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Project Mover (Phase 2)

Project MOVER received a Phase One award package from NYSERDA of up to $200,000, including a $100,000 planning grant for further proposal development, up to $50,000 in funding for community partners, and up to $50,000 in in-kind support from technical experts. The Phase Two process allowed Clean Transportation Prize finalists to compete for a final grand prize. Project MOVER submitted within the Electric Mobility Challenge for a chance to win up to $7 million to bring new community-serving electric mobility options to the Village of Ossining and four nearby communities.

Interfaith Council for Action (IFCA), Neighbors Link, Hudson Link, and Open Door Family Medical Center played a huge role in the Phase Two process. Local community organizations worked with the Project MOVER team as community partners to provide insight into local needs, concerns, and opportunities and help broaden their ability to as many people in the Village. Community members had the opportunity to share feedback with the Project MOVER planning team:

  • Multiple virtual and in-person events to provide feedback on the grant application details and program design
  • Online- and paper-based survey to solicit opinions from those who were unable to attend the events
  • Community partners engaged with their respective constituents in a series of conversations to discuss mobility issues, concerns about e-bikes, e-bike acceptance, and more.

This community feedback shaped the final Phase Two application for Project MOVER, including the addition of a bike library program component.

If Project MOVER wins one of the grand prizes, these same community partners, plus additional community group(s) will conduct many similar activities in the Town of Ossining and Villages of Croton-on-Hudson, Tarrytown, and Dobbs Ferry throughout the grant period. The Village of Ossining will be the first community in which Project MOVER will be implemented, volunteering to be the proof-of-concept deployment for the rest of the rivertowns and New York State.

The implementation of Project MOVER will occur in stages, beginning with a pilot launch in the Village of Ossining and proceeding to launch in the expansion communities participating in the Electric Micromobility Incubator. This later launch must follow a planning and program design effort in each community.