Comotion Podcast

Greg and Julia discuss Tesla’s entry into the trillion-dollar club, what a multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure bill means for EVs, and how electric vehicles won’t help stem the alarming rise in vehicular deaths this year. They’re joined by the New York City MTA’s chief accessibility officer Quemuel Arroyo to discuss his mission to make the country’s largest transit system accessible for all, and now you can ask Greg and Julia questions via email. Drop them a line! fastforward@comotionglobal.com Show Notes: • Rocky Mountain Institute’s SHIFT Calculator. (RMI) (https://shift.rmi.org) • Electric Car Revolution Crushes Japan’s Struggling Small Towns (Bloomberg) (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-24/electric-car-revolution-crushes-japan-s-struggling-small-towns) • US traffic fatalities up 18 percent in first half of 2021 (The Hill) (https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/579038-us-traffic-fatalities-up-18-percent-in-first-half-of-2021) • It started with 5 families. Now hundreds are biking to

Greg & Julia tackle the supply chain crisis roiling both the mobility industry and the ports of Los Angeles, the rise of the North American battery-industrial complex, and how to finally rein in the surge in vehicle-miles-traveled by Uber, Lyft, and privately-owned vehicles. They’re joined by ClearRoad CEO Frederic Charlier to discuss how his startup’s micro-tolling technology can help cities meter public roads.

Host Greg Lindsay is joined by this season’s co-host — the Rocky Mountain Institute’s Julia Thayne Demordaunt — along with Swiftmile CEO Colin Roche, who joins the chorus in arguing that micromobility’s growing pains are now behind it, and that cities must now invest aggressively in mode shift if they hope to meet their climate targets. Greg & Julia also survey the latest EV news and announcements from old-school automakers, which have begun to see electrified models start to outstrip their flagship models in sales.

Host Greg Lindsay is joined on location in Turin by CoMotion managing director Timothy Gribaudi in Paris for a trans-European episode featuring an interview with Choose Paris Region’s mobility and transportation director Romain Erny. Between the three of them, they discussion Paris’ cycling growing pains, Milan’s renewed mandate for micromobility, and Grand Paris’ grand plans for 200km of new automated metro lines and more.

Fast Forward returns with a new fall season of guests…and hosts. Greg Lindsay is joined by CoMotion CEO John Rossant to discuss what attendees can expect at next month’s CoMotion LA, followed by RedBlue Capital’s Olaf Sakkers, who discusses the “trip economy,” his new e-book Mobility Disruption Framework, and why CATS and DOGS are one way to understand the diverging futures of mobility.

With CoMotion Miami behind us, Greg Lindsay and Jonah Bliss recap this spring’s season of Fast Forward — Elon! EVs! SPACs! Stonks! — plus Secretary Pete’s Miami keynote conversation with CityFi’s Gabe Klein. Listen in!

The Preview Show: CoMotion MIAMI with Anthea Zeng by CoMotion

Greg Lindsay chats with REEF Co-Founder & SVP, Philippe Saint-Just by CoMotion

A world of EVs won’t make much difference if we’re unable to charge them all — and do it cleanly. Greg Lindsay chats with Giovanni Bertolino, head of e-mobility at Enel X North America, to discuss the utility’s charging solutions and the future of personal electric mobility.

Funding the Emerging Mobility Landscape of the Future by CoMotion

INVERS doesn’t make the scooter; they make it profitable. Greg Lindsay chats with CEO Alex Kirn about the firm’s nearly 30-year history of building the technology to make shared mobility possible, and about where micromobility may be headed next. Listen in!

The days of docklessness and drop-off-and-pick-up from anywhere are numbered. Greg Lindsay chats with Tranzito’s Gene Oh about “curbside mobility hubs” and a new generation of transit infrastructure offering mobility-as-a-service from the ground-up rather than the top-down.

Every week, geopolitics seems to throw another monkey wrench into the future of mobility — whether it’s chip shortages, lithium mines, or the race to build better batteries before China’s automakers do. Greg Lindsay chats with the Strategic Insight Group’s Scott Malcomson about the ripple effects from superpower rivalries and splintering supply chains.

Scooters and Smoke-Filled Rooms — Greg Lindsay chats with Superpedestrian’s Paul White by CoMotion

EV Incentives and Biden Bucks - Jonah Bliss chats with Chargie CEO Zach Jennings by CoMotion

The EV revolution needs to be for everyone! Jonah Bliss chats with Kameale C. Terry by CoMotion

On Parisians Sharing Scooters and Data - Greg Lindsay chats with Blue Systems' Christophe Arnaud by CoMotion

Dollar vans, Jeepneys, Matatus, oh my! Greg Lindsay talks with Benjamin de le Pena and Su Sanni by CoMotion

Miami, Monaco, and Beyond by CoMotion

Can Gig Work Ever Be Good Work? - Greg Lindsasy chats with Managed by Q Founder Dan Teran by CoMotion