Mark Seeger, Founder & Co-CEO, Glydways joined Grayson Brulte on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss how a mesh network of private, on-demand autonomous pods can solve global urban congestion at a fraction of the cost of traditional transit.

While today’s narrative currently centers around robotaxis, the real breakthrough may come from rethinking the physics and economics of mass transit through disaggregation. Instead of relying on infrastructure-steered legacy rail systems that lose money on every ride, Glydways has developed an autonomous pod system that utilizes lightweight, pedestrian-grade infrastructure at roughly 10% of the cost of light rail. In other words, replacing a $2 billion-per-mile problem with a $20 million-per-mile solution.

Episode Chapters

0:00 Founding Glydways

7:10 Economic Impact of Glydways

12:24 Incumbent Lobbyists 

15:30 Foreign Markets 

18:54 Glydways Infrastructure 

26:43 Trust & Safety 

35:14 Glydways Network

46:09 Glydways Cost Comparison 

49:38 Future of Glydways

Recorded on Tuesday, November 18, 2025

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