02/06/2021 | Urban Mobility Weekly, Opinions, Blog
By Scott Shepard is VP Global Public Sector with Iomob From the day I was born, my life has been shaped by the automobile. You see, I was born and raised in Los Angeles. Regardless of the tired cliches, it is true, LA is a dominant car culture and that translates into...
20/05/2021 | Urban Mobility Weekly, Opinions, Blog
By Max Gruenig, Senior Policy Advisor at E3G and Co-founder, POCACITO If we mean business with our pledge to keep global temperature increase below dangerous levels, then we have no time to lose to take action. Despite good intentions, global greenhouse gas emissions...
19/05/2021 | Urban Mobility Weekly, Opinions, Blog
By Augustin Friedel, Smart Mobility Expert Moving closer to operational setups across the world, here is the latest update of the global Autonomous Driving Network, showcasing most of the disclosed partnerships, collaborations and investments on the path to autonomous...
13/05/2021 | Urban Mobility Weekly, Opinions, Blog
by Julien Chamussy, CEO of fluctuo With a year of pandemic restrictions now elapsed, mobility providers in Europe are taking stock of how rolling curfews, travel restrictions and lockdowns have impacted their businesses. Shared mobility operators are no different. But...
12/05/2021 | Urban Mobility Weekly, Opinions, Blog
By Romain Erny, Director of Mobility at Choose Paris Region Today, the growth potential of the bicycle industry in Paris Region is significant. The reasons for this strong growth are primarily due to the fact that environmental issues are now among the top three...
06/05/2021 | Urban Mobility Weekly, Opinions, Blog
By Rob McInerney, CEO of the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) Every day, road crashes kill over 3,600 people across the world. 56 people are left quadriplegic, 161 are rendered amputees, 932 suffer severe acquired brain injuries and 20,865 suffer limb...
05/05/2021 | Urban Mobility Weekly, Opinions, Blog
By Alex Gmelin, CPO at INVERS The auto industry faces serious challenges with digitization and electrification, and has for sure its fair share of controversies, but, when it comes to manufacturing, there’s no denying that auto OEMs have attained a near-perfect level...
21/04/2021 | Urban Mobility Weekly, Opinions, Blog
By Augustin Friedel, Smart Mobility Expert After multiple ups and downs in recent years, the concept of shared micro mobility is in its third iteration cycle. The idea of offering shared micro mobility vehicles started with shared station-based bikes in multiple...
25/03/2021 | Urban Mobility Weekly, Opinions, Blog
By Scott Shepard, VP of Global Public Sector at Iomob Much has been written and debated recently regarding the benefit of common data standards and specifications in shared mobility and public transport. It has been claimed that by simply opening up a platform or...
