging services or manage existing shared services. The FHWA suggests to public agencies that the government should be consulted in the process of integrating shared mobility. The government should play a role in considering health, safety, consumer protection, taxation, insurance, parking and rights of way, signage and advertising, multimodal integration, planning processes, data sharing, data privacy and standards, and accessibility (Shared Mobility Current Practices and Guiding Principles, n.d.).