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At TRB 2024 we sat down with Renee Autumn Ray, Senior Director at Hayden AI, to unpack one of the most discussed (but perhaps the least meaningfully understood) topics in transportation: artificial intelligence. 

Renee gives us the highlights of her recent Eno Center of Transportation report, Understanding AI & Transportation, and goes deeper into some practical applications of AI in the industry. She also shares what she’s been up to at Hayden AI, how they’re using next-generation technology to help transit agencies in the U.S. (and now Europe!) deploy more effective enforcement operations, and what other use cases they’ve got in the works. 

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In this episode, we ushered in the new year by getting together at TRB's 2024 meeting (a.k.a. the greatest transportation show on earth) and introducing our newest host, Sam Roxas. 

Sam dove right in by sharing her transportation story, starting with her grandmother, who instilled the importance of walkable cities and their ability to create community and resilience for historically underserved communities. We're excited to bring Sam's experience in local government, insights on next-generation technology, and West Coast energy to the pod, so please join us in giving her a warm welcome! 

Looking at the year ahead, we each shared what policies, programs, people, and places we’ll be watching in 2024. We had plenty of thoughts on IIJA implementation, the mysticism and curiosity swirling around AI, and our collective responsibility to take a more holistic, interdisciplinary approach to this big-bang moment in transportation.  What will you be focused on this year? 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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"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.

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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.

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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: @MobilityPodcast

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#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.

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