Fast Forward

In this episode of CoMotion’s Fast Forward Podcast, host Nick Perloff-Giles dives into Portland's efforts in advancing sustainable delivery and smart curbs with PBOT's Jacob Sherman and Kristin Hull. They share insights on the challenges and lessons learned from implementing smart curbs, mapping curb usage, and partnering with private companies to “make the curb more productive”. The conversation explores the significant shift in urban delivery landscapes, emphasizing the importance of safety, climate goals, and equity.

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In the latest episode of CoMotion’s Fast Forward Podcast, Ray Sosa, Chief Planning Officer for LA Metro, sits down with our own Nick Perloff-Giles to talk about the billions the agency is investing to expand transit in the notoriously car-centric region. Ray, who has been working in LA transit for three decades, says the big shift is not just about the new rail lines and bus routes being built, it’s about a fundamental change in attitude where people are demanding more transit options.

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In this special episode of CoMotion's Podcast, John Rossant sits down with Andrew Glass Hastings, Executive Director of the Open Mobility Foundation, to discuss what's in store for both CoMotion LA and the OMF Summit - and by extension, what's in store for our cities, roads, skies, and waterways. Hear from them about the emerging landscape of curbside data, the challenges of scaling innovative aerial transit, and how autonomy might just disrupt everything.

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In the latest episode of CoMotion’s Fast Forward Podcast supported by the Monaco Hydrogen Alliance, John Rossant sits down with Taras Wankewycz, Founder & CEO, H3 Dynamics to discuss, the right range for a hybrid electric eVTOL, their EU-funded clean aviation project with Pipistrel exploring a new class of aviation-grade fuel cell systems, and solutions to hydrogen supply.

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In this week's episode of CoMotion's Fast Forward Podcast, Nick Perloff-Giles has an exclusive conversation with Marc Nichols, General Counsel at the Federal Aviation Administration, leading the “safest and most efficient airspace system in the world” that just announced $291 million of investments from the Inflation Reduction Act for projects that help achieve the goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from aviation by 2050. We look closely at the future of Advanced Air Mobility, regulatory challenges, the “cautious” insurance industry, 'Innovate 28', an inter-agency working group, and why you should engage communities in the planning process.

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What could Saudi Arabia's futuristic NEOM, the Brooklyn-Queens Tram Project and Toronto's public transit possibly have in common?

Meet 'Adam of Arabia' - Adam Giambrone, MBA, a senior transportation executive with decades of experience in providing innovative transit solutions who's threading the needle between legacy transit and the most forward-looking systems on the globe. Most recently, he was the Director of Urban & Regional Mobility and Head of the NEOM Road Department. Previously, he was the 'streetcar czar' of New York City, heading up an ambitious plan to connect Astoria all the way to Red Hook via streetcar.

Hear from Adam on what we can learn from building a system from the ground up, what's in store for NYCMTA following the collapse of congestion pricing, and how digitization is disrupting the century-old farebox.

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On this episode, Nick Perloff-Giles is joined by Tiya Gordon, Co-Founder & COO of itselectric, a company focused on redesigning and rethinking Level 2 charging in our cities. Hear from her about the challenges of conventional EV charging installation, opportunities for rethinking, and her thoughts on Tesla's recent news.

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On this episode, Nick Perloff-Giles is joined by Robin Hutcheson, the former Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at USDOT. In this discussion they explore the unique challenges still faced by truckers trying to manage the growing demands on the supply chain, how drayage is becoming more sustainable, and how everyone is getting their standing desks on time.

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On this special episode, recorded at CoMotion MIAMI '24, John Rossant is joined by Polly Trottenberg, Deputy Secretary of Transportation at the USDOT. Hear from her about the challenges and opportunities presented by the federal government’s landmark investments in clean transportation infrastructure, vehicle safety, and mobility equity, as well as insights from her own story on how to better integrate women into the transportation workforce.

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On this episode, John Rossant is joined by Nick Molden, Founder & CEO, Emissions Analytics, the leading independent global testing and data specialist for the scientific measurement of real-world emissions. Tune in to hear about the best route to decarbonization, electrification, particle pollution, tires, emissions data, and more.

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