In this blog post we take a look at the principles of inclusive transportation design, share case studies of innovative companies who are challenging the status quo, provide examples of public transportation systems doing it right and the important role of policy and regulation has to play.
Numerous Indigenous businesses have carved out a niche for themselves in the transportation sector. With a deep-rooted commitment to community service, cultural preservation, and sustainability, these enterprises serve more than just economic functions. They foster cultural exchanges, drive local engagement, and often champion environmentally friendly practices that set them apart in a competitive marketplace.
movmi’s speciality is Shared Mobility Architecture. We provide award-winning design, planning, and launch services for new shared mobility projects worldwide. Our nimble, 6-person team has extensive expertise in all aspects of Shared Mobility Architecture, having been involved in over 70 carshare, micromobility, micro transport and Mobility-as-a-Service projects.
Our diverse range of clients includes public agencies such as TransLink, State of Luxembourg, City of Vancouver, City of Calgary, and Vélib, as well as private sector Fortune500 companies like BMW and Honda, and new mobility startups like Superpedestrian/Link, Sparrow, Revel, Velometro/Veemo.
Now that we have resumed normal travel behaviour (in a post-pandemic world) towns and cities across the globe are working hard to give tourists a
As young families, professionals and students opt for shared mobility and transit-oriented city dwellings, popular culture seems to be catching on, including what we watch on the big screen. Here are 10 times shared mobility and micromobility was spotted featuring in recent T.V. shows and movies.
Given the rising popularity of cargo bikes for delivery and personal transportation purposes, there’s been a simultaneous surge in demand for cargo bike-sharing solutions.
As National Indigenous History Month comes to a close, we wanted to use this month’s Multimodal Monday’s episode to introduce you to Canon Cook, who has worked closely with movmi on our Shared Mobility City Index (SMCI) and has an on-the-ground experience working in the transportation industry. We interviewed Canon to find out her thoughts on the inequalities and challenges cities and rural communities across North America have with their public transportation systems.
CITE was one of the first major in-person transportation conferences in Vancouver since the pandemic and movmi was excited to attend. Focused on transportation engineering, the conference was full of learnings about how cities are increasingly aligning sustainable living in their projects and planning. Keep reading for a breakdown of movmi’s CITE conference highlights!
This month we are joined by Adriel Thornton, Executive Director at MoGo Detroit Bikeshare and Vlad Marica, Head of Sales at Fluidtime Data Services GmbH for a chat about how the pandemic affected commuting patterns, micromobility and active transportation and how employers are implementing these modes during Global Employee Health and Fitness month and all year round.
The 2022 Transportation Forum, hosted by Deloitte, featured leaders from both government and industry who discussed these important issues through keynotes and informative panel discussions on the future of transportation and mobility in our region.
One of the experts included as a panelist in this Forum was movmi’s Founder and CEO, Sandra Phillips who took part in Session Two: Urban Mobility: Innovation and technology for a better quality of life. Keep reading for a short summary of this discussion.
This year, on March 16th and 17th, Autonomy Paris was back for a in-person event after a two-year digital hiatus brought about due to the global pandemic. This year, movmi’s Sandra Phillips attended (in person) for the first time since the pandemic. Here is a quick round-up of movmi’s time at Autonomy, Paris.
In this article we review the different types of micromobility business models, offer advice on how to build a micromobility business model to suit your needs and use movmi’s own case studies to explore the challenges and successes of different micromobility business models.
In honour of St.Patrick’s Day this year, the team at movmi nominated me (their very own Irish expat! ☘️) to write an article, about my personal experience of transportation and shared mobility living in Ireland. Northern Ireland to be exact.
In this article I discuss my personal experience with transportation in Ireland, including both public and private options… or the lack of.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
In each episode of ‘Global Mobility’ we will be working alongside our intercontinental partners who will be speaking with local industry experts to give you an up-to-date look at what’s happening on the ground in each country. This month, we are back in Brazil with our partner Humberto Maciel, Founder of OPTAI. In episode three, the panel of experts discuss how to develop a truly intelligent mobility system within different cities. The impact micromobility and electric vehicles have on population health and if decarbonizing shared mobility and creating completely sustainable, zero emission mobility is truly possible.
To celebrate Valentine’s Day, we thought we would craft the ultimate love letter to you, our mobility heroes, both past and present. As part of our love letter, we wanted to share some of the critical work you amazing women are currently doing in the transportation sector and also some of the work and actions that have inspired us, from our transportation heroes of the past.
This week, on Monday January 31st, we hosted the Empower Women in Shared Mobility Pitch, virtual Award Ceremony. We’d like to thank everyone that tuned in to show their support for this years amazing finalists. Each of our 19 applicants inspired us with their passion and dedication to their chosen field within the shared mobility sector and we’d also like to say big thank you to everyone who was brave enough to apply this year – you are ALL winners in our book.
with native industry experts to give you an up-to-date look at what’s happening on the ground in each country. This month, we are back in Brazil with our partner Humberto Maciel, Founder of OPTAI. In episode two, the panel of experts take a look at how the pandemic affected travel behaviour and mode choice and the challenges public transportation authorities faced in Latin America.
As 2021 draws to an end, as a team, we decided to take a look back over the last 12 months at everything we accomplished as a company. In this blog post we will be sharing our top moments of the year, including;
– The projects we’ve worked on
– The people we spoke to and collaborated with
– Our favourite movmi campaigns and initiatives
We have partnered with some truly exceptional companies to bring our EmpowerWISM Pitch to life this year including. They have supported us by promoting the Empower Women in Shared Mobility Pitch and by offering a few amazing prizes for the winner! Keep reading to find out what those prizes are.
Introducing our newest international transportation series; ‘Global Mobility.’ We firmly believe in the power of community and when it comes to mobility innovation, it’s essential
2014, the company develops a technology platform that enables companies, cities and startups to launch and scale new mobility services. Froh joins from Airbnb, where he played a senior role in its internationalization until late 2013.
The panel of judges for our EmpowerWISM program was carefully selected to ensure we had a mix of highly established and diverse experts within the international transportation industry. The skillsets and experience each panelist brings to the table is totally unique with backgrounds in both the public and private sectors. A goal of ours was to enlist the expertise of women and men who have been involved with other female-orientated programs, promoting equality and inclusivity, particularly within the mobility arena.
A McKinsey study found that 52% of employees would prefer a flexible working model on a permanent basis moving forward. That same study found that over 50% of employees would prefer to work from home at least 3 days per week.
We’ve all likely seen some form of these statistics. And the future is clear: flexible remote work is here to stay (for those jobs that can accommodate it). What does that mean for commuting and the traditional commuter benefits programs offered by many employers?
To answer that question, Commutifi explores the approaches of two hypothetical companies in this article: NormCorp and FutureCorp.
Last month the movmi team took to the streets of Vancouver for a demo day with LINK e-scooters from Superpedestrian. They are currently looking to enter the Canadian market and have hired movmi’s team to provide strategic guidance. movmi’s work with LINK is focused on two areas: community engagement and a deployment plan.
Check out the movmi team in action! 🛴 Read the full article to find out what we thought of LINK’s e-scooters!
In our #PartnerSpotlight series, we wish to share what we have learnt so far about our partners and how they see their solutions solving today’s transportation challenges. This month we explore how some of the smarter shared mobility solutions out there (our partners) are able to make operations more efficient and financially viable for operators. We picked a multimodal mix for this month, from corporate shuttles and rides, to on demand transit and AV ridehailing, to micromobility modes.
In this blog post we summarize Sandra Phillips’ IMPACT festival, 2021 keynote speech on ‘How to re-organize mobility infrastructure’ as well as Prof. Dr. Marco te Brömmelstroet’s keynote on ‘The Tunnel Vision of Mobility Thinking.’
In this article we explain how MaaS:
1. Creates a reliable, seamless multimodal user experience.
2. Improves visibility for MSPs in a sea of options available to users.
3. Ultimately increases alternatives for the users and create a rewarding ecosystem for existing and new MSPs to offer the best of their services towards a multimodal future.
Chances are that not a day goes by where you do not reach for your smartphone. Sending a message to a friend on another continent
This month, movmi’s Venkatesh Gopal chats with João Félix, Founder and CEO at Mobiag – a shared mobility technology pioneer powering free-floating, round-trip and station-based car-sharing, car rental, and scooter-sharing businesses around the globe. Their tools – the latest hardware for numerous vehicle models, customizable mobile apps for iOS and Android, and open SAAS with dynamic third party integrations – are robust and flexible, empowering businesses to implement their innovative business and operational models.
Change does not usually happen overnight, especially within the transportation sector. Our vision of a sustainable transportation eco-system, significantly reducing GHG emissions and effectively turning the tide on climate change, just isn’t progressing as fast as we would like and this can be disheartening.
However, we have seen climate change success stories over the last few years, that have given us hope and the encouragement to continue working to reduce GHG emissions and to fight climate change.
Developled by: Chase Theory
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