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That's Rad

The Data Battle

Mobility Trends at CES 2020

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Couldn't make it to CES 2020 this year? Fortunately, Marc Amblard, Founder & Managing Director of Orsay Consulting could and while there, he transversed 45 km over three days to report on the event's hottest mobility trends. Read on for an exclusive, inside scoop on what's next in innovation for the world's leading OEMs, suppliers and major tech companies. Spoiler alert: the future is looking very autonomous, connected and electric both on the ground ... and in the air!

How to Sustainably Scale an Urban Shared Mobility Ecosystem

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As shared mobility continues to transform the mobility sector as a whole, there's one key element which will ultimately make or break it's promising future: data. Public and private operators find themselves at odds as to what to do with this valuable asset and so Scott Shepard, Chief Business Officer of Iomob Technology Services explores best practices in data collection and usage and how they can be turned into effective policies.

The Latest From Autonomy & the Urban Mobility Company

Calling all startups in the UMWeekly Community

Apply today to be nominated for the Le Monde-Cities Award!

Autonomy's CEO Ross Douglas has been selected to be a part of the Le Monde Cities Urban Innovation Awards 2020 selection committee and has been asked to nominate cutting-edge projects for this prestigious award. The competition seeks to present the best solutions from around the world that are aimed at addressing the major challenges cities are seeing today such as Global Warming, Social Inclusion, Citizen Engagement and Resilience. As we are proud to count a number of innovative startups as a part of this community, we've decided to turn things over to you. For the chance to have Ross submit your name into the running for the Le Monde Cities Award, you only need to fill out a short form (found at the button below) explaining why you believe your project deserve a nomination.

Read about last year's winners here (in French).

You have until 13 February to apply. Best of luck and we can't wait to read your submissions!

I want to be nominated for a Le Monde Cities Award!

In the News

Active mobility

A car-free future? How UK cities are moving towards a pedestrian age
(Independent)

Data & digital

Mathematicians have solved traffic jams, and they’re begging cities to listen
(Fast Company)

Electrification

McKinsey EV Survey: 400 new EVs globally by 2025 but consumer demand still unknown
(Elektrek)

Shared mobility

Bird gobbles up another rival scooter startup, this time in Europe
(The Verge)

Autonomous vehicles

Uber’s self-driving cars are a key to its path to profitability
(CNBC)

Climate Change
Deep Decarbonization: A Realistic Way Forward on Climate Change
(Yale Environment 360)

The Urban Mobility Job Board

HERE is hiring for the following positions:

Director Industry Marketing - Transportation & Logistics (Berlin, Germany)

Senior Communications Manager (Berlin, Germany)

Pony is looking for an IOT Engineer (Paris, Bordeaux or Angers, France)

Dott is searching for a Recruiter - Technology + Product (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

CHECK OUT OUR JOB BOARD >>>

Want to post a job? Click here!

Events We Support

MaaS-A-Con

11 - 12 March 2020
San Francisco, California

Mobility as a Service is revolutionizing how we move from ‘A to Anywhere.’ MaaS America is pleased to announce MaaS-A-Con), it's inaugural event taking place March 11-12, 2020 in San Francisco, California. MaaS-A-Con brings together leading minds in mobility to assess the collective impact of MaaS on our transport ecosystems, and to identify the policy, planning, funding, data and technology challenges we must solve to develop the MaaS frameworks best able to improve access and deliver shared mobility services we are willing to pay for.

Connect with your mobility-mined peers. Learn about important developments across this sector. Take part in the creation of solutions!

Click here to learn more and to register

For any questions about MaaS America or MaaS-A-Con, please contact connect@maasamerica.org.

Other Events in our Calendar:

21 March: Smart Cities and Mobility Forum (Sophia, Bulgaria)
23 - 24 April: Sesame Summit (Paris, France)

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