Tag: public transit

  • Viodi View – 11/19/22

    Viodi View – 11/19/22

    If a human generation is 20 years, then, with this issue, the Viodi View now spans a generation. Of course, a technology generation is more like two or three years as evidenced by the technological advancements since the November 2002 Viodi View debut. It is difficult to remember the world of limited hard-drive storage, 400…

  • Viodi View – 05/19/20

    Viodi View – 05/19/20

    It was about a year ago at the SmartDrivingCar Summit when it hit me that Tesla could be considered a vehicle, energy, insurance, and communications company centered around mobility as a service. Then, at CES 2020, it became apparent that extending low-cost Internet to flying vehicles is going to be a necessity when advanced air…

  • The Future of the Public Roadways in Tweets

    The Future of the Public Roadways in Tweets

    Does public transit have a future and, if so, what is in the post-Covid-19 world? Those were a couple of the questions debated at the 2nd Zoom-Tank zoominar on May 18th, 2020. Like episode one, the questions and side dialogue both within the Zoom channel and the YouTube livestream provided interesting insight and questions to…

  • IoT to Improve Accessibility

    IoT to Improve Accessibility

    An open and crowd-sourced accessibility lab is how Joe Speed, CTO of ADLINK’s IoT Solutions and Technology group describes #AccessibleOlli. The commercial promise of this autonomous, low-speed (<25 MPH) electric mobility pod is to provide high-quality, on-demand transportation to all people, regardless of an individual’s ability. The #AccessibleOlli display at CES2018 was a culmination of…

  • #AccessibleOlli – A Living Laboratory  #CES2018

    #AccessibleOlli – A Living Laboratory #CES2018

    The old saying about walking a mile in one’s shoes to understand another person’s world echoes in comments made by Erich Manser, Accessibility Researcher at IBM. Manser is well suited for his role of understanding the requirements to improve accessibility, as he has been unable to drive for the past 15 years due to a gradual…

  • Autonomous Shuttles = Improved Mobility & More #CES2018

    Autonomous Shuttles = Improved Mobility & More #CES2018

    10 passengers and 11.5 miles per hour are the typical occupancy and speed of the public transit bus in the United States, according to Keolis’ EVP Market Innovation and Development, Andreas Mai.* With these statistics in mind, Mai points to the opportunity associated with autonomous technology to optimize bus size and frequency to meet actual demand.…