Urban Systems Collaborative Seminar | Susan Zielinski, The New Mobility Grid , Part 1

Susan Zielinski, SMART, University of Michigan. February 3, 2012, IBM Webinar

1.  CONNECTING THE DOTS (for livability, sustainability, equity) 2. MOVING MONEY (innovation, access, jobs, enterprises) 3. MOVING MINDS (new way of looking at transport & cities)

The New Mobility Grid: A Practical Approach to Implementing Sustainable Next Generation Transportation in Cities and Regions

LIVING LABS: Bangalore Beijing Cape Town Chennai Cochin Detroit Region Fairfax Los Angeles Manila Mexico City Mystic Pasadena Portland Seattle Shanghai Washington DC Lisbon / Coimbra / Porto etc… Connecting the Dots; Moving Money; Moving Minds RESEARCH, EDUCATION, TECH TRANSFER: ACCELERATE IMPLEMENTATION

PARTNERS & SPONSORS:

National Science Foundation Center for South Asian Studies

Transportation Research Board Rockefeller Foundation

Mott Foundation FIA Foundation

Alcoa Foundation Ford Motor (redefining)

US Environmental Protection Agency Cisco Systems

IBM Federal Highway Administration

U.S. Department of Education CEO’s for Cities

City Connect Chennai Confederation of Indian Industry

etc…

YOUR FIRST THOUGHT : What are some of the most game changing

urban transportation innovations in the last 50 years ?

Bus Rapid Transit -- Curitiba Brazil (the 70’s)"

BRT went viral --

worldwide

More than 83 Over 40 in North

America alone

BRT CHANGED THE GAME: -  more with less

-  quick to implement

-  nimble & adaptable -  safe & secure

-  a framework for city-building & design

-  a class act (“cooler” than a bus)"

GAME CHANGE 2.0: MULTI-MODALITY (more options) Bogota, Colombia (in the 90’s, against all odds)

-  TransMilenio (BRT)

-  parking lots to parks -  cycle lanes

-  pedestrian areas -  pico y plata policy

-  Sunday Cyclovia (for all) -  first car free day

GAME CHANGE 4.0: SEAMLESSLY CONNECTED OPTIONS LEAPFROG: Straight to Next Generation Whole Systems Design & Build

- spatial connectivity supported by New Technologies and PPI

NEW MOBILITY GRID: More Choices, More Connected

The Next Infrastructure; The Next Industry Cluster

1. CONNECTING THE DOTS

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BELLY OF THE BEAST ---- Transportation = Cars

(everything else is extraneous)

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… as Thomas Friedman might say … TRANSPORTATION IS FLAT OPEN SOURCE, MULTI-MODAL, MULTI-SERVICE, IT ENHANCED USER FOCUSED, SOCIALLY EQUITABLE, AESTHETIC LIVABLE WHOLE SYSTEMS TRANSPORTATION

TRANSLATION: More Choices; More Connected Choices (New Mobility)

EMERGING GLOBAL NEW MOBILITY INDUSTRY TO SUPPLY IT The current value of New Mobility markets can be measured in the billions of dollars.”Building a New Mobility Industry Cluster in the the Toronto Region” (MTE & ICF)

CONTEXT: URBANIZATION From 50% - 2/3 by 2025; 81% in US; 90 % world economy Coming years: At least 35 cities more than 10 million

RESULT: Almost all transport has at least an urban component

OTHER DRIVERS

BRT went viral --

worldwide

More than 83 Over 40 in North

America alone

ZIPCAR: Wheels When You Need Them

FRACTIONAL USE: AUTO RICKSHAWS, TAXIS & COMMUNAL CABS, INTERMEDIATE VEHICLES, CARSHARE, BIKE

SHARE, SOCIAL NETWORKING, SLUGGING

services

new technology wayfinding; shared use; fare payment; traffic management; security etc.

Design & new infrastructure

New modes / modal enhancements

moving people moving goods moving less

CONNECTIVITY/OPTIMIZATION IS THE NEW SILVER BULLET