Very complicated technology is not always the answer. If you’ve been to Santa Monica, San Diego, Dallas or Miami in the last few years you’ll have seen Circuit’s distinctive electric shuttles ferrying people up and down the main drags in those cities and towns. Circuit provides 100% electric local shuttle services offering a great way to reduce cars on the streets. They’re also mostly a free service... What’s not to like about that? Find out more about Circuit’s story in this week's Fast Forward Podcast where we are joined by their Co-Founder and CEO Alex Esposito. Listen in!

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Find out more about Circuit: https://www.ridecircuit.com/

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Learn more about our upcoming CoMotion MIAMI gathering this Spring: https://www.comotionmiami.com/register

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Interested in finding out about solutions for lower densitity cities to join the bike revolution? Join our upcoming webinar, January 25th. Sign-up here:

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In this discussion with Eve Air Mobility’s SVP of Business Development, David Rottblatt, we deep delve into eVTOLs and how the public and private sectors are preparing the world for a new and revolutionary mode of transport. CoMotion’s John Rossant, analyzes the latest advances in this space, the need for a new infrastructure, and its deployment.

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Prepare yourself for 2032 with the most important insights. Read our Urban Mobility Year in Review.

https://comotionnews.com/2022/12/16/2022-urban-mobility-year-in-review/

The massive expansion of LA Metro’s network, the new political leadership in Los Angeles, the LA Olympics in 2028… These are some of the important issues that CoMotion's John Rossant has the chance to discuss with LA Metro’s CEO, Stephanie Wiggins on this week's FastForward Podcast. Learn more about the challenges LA Metro will have to overcome in the next few years as it knits together one of the country’s largest and most jurisdictionally complex counties.

This week, CoMotion's John Rossant is joined by Blue Systems CEO Christophe Arnaud to discuss his mission to empower cities to achieve their urban mobility goals for the benefit of residents and visitors. Blue Systems provides smart mobility and smart city software solutions to cities and private companies across the globe. Find out more about Blue Systems' work on this week’s podcast.

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Find out more about Blue Systems: https://www.bluesystems.io/

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Interested in joining our flagship CoMotion LA gathering in November? Early-bird passes are available until October 17: comotionla.com/register

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We invite you to apply to the LA New Mobility Challenge. Our partner, the UK Government, is delighted to announce a new prize for the overall LANMC winner. The UK’s Department for International Trade will host the finalist on a bespoke mobility innovation tour. The tour will include visits to London, the Midlands, and beyond, meeting with key partners, stakeholders, R&D centres and government officials. The hosted tour will be an excellent opportunity to engage with the diverse and engaged UK mobility ecosystem. All hotel accommodations and UK travel are included. Apply now! https://comotionla.com/la-new-mobility-challenge-2022

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Watch the latest CoMotion LIVE webinar E-Mobility with French Savoir-Faire supported by Choose Paris Region, 10.05.22: https://comotionnews.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_H8z1K7IXRGqO7uYxHWVwwQ

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On this week’s episode of CoMotion’s Fast Forward podcast, our host, John Rossant, sits down with Charles Territo, Chief Growth Officer of Hayden AI. Hayden AI is pioneering smart traffic enforcement with its mobile platform to increase the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of municipal fleet vehicles. Rossant and Territo discuss the latest announcements of the company: their partnership with Conduent, their new contract with the MTA for Automated Bus Lane Enforcement camera systems, and more. Tune in!

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Find out more about Hayden AI: https://www.hayden.ai/

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Watch the latest CoMotion LIVE webinar Mobility in Extreme Heat, https://comotionnews.com/2022/08/31/mobility-in-extreme-weather/

Register for our upcoming webinar E-Mobility with French Savoir-Faire supported by Choose Paris Region, 10.05.22: https://comotionnews.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_H8z1K7IXRGqO7uYxHWVwwQ

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John Rossant interviews Brendan Jones, President of Blink Charging. The company is making it easier for drivers to charge their electric vehicles and is now focused on expanding their services. In this discussion, Rossant and Jones chat about Blink’s business model, their international roll out, and latest acquisitions. “Let’s change the world one charge at a time,” says Brendan Jones. Listen in and learn more about how Blink is helping shape the new perspective of fueling vehicles.

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Find out more about Blink Charging: https://blinkcharging.com/

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Watch the latest CoMotion LIVE webinar supported by Transloc, University Transit: Reliable Mobility for Students. https://comotionnews.com/2022/08/17/comotion-live-08-24-university-transit-reliable-mobility-for-students/

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John Rossant is joined by REGENT CEO and Co-Founder, Billy Thalheimer, to discuss the future of coastal travel. Cutting-edge technology is propelling the maritime sector toward being a fast and environmentally responsive way of transportation. Thalheimer talks about REGENT’s sea glider as the world’s first viable commercial solution to all-electric coastal transportation.

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Find out more about REGENT: https://www.regentcraft.com/

Watch Billy Thalheimer’s Keynote from CoMotion MIAMI ’22: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1c9h0ZOcvs

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This live presentation of CoMotion’s signature podcast focuses on Vancouver as an ideal ecosystem to catalyze major breakthroughs in next-gen mobility: a dynamic mix of established and emerging industries in transportation and clean technology, some of the world’s leading research universities, and a diverse and highly-skilled workforce.

Greg and Julia sign off for 2021, but not before discussing President Biden’s most recent executive order on sustainability, where micromobility meets crypto, and “the dark side of 15-minute delivery.” Greg’s joined by Motional’s Holger Caesar to discuss the latest release open source training data, which cities might someday use to design a driving test for AVs. That’s a wrap!

Show Notes:

1. President Biden Signs Executive Order Catalyzing America’s Clean Energy Economy Through Federal Sustainability (WhiteHouse.gov) https://www.whitehouse.gov/

2. E-Bike Sales Could Get Big Push From Build Back Better Act (Bloomberg)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-04/-900-e-bike-tax-credit-possible-in-build-back-better

3. The case for building a micromobility DAO (Josh Squire)

https://medium.com/@josh_94206/the-case-for-building-a-micromobility-dao-to-encourage-and-support-the-use-of-micromobility-16407ac4e1

4. The Dark Side of 15-Minute Delivery (Bloomberg CityLab)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-07/what-instant-delivery-services-could-do-to-cities

5. Motional’s nuPlan Dataset Will Advance AV Planning Research (Motional)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-07/what-instant-delivery-services-could-do-to-cities

Greg & Julia open this season’s penultimate episode with a wide-ranging discussion of energy markets, infrastructure spending, Transport for London in trouble, and the running controversy over cities collecting data from transit and micromobility trips. Greg is then joined by Lacuna CEO Hugh Martin to discuss his open source approach to building software for cities, respond to critics of this public-private approach, and speculate on where cities’ digital twins might collide with the corporate Metaverse. Don’t forget to send Greg & Julia questions for their end-of-season mailbag: [email protected].

Show notes:

1. Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Bill Overview of Highway Provisions (US DOT Federal Highway Administration) https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bipartisan-infrastructure-law/docs/bil_overview_20211122.pdf

2. Tumult in the energy markets (The Gregor Letter — subscription required)https://gregor.substack.com/p/tumult?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0MTYyMTEsInBvc3RfaWQiOjQzMDE2MzU2LCJfIjoiTEFadi8iLCJpYXQiOjE2Mzg4MDYyOTUsImV4cCI6MTYzODgwOTg5NSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTM2NzIiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.4BY8OPDbRRn3tUtXQHFWlODRSfwzaU0EajrD1Zh4DIc

3. Breaking up GM and Ford (Datatrek Research) https://www.datatrekresearch.com/breaking-up-gm-and-ford/

4. Boston’s new mayor promise free public transit. Can she make it happen? (Grist)https://grist.org/transportation/michelle-wu-boston-free-public-transit/

5. Scooter rides have turned into a data privacy issue for cities (Bloomberg CityLab)https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-10/scooter-rides-have-turned-into-a-data-privacy-fight-with-austin-u-s-cities