Comotion Podcast

Episode 70. Greg Lindsay sits down with Dr. Destiny Thomas, Founder and CEO of Thrivance Group, to discuss and challenge conventional (white) narratives about transportation planning. Greg Lindsay also chats with Jonah Bliss about a California agency fighting back against Uber and Lyft re AB5, the ACLU joining in on an Uber lawsuit against LA's MDS, Tesla's skyrocketing stock, and other happenings of the week.

Episode 69. Greg Lindsay sits down with Scott Kubly, Founder and CEO of Cabana, to discuss how his company combines vanlife, car-sharing and a boutique hotel all into one unique service. Greg Lindsay also chats with Jonah Bliss about the fight for open streets and the protests sweeping cities across America (as well as the world) and other happenings of the week.

Episode 68. John Rossant sits down with Alvaro Ramis, Vice President of BD and Strategic Alliances at Bestmile, to discuss how the COVID-19 crisis will reshape the future of urban mobility. Greg Lindsay and Jonah Bliss also chat about car rental stalwart Hertz going under, Uber trashing thousands of JUMP bikes, Amazon moving into autonomous delivery, and other happenings of the week.

Episode 67. Greg Lindsay sits down with Henrik Holland, COO of Greenlots, to discuss the burgeoning future of electric charging as EV adoption drives forward. Greg also chats with Jonah Bliss about cities creating open streets, the new face of food delivery (and how some restaurants are rebranding on delivery apps so as not to dissuade more discerning customers — we're looking at you Chuck E. Cheese), and other happenings of the week.

Episode 66. Greg Lindsay sits down with Bronwen Thornton, CEO at Walk21 Foundation, to discuss the ways that the UK is investing in revamping its transportation across the country, focusing on walking and cycling, and reducing the demand on public transport during the pandemic. Greg also chats with Jonah Bliss about Elon Musk's embattled attempt to reopen his California Tesla plant, GM's canceled e-bike, Uber's desire to buy Grubhub, and other happenings of the week.

Episode 65. Greg Lindsay sits down with Mike Lydon, Principal at Street Plans, to discuss how he helps guide cities as they move to open street space for pedestrians and cyclists. Greg also chats with Jonah Bliss about cities' open streets initiatives, recent micromobility tie-ups, and other happenings of the week.

Episode 64. Continuing our examination of EVs, Greg Lindsay sits down with John Voelcker, a provider of global auto industry analysis, and Loren McDonald, content marketer and EV analyst, to discuss the rapidly approaching future of electric vehicles across the world. Greg also chats with Jonah Bliss about how the EV ecosystem will fare during and after the coronavirus crisis.

Episode 63. Greg Lindsay sits down with Dheeraj Bhardwaj, CEO of Arnab Mobility, to discuss how his company is bringing micromobility to the United Arab Emirates. Greg also chats with Jonah Bliss about the plummeting prices of oil, airlines, and used cars, as well as how cities are continuing to react to the ongoing lockdowns.

Episode 62. Greg Lindsay sits down with Ivo Cré, Director Policy and Projects at Polis, to talk about how the pandemic is changing the face of mobility in cities, and how those areas are adapting to this new way of life. Greg also chats with Jonah Bliss to discuss how the world is already thinking about reopening global economies, and how the auto industry is having, and will continue to have, serious financial woes.

Episode 61. Greg Lindsay sits down with Tiffany Chu, CEO and Co-Founder at Remix, to learn what sorts of trends she's seeing in cities regarding all facets of mobility. Greg also chats with Jonah Bliss to discuss the coronavirus' continued effect on the world of mobility.

Episode 60. Greg Lindsay sits down with Harry Campbell, Founder & CEO of The Rideshare Guy, to get some real insight into how coronavirus is affecting gig economy workers like rideshare drivers and delivery people. Greg also chats with Jonah Bliss again, to discuss the pandemic's continued effect on the world of mobility.

Episode 59. Greg Lindsay sits down with Paul Comfort, Vice President of Business Development at Trapeze, to discuss how transit agencies are pivoting to stay solvent during these troubled coronavirus times. Greg also chats with Jonah Bliss to fill you in on the latest happenings in mobility as the world goes into quarantine.

Episode 58. John Rossant sits down with international relations guru and best-selling author Parag Khanna in Singapore about where our world is heading: Khanna believes this century will be an Asian century -- though not necessarily a Chinese one. And the coronavirus pandemic will only be a setback to that future, not its death knell. John also chats with Greg Lindsay about the pandemic and its effect on the world of mobility.

Episode 57. Greg Lindsay chats with Hugh Martin about how Lacuna helps cities and transportation agencies to better manage the public right-of-way. Lacuna supports an open source software community focused on enabling modern urban mobility, helping cities make use of open source programs so cities and citizens both benefit.

Episode 56. Greg Lindsay chats with Amanda Roraff, PlanetM's Managing Director, on how Michigan is reshaping itself to be a seedbed for mobility innovation. Once known only for autos, the Wolverine State is hoping to usher in a more equitable, transit-friendly future.

Episode 55. Greg Lindsay chats with Israel-based Moovit's Chief Growth & Marketing Officer, Yovav Meydad, about Moovit’s MaaS app and the aggregation of transportation options. Built from volunteer-based mapping, Moovit is one of the hottest, new mobility companies anywhere. By making mobility information more real-time and accessible, it's aiming to democratize transportation data so the public’s needs can be better served.

Episode 54. Greg Lindsay chats with Travis Allan, FLO's Vice-President of Public Affairs and General Counsel, about EV charging infrastructure. FLO is one of the largest charging networks in North America, with over 22,000 charging stations in operation. Building out charging infrastructure is key to fostering confidence in EV owners, and combatting range anxiety.

Episode 53. Greg Lindsay chats with Dror Poleg, author of Rethinking Real Estate, about the intersection of mobility and real estate. As autonomous vehicles, drones, and delivery bots become better integrated into our daily lives, the face of real estate will begin to change. As technology advances, the value of real estate assets will fluctuate in new and interesting ways.

Greg Lindsay chats with Aayushi Jain, Director of Policy and Government Partnerships at Bounce. Bounce is a Bangalore-based startup that operates an electric scooter sharing enterprise. These aren't your Birds and Limes — these are full mopeds that can cover the first mile/last mile of your multimodal transit trip, or be your main mode of transport to/from work or school. Bounce aims to seriously improve India's devastating traffic congestion.

Episode 51. Greg Lindsay chats with Nexar Co-Founder and CEO Eran Shir and RTC Senior Director of Engineering John Peñuelas about how Nexar’s pilot in Las Vegas is a successful example of how the public and private sector can collaborate to increase road safety. Thanks to Nexar's City Stream, a connected network of smart dash cameras which can identify road hazards, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada is able to better understand and manage the city's traffic, especially around construction zones. Greg, John and Eran chat about the pilot's expansion and issues surrounding privacy and the advent of autonomous vehicles.