Jason Hanlin and Nathaniel Horadam from The Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) joined SAFE Greg and Pete at the 2020 TRB Annual Meeting for a wide-ranging discussion around buses and technology. In this episode we explored:-The rapid growth of bus electrification across the country-Why electric school buses are having their moment-Vehicle-to-grid applications for electric buses-The challenges for bus automation -The use case for bus teleoperation-And much, much more!Learn more about CTE here: https://cte.tv/Find Nathaniel Horadam on Twitter: @ NW_HoradamAnd, as always, you can also keep up with the Mobility Podcast on Twitter: @ MobilityPodcast, @ AVGregR, @ SharedMobilityS, @ 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

In our first recording with a live (and sometimes lively) studio audience, Sabrina Sussman from Zipcar at Transportation Camp DC 2020. Sabrina joined us for a discussion of how Zipcar, which is now celebrating its 20th anniversary, is bridging specific gaps in transportation and giving people an option beyond owning a car. Afterwards, we jumped into a great discussion with the audience about USDOT’s latest AV policy document (AV 4.0), land use, and the importance of community-focused transportation policies. A special thanks to David Jerrido and Michal Naka (@michalnaka) for their audience questions!Learn more about Zipcar at https://www.zipcar.com/ or follow @ZipCar and @SSussman on Twitter! And, as always, you can also keep up with the Mobility Podcast on Twitter: @MobilityPodcast, @AVGregR, @SharedMobilityS, @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 is a bomb cyclone? What is it like to track extreme weather? And how does this all play into transportation infrastructure and resilience? Matthew Cappucci from Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang joined Stantec Greg (Rodriguez) and SAFE Greg (Rogers) in October 2019 to answer these questions and more,Follow Matthew Cappucci on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatthewCappucciAnd, as always, you can also keep up with the Mobility Podcast on Twitter: @MobilityPodcast, @AVGregR, @SharedMobilityS, @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

The explosive growth of micromobility platforms has largely been enabled by Segway-Ninebot, which produce many of the shared electric scooters seen in cities today. At SAE’s Innovation in Mobility conference, Greg Rogers (SAFE Greg) sat down with Tony Ho, Vice President of Global Business Development for Segway-Ninebot, for a discussion of all things micromobility. In the years following the false-start of its namesake mobility device in the early 2000s, Segway expanded its offerings to include electric scooters – which primed the company to take advantage of the micromobility revolution in the past couple of years. SAFE Greg and Tony discussed efforts to make micromobility devices safer and more comfortable, future form factors that might emerge, and the federal/state/local policy implications for micromobility.Learn more about Segway-Ninebot here: https://store.segway.com/Follow Tony on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danthonyho And, as always, you can also keep up with the Mobility Podcast on Twitter: @MobilityPodcast, @AVGregR, @SharedMobilityS, @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

Jan Hellåker is the Chairman of Drive Sweden, an organization established by the Swedish government to advance technological solutions that will enable sustainable mobility. Through working with industry and the Swedish government, Drive Sweden hopes to accelerate the movement towards vehicle autonomy, connectivity, and sharing – as well as mobility-as-a-service (MaaS). In this episode, recorded at SAE’s Innovations in Mobility Conference, Greg Rogers (SAFE Greg) and Jan discuss Drive Sweden’s initiatives, the international landscape for AVs, and the importance of policy and consumer trust in advancing autonomy.Learn more about Drive Sweden here: https://www.drivesweden.net/en And, as always, you can also keep up with the Mobility Podcast on Twitter: @MobilityPodcast, @AVGregR, @SharedMobilityS, @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

Suburbia is not doomed, suggests Ellen Dunham-Jones – it’s just waiting to be redesigned, reimagined, and regreened to address the challenges and opportunities of the 21st Century. Ellen is a Professor at Georgia Tech in the School of Architecture and Director of the MS in Urban Design, where she researches suburban redesigns and interacts with localities seeking to revitalize suburban developments. In this fascinating episode, recorded at the SAE Innovations in Mobility Conference, we discuss case studies across the country where redesigning suburbia led to greater economic and social opportunities for residents.Learn more about Ellen’s work here: https://arch.gatech.edu/people/ellen-dunham-jonesAnd, as always, you can also keep up with the Mobility Podcast on our website - www.MobilityPodcast.com And follow us on Twitter: @MobilityPodcast, @AVGregR, @SharedMobilityS, @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

The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) has played a vital role in setting standards in the automotive and aerospace sectors. Now, in light of the rapid growth of the micromobility sector, SAE is working to develop standards for micromobility – and it all starts by creating a baseline of understanding by defining the different micromobility devices. Annie Chang, Head of New Mobility at SAE International, joined Greg Rogers at SAE’s Innovation in Mobility conference to discuss SAE’s upcoming J3163 document, which will help to define each type of device on the road today. Annie and Greg also discuss the Mobility Data Collaborative, Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS), and how to maximize the “delight factor” in transportation.Learn more about SAE’s micromobility work here: https://www.sae.org/micromobilityAnd, as always, you can also keep up with the Mobility Podcast on Twitter: @MobilityPodcast, @AVGregR, @SharedMobilityS, @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

How can we use technology to actually improve people's lives and make better use of our roads? Joanna Pinkerton, President & CEO of the Central Ohio Transportation Authority (COTA), joined Greg Rogers of SAFE at SAE's Innovations in Mobility conference in Michigan to explore these questions. In this wide-ranging interview, we discussed:-COTA's partnership with Via to provide an on-demand microtransit service called COTA Plus.-How COTA evaluates the potential benefits of smart city technologies.-The impact of Columbus winning the U.S. Smart City Challenge on the region's approach to transportation technologies.-How to approach projects like establishing bus-only lanes.-The importance of electrification to the future of transportation, and COTA's plans to incorporate electric buses in its fleet.-How to work with employers to encourage their employees to take public transit.-What she hopes to see in the next surface transportation reauthorization bill.Keep up with COTA on Twitter: @COTABusAnd learn more about COTA on their website: https://www.cota.com/And, as always, you can also keep up with the Mobility Podcast on Twitter: @MobilityPodcast, @AVGregR, @SharedMobilityS, @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

In recent years, the mobility space has been flooded with conferences chock-full of buzzwords and “thought leaders” – but SAE has launched a new conference, Innovations in Mobility, that they say will do something different. By bringing together the technical experts who are actually working on promising transportation technologies with the visionaries who are advancing them in business and policy, SAE hopes to build out a conference that is a mile wide, and a mile deep. Greg Rogers (SAFE Greg) is at Innovations in Mobility this week for a series of interviews with some of the expert speakers – he was joined by Dave Weil and Frank Bokulich of SAE International for a sneak peak of the conference and a discussion of how SAE is fostering new connections between professionals across the transportation sector.Keep up with the IIM conference this week (Oct. 29-31) on Twitter by following the hashtag #SAEIIM.Keep up with SAE on Twitter @SAEIntl or on their website: https://www.sae.org/And, as always, you can also keep up with the Mobility Podcast on Twitter: @MobilityPodcast, @AVGregR, @SharedMobilityS, @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

Electric buses have emerged as one of the hottest topics in U.S. transportation policy, with transit agencies across the country increasingly looking to electrification as an opportunity to increase the efficiency of their fleets while lowering operating costs. Ryan Popple, CEO of Proterra, joined Greg, Greg, and Pete for a wide-ranging discussion about all things electric buses. Ryan kicked off the discussion by sharing how his military background led to his interest in reducing oil dependence, as well as his passion for accelerating electric vehicle adoption. Throughout the episode, we explored some of the most interesting questions surrounding the electric bus sector:-What are the engineering challenges that make building an electric bus different from just building a bigger, longer electric car?-Why are the partnerships we’re seeing between EV companies and utilities so important?-In a completely hypothetical scenario, happens when the electrical grid is shut down in, say, the San Francisco Bay Area for several days?-What does Congress need to know about electric buses, and how can it help to accelerate their adoption?-How can transit agencies, cities, and states successfully adopt electric buses?Follow Proterra on Twitter at @Proterra_Inc.Learn more about Proterra and sign up for their distribution list on their website: https://www.proterra.com/And, as always, you can also keep up with the Mobility Podcast on Twitter: @MobilityPodcast, @AVGregR, @SharedMobilityS, @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