Meet the Winning Teams

Through eight Paradox Prize pilots, the Fund and its partners are supporting a range of solutions to address worker mobility challenges across multiple geographies and sectors. Operating across seven counties, the pilots have so far enabled more than 600 residents to connect to jobs or access employment opportunities that were previously unavailable to them due to lack of transportation. 

The funded ideas are, among other things, improving the effectiveness of transportation agencies, testing new fixed routes or first-mile/last-mile solutions that align to workforce needs; expanding on-demand vanpool services in rural communities; integrating transportation into workforce development programming; enabling employer-designed solutions to improve attraction and retention; and supporting community-based solutions that leverage existing assets and improve job access.

The pilot teams you’re about to meet are more than just winners of The Paradox Prize:

They are trailblazers, forming uncommon partnerships to address a common problem and putting their resources together to try something new. We hope their solutions inspire others to create a region where affordable, accessible and efficient mobility options abound.