Expression of Interest: 2025 Sandbox Competition-Mobility Hub Concept Development & Design |
As transportation options evolve, how people access the multitude of trip options expands. Our communities currently face the challenges and opportunities to influence mode choice through design. Mobility hubs serve as key locations for mode choice. Through introduction of mobility hubs, both engineers and planners have an opportunity to enhance the equality of access to new transportation modes and design resilience of the built environment for all users.
The 2025 sandbox competition focuses on mobility hub concept development and design. The competition includes applying a variety of strategic, programmatic, and tactical solutions to improve the resilience of all users in a typical urban (or suburban) setting. The mobility hub general concept should address the following elements:
- Increase the number of transportation options available to the community
- Encourage environmentally and financially sustainable access and mobility
- Prioritize people through design
- Ease of transfer between modes
- Flexible and scaled to the surrounding environment
Problem Statement:
Professional teams and student teams will have different locations.
Professional teams and student teams will have different locations.
- Professional Teams: The 2025 Sandbox Competition will provide each professional team two locations. Each team will develop a concept plan and design for one (1) mobility hub. Professional teams will be asked to demonstrate the transferability of the design to both locations.
- Student Teams: The 2025 Sandbox Competition will provide each student team design a mobility hub for their respective campuses.
All teams will be tasked with providing a design that serves the surrounding locations. The design should incorporate the suitable transportation solutions/options, and demonstrate how they serve users to benefit mobility, equality and environmental sustainability. Both student and professional teams shall compile the above into a technical memorandum with renderings and a concept plan.
Types of Transportation modes that should be considered include:
Types of Transportation modes that should be considered include:
- Transit
- Freight (delivery / first last mile)
- Biking / Bike Share
- Pick up / drop off
- TNC
- Pedestrian / Walking
- Parking
- Micromobility Devices
- Mobility as a Service
- Wayfinding
- Public space / amenities
Timeline for the 2025 Competition
- November 22, 2024-Expressions of interest close
- January 1-March 31, 2025—Project work done
- April 1 all entries are due by midnight in the Open Water Portal
- End of April, two team finalists in both the professional and student categories will be selected
- Annual Meeting in Orlando—final competition to determine the winners in both the student and professional categories.
Deadline for Expressions of Interest is November 22, 2024.