Jul 31, 2019

Mobility & Transportation - Issue #50

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Mobility & Transportation

Insight into all things transportation and mobility, covering driverless vehicles, trends in public transportation, the rise of cycling, ride- and car-share, smart city developments, ITS, and more.

We are happy to welcome our new curator, Alyssa Haerle, to our Mobility & Transportation Startup Digest! Hopefully we can get the frequency of the digest up again with her help.

As always, please reach out to us if you have found something interesting you want us to consider including in the digest.

Have fun reading,

Timo, James, Manuel and Alyssa

Influential Women in Mobility - Vulog

Although women may still be a minority in mobility and the tech industry as a whole, their influence and responsibilities are increasing exponentially and deserve recognition.

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Uber made a blueprint for safe self-driving cars it wants the rest of the industry to follow

Uber’s borrowing from the aviation and nuclear industries to build a safer autonomous car.

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Teaching Self-Driving Cars To Predict Pedestrian Movement

By zeroing in on humans’ gait, body symmetry and foot placement, University of Michigan researchers are teaching self-driving cars to recognize and predict pedestrian movements with greater precision than current technologies.

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Mayor Walsh Pushes For Ride-Share Bill Aimed At Reducing Traffic

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh wants to see ride-sharing companies pay more.

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Senators propose bills to improve cybersecurity for cars, planes

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, and Sen. Ed Markey, D-MA, reintroduced two bills to address cybersecurity in vehicles and on airplanes in light of increasingly connected transportation devices.

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One Driver Steers Two Trucks With Peloton’s Autonomous Follow System

A host of companies are working to develop autonomous driving technology, but Silicon Valley startup Peloton has put its focus on autonomous following. The company today announced technology that uses computers, sensors, and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications to allow one driver to drive two separate trucks.

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Bikes or Bust? Analyzing the Impact of Bicycle Infrastructure on Business Performance in San Francisco

Ultimately, the research suggests that location on bicycle infrastructure and changes in on-street parking supply generally did not have a significant effect on the change in sales, with a few exceptions. New restaurants and grocery stores had significantly higher sales than their existing counterparts, suggesting bicycle infrastructure may attract more upmarket businesses in those industries.

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The Colored Tags Making a Difference for Visually Impaired People in Spain

New signage and NaviLens technology have been rolled out in Barcelona, Madrid, and Murcia city to help visually impaired people navigate public transportation.

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Google Maps offers bike-share data in 24 cities

Google Maps now offers bike-share data in 24 cities worldwide including Toronto, New York, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, according to a company blog post. Residents and commuters now have access to real-time location and availability information for city- and privately-operated bike-share networks.

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Techstars Startup Digest Mobility & Transportation is curated by:

Sanathan Kassiedass
sanathan.kassiedass@startupdigestmail.com

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