Transportation Transformation: A Conference About the New Urban Mobility

The Third Transportation Revolution is here. The world’s urban mobility ecosystem has seen a shift reflecting new technologies, shared transportation systems, and rights-of-way usage (roads, “bike” lanes, sidewalks). Micro-Mobility (mini-EVs, bikes, e-scooters, e-skateboards, etc.) is a sea change that’s already here and needs to be addressed, as autonomous vehicles and flying “cars” are on the horizon.

The policy and design issues surrounding this new and growing type of personal mobility, be it personally owned electric skateboards, dock-less bikes, or shared electric scooters, are challenges which governments, businesses, advocacy groups, and regular citizens are all struggling to address.

This conference brings together thought leaders from government, industry, and user groups to explore the technological, policy, and physical infrastructure complications we must address as we jointly move into this New Urban Mobility future.

12:00-12:20: WELCOME

• Kent Larson, Director, City Science @ MIT Media Lab

12:20-12:50: KEYNOTE: How does micro-mobility incorporate new and emerging technologies? What are the implications and mathematical impacts of vehicle occupancy, pooling, congestion, sharing, multi-modal networks, etc.

• Assaf Biderman, Founder & CEO @ Superpedestrian; Associate Director @ MIT Senseable City Lab

1:00-2:15: PANEL DISCUSSION 1: Potential and current impact of emerging and existing technology-based micro-mobility such as scooters, micro-electric vehicles (MEVs), e-bikes, and one-wheels.

• Josh Westerhold, Senior Manager, Future Lab @ Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance
• Ivan Li Huang, Founder & CEO @ Bonzer
• Scott Mullen, Director of Northeast Expansion @ Lime
• Hannah Smith, Government Relations Manager @ Bird

2:30-3:45: PANEL DISCUSSION 2: Regional infrastructure and regulatory challenges such as data sharing, equity, land use and right of way, parking and charging, speed limits, and licensing, zoning, and permitting.

• Joe Barr, Director, Traffic, Parking, & Transportation @ City of Cambridge
• Oliver Bandte, Principal Data Scientist @ The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
• Eric Bourassa, Director of Transportation @ Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)
• Ryan Qi Wang, Associate Research Director @ Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI)

3:45-4:15: Q&A OF ALL SPEAKERS

4:15-5:00: CLOSING REMARKS & SHOWROOM EXHIBIT: Exhibit will have multiple devices on display including micro electric-vehicles, bike-shares, e-bikes, e-scooters, one-wheels, etc.

*Light snacks will be provided

Contact MGutierrez@CambridgeMA.gov with any questions.

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