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Fast Forward is a bi-weekly podcast covering the revolution in urban mobility. Hosted by urban researcher Nick Perloff-Giles, each episode features a guest on the front lines of the transformation in ... more
FAQs about Fast Forward:How many episodes does Fast Forward have?The podcast currently has 170 episodes available.
December 02, 2019Rethinking Real Estate - Greg Lindsay chats with Dror PolegEpisode 53. Greg Lindsay chats with Dror Poleg, author of Rethinking Real Estate, about the intersection of mobility and real estate. As autonomous vehicles, drones, and delivery bots become better integrated into our daily lives, the face of real estate will begin to change. As technology advances, the value of real estate assets will fluctuate in new and interesting ways....more37minPlay
November 25, 2019Could Micromobility Be The Solution To India's Congestion Woes?Greg Lindsay chats with Aayushi Jain, Director of Policy and Government Partnerships at Bounce. Bounce is a Bangalore-based startup that operates an electric scooter sharing enterprise. These aren't your Birds and Limes — these are full mopeds that can cover the first mile/last mile of your multimodal transit trip, or be your main mode of transport to/from work or school. Bounce aims to seriously improve India's devastating traffic congestion....more30minPlay
November 11, 2019Partnering for a Smarter City - Greg Lindsay chats with Eran Shir and John PeñuelasEpisode 51. Greg Lindsay chats with Nexar Co-Founder and CEO Eran Shir and RTC Senior Director of Engineering John Peñuelas about how Nexar’s pilot in Las Vegas is a successful example of how the public and private sector can collaborate to increase road safety. Thanks to Nexar's City Stream, a connected network of smart dash cameras which can identify road hazards, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada is able to better understand and manage the city's traffic, especially around construction zones. Greg, John and Eran chat about the pilot's expansion and issues surrounding privacy and the advent of autonomous vehicles....more35minPlay
November 11, 2019A.I. Optimized Fleet Scheduling - Greg Lindsay chats with Roni FlomanEpisode 50. Greg Lindsay chats with Roni Floman, the VP of Marketing at Optibus, an Israel-based startup that is using A.I. to build optimized scheduling software for creating the most efficient paths for fixed-route bus services. Greg and Roni dive into how Optibus is working to revolutionize public transit by using advanced computer technology to create better bus schedules to help cities, commuters, and bus drivers to better do their jobs, and get where they're going. Optibus hopes to use optimization algorithms and A.I. to create new solutions for current scheduling inefficiencies....more33minPlay
November 04, 2019Big Dreams for Micro-Transit - Greg Lindsay chats with Andrei GreenawaltEpisode 48. Greg Lindsay chats with Andrei Greenawalt, Head of Public Policy at Via, about how shared, on-demand micro-transit can get people out of the private vehicle. Andrei explains how Via is working with nearly 100 cities and transit agencies to provide optimized and equitable first/last mile mobility solutions. Greg and Andrei discuss Via's numerous deployments, from its recently launched shared autonomous on-demand service in Irvine, CA to its partnership with New York City's yellow school bus fleet....more34minPlay
November 04, 2019Decarbonizing Transport, UK Style - Greg Lindsay chats with Richard BruceEpisode 49. Greg Lindsay chats with Richard Bruce, Director of Energy, Technology and Innovation at the UK's Department for Transport, about how all the simultaneous changes happening in the mobility ecosystem can be leveraged to deliver basic environmental improvements. Richard Bruce outlines the UK’s key strategies for the future of urban mobility and highlights the necessity of modernizing the regulatory framework in order to better embrace new modes of transportation....more32minPlay
October 28, 2019What Went Wrong, Nashville? - Greg Lindsay chats with Erin Hafkenschiel and Zak AccuardiEpisode 47. Greg Lindsay chats with Vanderbilt University's Executive Director for Mobility, Erin Hafkenschiel and NRDC Transportation Technical Advisor Zak Accuardi, about the Athens of the South's "Let's Move Nashville" mass transit plan failure. Erin, Greg and Zak look into the political issues that led voters to reject the local referendum and draw valuable lessons for public officials wishing to overcome anti-transit forces....more41minPlay
October 21, 2019The Metropolitan Technology Aggregator - Greg Lindsay chats with Natalia QuinteroEpisode 46. Greg Lindsay chats with Natalia Quintero, Transit Tech Lab's Program Director, about bringing in the most innovative and cutting-edge technology startups to remake New York's public transit. The Transit Tech Lab is a public-private initiative between the city's Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Partnership for New York City. Natalia Quintero believes in finding innovative software solutions from all over the world, that can be responsive to the public transit needs of all New Yorkers....more33minPlay
October 14, 2019Even-Handed Two-Wheeled Transit - Greg Lindsay chats with Yuan ShiEpisode 45. Greg Lindsay chats with Yuan Shi, Global Solution Leader for New Mobility at Arcadis, about working with cities to bring about equitable micromobility first/last mile solutions. From Minneapolis to Paris, Yuan Shi believes local governments should learn from past successes and failures to implement micromobility regulations....more31minPlay
October 07, 2019The Agnostic Fleet Maestro - Greg Lindsay chats with Tony PinoEpisode 44. Greg Lindsay chats with Tony Pino, Bestmile's head of sales for North America, about ways to optimize fleet management. Tony Pino explains why Bestmile's modular-based fleet orchestration platform can adapt to any driving mode or vehicle brand. Greg and Tony chat about the future of autonomy and how city regulation will come into play....more31minPlay
FAQs about Fast Forward:How many episodes does Fast Forward have?The podcast currently has 170 episodes available.