Tag: public transportation

  • Get Paid to Ride #CES2022

    Through its back-end software, Israeli-based Enroute enables local retailers to deliver a shopping experience within a mobility service (e.g. rideshare, bus, train, or other public transit). In practice, this means that the retailer could subsidize or even pay for the ride. In the above interview, Enroute co-founder/CEO Aviv Frenkel provides an overview of the offering.…

  • The Virtual Transportation Network – Some Snippets from  the AVS 16 Symposium

    The Virtual Transportation Network – Some Snippets from the AVS 16 Symposium

    The challenges of tomorrow are evident by walking a few heartbreaking blocks of the streets of San Francisco. On the same boulevard where famous tech companies reside, there are often people living on sidewalks who are suffering; suffering from drug addiction, mental health issues and/or the high cost of housing. The resulting externalities mar one of the…

  • Viodi View – 06/21/16

    Viodi View – 06/21/16

    Despite the proliferation of over the top video services, consumers still want the convenience of traditional TV. This was a recurring theme of last week’s broadbandTV event in Nashville.  Another implication of this increasingly on demand world, will be a continued growth in bandwidth and will mean the role of regional fiber networks and caching represented…

  • Picking the Swiftest Way to Travel

    Picking the Swiftest Way to Travel

    Lack of information represents friction to an economy and makes it less efficient than it could be. A source of friction for commuters is not knowing the fastest and most cost-efficient way to reach their destination. With new modes of transportation, such as on-demand ridesharing services and personal electric bikes and scooters, becoming mainstream, the need for timely information about routes…

  • A Power Grid with a Transit System

    A Power Grid with a Transit System

    Google’s real innovation in deploying Fiber-to-the-Home broadband networks had little to do with technology and a lot to do with improving the process for building physical plant. The technology to light the fiber was available when Google started its quest to offer a gigabit/second to residential customers. The big challenge was creating the fiber connection…

  • Viodi View – 09/12/15

    Viodi View – 09/12/15

    One of the best things about touring small town America is seeing the unexpected. For instance, it was surprising to me that Quincy, Illinois, a city of approximately 41,000, is large enough to support public transit. Like their larger city brethren, it is time for planners in even smaller cities to consider the impact of autonomy on…