Author: Ken Pyle, Managing Editor
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Viodi View – 03/13/20
A silver lining from Coronavirus may be a resurgence in civic duty; doing things for the greater good not because one is forced to do so, but because it is the right thing to do. The famous words of President Kennedy, “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can…
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Go Fly with Those Magnificent People in Their Flying Machines
One could not help but think of the 1960s movie, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, after seeing the latest generation of personal flying vehicle prototypes at the GoFly Prize Fly Off at Silicon Valley’s Moffett Field. It is one thing to watch someone flying a personal, prototype vehicle in an online video, but…
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A Top 100 Airport Equivalent on 3-Acres – Vertiport of the Future
With a throughput of 4.8 million passengers, the vertiport modeled by Darrell Swanson, a consultant for Swanson Aviation, Ltd., would serve as many people on only a three-acre footprint as a traditional airport covering hundreds of acres. Of course, this isn’t an apples-to-apples comparison as, although both serve as an interface between terrestrial and sky-based…
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Viodi View – 02/25/20
Articles, videos, and webinars are great for imparting knowledge, but, a good conference creates connections and conversations that spark ideas and actions. Last week’s NCTC Winter Educational Conference, WEC20, was on target and may have even illuminated a missing link that ties together a communications and mobility network. More on that, in a future post.…
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Vehicle as a Service #CES2020
Canoo, a young start-up promises to revolutionize the way people use a car with a direct-to-consumer, subscription model for an all-electric, all-wheel drive, multipurpose vehicle. As revolutionary as their model is that they were able to go from concept to drivable prototype in less than a year, thanks to the computer-aided design, simulation, and test…
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Is This Mini-Mobility Solution Really a Packet Bus? #CES2020
A bus that dynamically changes size is one way to think about Kiwee’s two-person vehicles. These electric vehicles are designed to be coupled to improve throughput in denser areas and then go there own way to the less dense areas where there typically wouldn’t be bus coverage. From a rider perspective, the experience is similar…