AV wonks from around the world converged on San Francisco last week for TRB ARTS – the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Automated Road Transportation Symposium (ARTS). This ARTS was one for the books.We were thrilled to partner with TRB ARTS again this year to interview representatives from government, industry, and academia about the state of the AV industry, and what’s next. In this meta-interview, Greg Rodriguez seeks treatment for his ARTS FOMO in an interview with Greg Rogers about the big themes of the conference, his ride in a Cruise AV, and the fantastic interviews we’ll be rolling out in the next couple of weeks. GET YOUR MoPod SWAG! If you’d like your very own Mobility Podcast stickers, send an email to mobilitypodcast@gmail.com with your mailing address and we’ll be happy to send them to you! Resources:NYU Principles for Autonomous Urbanism Report: https://wagner.nyu.edu/impact/research/publications/principles-for-autonomous-urbanism See the February 2020 House Energy & Commerce Committee hearing mentioned by Greg Rodriguez here: https://energycommerce.house.gov/events/autonomous-vehicles-promises-and-challenges-of-evolving-automotive-technologies As always, you can follow us on Twitter: @MobilityPodcast, @MoveGreg, @Pete_Gould, @SmarterTranspo.Keep up with us on LinkedIn: The Mobility Podcast Greg Rogers Greg Rodriguez Pete Gould Samantha Roxas Or find us on Twitter: The Mobility Podcast @MobilityPodcast Greg Rogers @MoveGreg Pete Gould @Pete_Gould Greg Rodriguez @SmarterTranspo Samantha Roxas @SamanthaRoxas

Transportation, climate resilience, and public health are deeply intertwined — and understanding the connection between them is essential for building thriving, livable communities in the 21st Century. At TRB 2023, Greg Rogers sat down with Carlos Cruz-Casas, the Chief Innovation Officer at Miami-Dade County’s Department of Transportation and Public Works. Carlos and Greg covered a wide range of topics, including:• Opportunities to encourage mode shift through right-sizing transit and offering a wider range of mobility options.• Why climate resilience and heat adaptation are essential for building multimodal options and achieving Vision Zero goals. (Featuring a discussion of Miami’s indoor bus stop with A/C!)• Why Miami-Dade County appointed the first Chief Heat Officer for an American city.• How to build local support and have the political courage to push for change.________Links and ResourcesFind Carlos on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/c3miami Twitter: https://twitter.com/c3miami Miami-Dade County’s website: https://www.miamidade.gov/global/home.page As always, you can follow us on Twitter: @MobilityPodcast, @MoveGreg, @Pete_Gould, @SmarterTranspo.Keep up with us on LinkedIn: The Mobility Podcast Greg Rogers Greg Rodriguez Pete Gould Samantha Roxas Or find us on Twitter: The Mobility Podcast @MobilityPodcast Greg Rogers @MoveGreg Pete Gould @Pete_Gould Greg Rodriguez @SmarterTranspo Samantha Roxas @SamanthaRoxas

A new record: Avery Ash made Mobility Podcast history with his third appearance on the show! Avery, who was the Head of Global Public Policy and Product Strategy for INRIX (at the time of this recording), appeared alongside Niti Anand, Head of Strategy and Business Development at GM Future Roads, to discuss Safety View, a new collaboration between their companies. Safety View is intended to provide granular, actionable insights to help government decision-makers understand transportation challenges on the ground. In this episode, Greg Rogers and Pete Gould speak with Avery and Niti about:- How granular data can support transportation decision-making;- USDOT’s Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program; and- How INRIX is leveraging GM’s vehicle-level data to help inform local governments’ initiatives to address safety, emissions, and equity. Learn more about Safety View here: https://inrix.com/products/safety-view-by-gm-future-roads-and-inrix/ Find Avery on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/averyaash/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/averyaash Find Niti on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harnit-anand/ As always, you can follow us on Twitter: @MobilityPodcast, @MoveGreg, @Pete_Gould, @SmarterTranspo.Keep up with us on LinkedIn: The Mobility Podcast Greg Rogers Greg Rodriguez Pete Gould Samantha Roxas Or find us on Twitter: The Mobility Podcast @MobilityPodcast Greg Rogers @MoveGreg Pete Gould @Pete_Gould Greg Rodriguez @SmarterTranspo Samantha Roxas @SamanthaRoxas

Minnesota’s Autonomous Rural Transit Initiative, goMARTI, is a unique community-led partnership to bring autonomous shuttles to Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Greg Rodriguez and Greg Rogers sat down with Tammy Meehan Russell and Justin Johnson at TRB Annual Meeting 2023 to explore how they worked with the Grand Rapids community to introduce an autonomous shuttle service powered by May Mobility. In this episode, you’ll hear Tammy and Justin share the secret sauce for deploying autonomous transit service alongside a community. The ingredients: a willing partner on the ground, community that wanted a new solution, university engagement, a tech partner willing to invest in a community—and, of course, a theme song written by the local driving instructor!Find more information about Plum Catalyst on their website: https://www.theplumcatalyst.com/ Read more about goMARTI: https://www.gomarti.com/ Find the theme song on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6Rlwm1qffhvva2fCQigSUs And YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QQbnxLZXCM Tammy Meehan Russell Twitter: https://twitter.com/tammymeehan2 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tammymeehan/ Justin Johnson, Director of Technology, Plum CatalystLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinmarkjohnson/ Follow the Transportation Research Board on Twitter at @NASEMTRB and see highlights from this year’s annual meeting by searching for the #TRBAM hashtag on LinkedIn and Twitter.As always, you can follow us on Twitter: @MobilityPodcast, @MoveGreg, @Pete_Gould, @SmarterTranspo.Keep up with us on LinkedIn: The Mobility Podcast Greg Rogers Greg Rodriguez Pete Gould Samantha Roxas Or find us on Twitter: The Mobility Podcast @MobilityPodcast Greg Rogers @MoveGreg Pete Gould @Pete_Gould Greg Rodriguez @SmarterTranspo Samantha Roxas @SamanthaRoxas

"What's your transportation story?" became our new favorite question to ask our guests after this interview with Kristin White. Kristin is the COO of ITS America, the former Executive Director of Minnesota DOT's CAVx program, and a passionate advocate for improving mobility outcomes for all. She joined the Gregs Rodriguez and Rogers at the TRB Annual Meeting to discuss how we can seize this transformative moment in transportation policy, the opportunity for the federal government to lead with a national vision for transportation technology, and facilitating better connections between researchers, government, and innovators.Follow Kristin on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinrwhite/Follow TRB on Twitter at @NASEMTRB and see highlights from the annual meeting by following the #TRBAM hashtag on LinkedIn and Twitter.As always, you can follow us on Twitter: @MobilityPodcast, @MoveGreg, @SmarterTranspo, @Pete_Gould.Keep up with us on LinkedIn: The Mobility Podcast Greg Rogers Greg Rodriguez Pete Gould Samantha Roxas Or find us on Twitter: The Mobility Podcast @MobilityPodcast Greg Rogers @MoveGreg Pete Gould @Pete_Gould Greg Rodriguez @SmarterTranspo Samantha Roxas @SamanthaRoxas

In this special TRB Week episode we interview Neil Pedersen and Victoria Sheehan, the past and present Executive Directors of the Transportation Research Board. Neil discussed his experience of leading TRB for the past several years amid a period of tremendous technological change, and Victoria shared her goals for continuing to build on TRB’s reputation for authoritative transportation research and elevating diverse voices in the sector. We also discuss the importance of volunteers to the work of TRB—so if you’re here this week, there are a lot of great tips on how to get involved!Follow TRB on Twitter at @NASEMTRB and follow the hashtag #TRBAM to keep up with all the happenings at the annual meeting this week.We hope to see many of you around at TRB this week! As always, you can follow us on Twitter: @MobilityPodcast, @MoveGreg, @Pete_Gould, and @SmarterTranspo.Keep up with us on LinkedIn: The Mobility Podcast Greg Rogers Greg Rodriguez Pete Gould Samantha Roxas Or find us on Twitter: The Mobility Podcast @MobilityPodcast Greg Rogers @MoveGreg Pete Gould @Pete_Gould Greg Rodriguez @SmarterTranspo Samantha Roxas @SamanthaRoxas

We're back, just in time for TRB Annual Meeting! Greg, Greg, and Pete reunite after a "gap year" of focusing on work and family to explore what's next in transportation policy and technology. Stay tuned for many more episodes to come after the TRB Annual Meeting, and be sure to say hi if you'll be around Transportation Camp DC or TRB!Follow us on Twitter: @MobilityPodcastKeep up with us on LinkedIn: The Mobility Podcast Greg Rogers Greg Rodriguez Pete Gould Samantha Roxas Or find us on Twitter: The Mobility Podcast @MobilityPodcast Greg Rogers @MoveGreg Pete Gould @Pete_Gould Greg Rodriguez @SmarterTranspo Samantha Roxas @SamanthaRoxas

#077: Laura Chace, President & CEO, ITS AmericaLast month Greg Rogers and Pete Gould sat down with Laura Chace, the new CEO of ITS America, at the ITS America Annual Meeting in Charlotte, NC. We discuss the need to focus on the opportunity to center new technologies around human outcomes, the importance of convening the public and private sector to work together on deploying new innovations, and implementation of the infrastructure bill (IIJA, or BIF) that President Biden signed into law in 2021. You can learn more about ITS America’s work at: https://itsa.org/And follow ITSA on Twitter: @ITS_ AmericaAs always, you can keep up with the Mobility Podcast on Twitter: @MobilityPodcast, @AVGregR, @Pete_Gould, @SmarterTranspo.Keep up with us on LinkedIn: The Mobility Podcast Greg Rogers Greg Rodriguez Pete Gould Samantha Roxas Or find us on Twitter: The Mobility Podcast @MobilityPodcast Greg Rogers @MoveGreg Pete Gould @Pete_Gould Greg Rodriguez @SmarterTranspo Samantha Roxas @SamanthaRoxas

After taking a summer break, we returned to celebrate our fourth anniversary of The Mobility Podcast and discuss the hottest topic in Washington today – the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework (or whatever you'd like to call it). Please note: this episode was recorded in early September before Congress returned and conducted markups, but covers key issues around electrification, transit, and transportation funding that remain relevant.As always, you can keep up with the Mobility Podcast on Twitter: @MobilityPodcast, @AVGregR, @Pete_Gould, @SmarterTranspo.Keep up with us on LinkedIn: The Mobility Podcast Greg Rogers Greg Rodriguez Pete Gould Samantha Roxas Or find us on Twitter: The Mobility Podcast @MobilityPodcast Greg Rogers @MoveGreg Pete Gould @Pete_Gould Greg Rodriguez @SmarterTranspo Samantha Roxas @SamanthaRoxas

We're honored to welcome U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth to the podcast to discuss a bipartisan bill she recently introduced, the All Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP) Act of 2021. The ASAP Act would establish a federal grant program to support legacy transit and commuter rail authorities to upgrade existing stations to meet or exceed accessibility standards under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).Learn more about the ASAP Act here: https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-brown-and-casey-introduce-legislation-to-make-public-transit-more-accessibleYou can follow Sen. Duckworth's work on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SenDuckworthAs always, you can keep up with the Mobility Podcast on Twitter: @MobilityPodcast, @AVGregR, @Pete_Gould, @SmarterTranspo.Keep up with us on LinkedIn: The Mobility Podcast Greg Rogers Greg Rodriguez Pete Gould Samantha Roxas Or find us on Twitter: The Mobility Podcast @MobilityPodcast Greg Rogers @MoveGreg Pete Gould @Pete_Gould Greg Rodriguez @SmarterTranspo Samantha Roxas @SamanthaRoxas