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Some Innovative New Thinking and Some Big Impacts – #InnovationandImpact

What was the bigger announcement? That the Valley Transit Authority is looking at how they transform the organization to become a mobility manager or that they are looking at autonomous buses in rights-of-way they own, instead of fixed rail solutions. These were just a few of the may insights from ProspectSV’s Innovation and Impact Symposium, held on May 31st, 2018 at San Jose’ City Hall.

ProspectSV CEO Ruth Cox touches upon some of the highlights of this day-long forum and exhibition in the above interview. She reflects upon some of the comments from San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and VTA’s CIO, Gary Miskell regarding some of the changes in thinking at Silicon Valley’s public transit agency.

Author’s Note:

It is heartening to see VTA looking at how they might decouple ownership of assets (e.g. buses) from its goals of ensuring mobility for all citizens of the County. It is also encouraging that they are looking at the practicality of putting an electric bus on train tracks, reducing the cost of electrification, as well as allowing for smaller-size, self-powered and, potentially, autonomous train cars that could provide needed frequency during off-peak times (see this article for an earlier reference to this idea http://viodi.com/2017/11/07/an-electrifying-people-mover-part-2/).

Author Ken Pyle, Managing Editor

By Ken Pyle, Managing Editor

Ken Pyle is Marketing Director for the Broadband Forum. The mission of this 25+-year-old non-profit “is to unlock the potential for new markets and profitable revenue growth by leveraging new technologies and standards in the home, intelligent small business, and multi-user infrastructure of the broadband network.”

He is also co-founder of Viodi, LLC and Managing Editor of the Viodi View, a publication focused on the rural broadband ecosystem, autonomous vehicles, and electric aviation. He has edited and produced numerous multimedia projects for NTCA, US Telecom and Viodi. Pyle is the producer of Viodi’s Local Content Workshop, the Video Production Crash Course at NAB, as well as ViodiTV. He has been intimately involved in Viodi’s consulting projects and has created processes for clients to use for their PPV and VOD operations, as well authored reports on the independent telco market.

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