Events matching tag "transportation"
Saturday, March 8
The celebrated companies changing how we move in a city take the fundamentals of an old system and make it slightly better. Uber makes taxis better, Lyft makes becoming a driver easier, Zipcar makes car ownership easier.…
Advanced
Presenters
Brian Solis, Zach Ware
It’s no secret that the transportation industry is changing in big cities. The days of simply hailing a cab are limited, with applications such as Uber, Sidecar and Getaround entering the marketplace – and giving traditi…
Intermediate
Presenters
Beth Stevens, Padden Guy Murphy, Ryan Lawler
Sunday, March 9
Imagine a transportation system where cars can see things that you can’t. Such cars could warn of a potential crash or icy roads ahead, advise of a traffic jam ahead, or help find a parking space. Imagine if buses could …
Intermediate
Presenters
James Pol, Mike Pina
Are brilliant ideas enough to fix a broken transport system? As a BBC reporter who writes about advanced transport technologies, Jack Stewart has spent years investigating how we will move around in the future, speaking …
Intermediate
Presenters
Jack Stewart
Monday, March 10
“In 2008, for the first time, half the world's population is living in towns and cities. By 2030, the urban population will reach 5 billion – 60% of the world's population” (UN Population Division.) Nearly all global pop…
Advanced
Presenters
Blake Farenthold, Evan Burfield, Jon Zeitler, Lauren Flanagan
Rapidly evolving vehicular technologies, including the advent of autonomous vehicles, may forever reshape travel behavior. Several states have already passed legislation allowing these vehicles to travel on public roadwa…
Beginner
Presenters
Chandra Bhat
With automotive, traffic and parking data becoming more open and big data now more prevalent, the acceleration of new technology and apps are engaging the users with their car in a much more meaningful manner. Studies ha…
Beginner
Presenters
Gal Melamed, Gretchen Effgen, Sam Friedman, Scott Sedlik
Tuesday, March 11
Self-driving cars on the cheap. Inductive charging units in dashboards. Oldsmobiles that can be controlled with a phone. See what else kids and twenty-somethings are doing with cars, and why these hackers and makers are …
Beginner
Presenters
Jason Torchinsky, Rob Edwards
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