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🛣️ Here we go! Today we officially started our 10-day SMART Collaborative Zero Emission Delivery and Urban Freight Logistics European Study Tour! With the Open Mobility Foundation, we are hosting representatives from Portland, San Jose, Minneapolis and Miami-Dade County on a study tour as part of the OMF's SMART Curb Collaborative. The study tour will cover topics such as: ⚙️ mobility & freight hubs 🏙️ urban consolidation centers 🚚 last-mile delivery vehicles and logistics ⚡ electrification and fleet replacement of fleets ♻️ zero- and ultra-low emission zones 📱 digital infrastructure (including digital twins, data specifications, among others) 📜 new regulations from local governments and/or the European Union. More importantly, the study tour will engender ongoing and long-term collaboration and exchange between leading American and European cities on the topic of zero emission zones and logistics. Special thanks to Senior Principal Evan Corey Costagliola, Cityfi Affiliate Gemma Schepers, and OMF Superstar Aylene McCallum for leading the way on this adventure. Stay tuned for updates on the Tour! Jacob Sherman, MBA Art Pearce Millicent D Williams Russ Brooks Carlos Cruz-Casas Wilson Tam Elias Khoury, MBA Kristin Hull Bryan Dodds Dillon Fried, CAPP Photo credit: Urbike

📢 Two Cityfiers, two panels, two days! Civic Innovation to the max at #MetroLab2024 in Washington DC! 📅 Today at 3:30 PM - Senior Principal Camron Bridgford, AICP will be part of the panel "Curb Space Revolution: USDOT SMART Grants & Digital Infrastructure" discussing leveraging technology and data to make smarter decisions about public space. She will be joined by fellow panelists Chris Shelley (City of Philadelphia) and Michael Schnuerle (Open Mobility Foundation), with Tom Schenk Jr (KPMG US) moderating. 📅 Tomorrow at 11;45 AM - Partner Story Bellows will be moderating the panel "The State of Libraries" focusing on the role of libraries in civic innovation. She will be joined by experts in the field: Marcia Mardis (Florida State University), Brooks Rainwater (Urban Libraries Council), and Richard Reyes-Gavilan (DC Public Library). Don’t miss the chance to connect with peers, share insights, and contribute to the future of civic innovation. If you are a civic innovation nerd, you don’t want to miss this event! Where: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC https://bit.ly/3XE5p2O #government #innovation #libraries #civicinnovation #publicspace #planning #technology #cities MetroLab Network

📅 For all of our Civic Innovation nerds out there, #MetroLab2024 begins next week in Washington DC! 🤓 Join Partner Story Bellows as she moderates the panel "The State of Libraries" focusing on the role of libraries in civic innovation. She will be joined by experts in the field: Marcia Mardis (Florida State University), Brooks Rainwater (Urban Libraries Council), and Richard Reyes-Gavilan (DC Public Library). Don’t miss the chance to connect with peers, share insights, and contribute to the future of civic innovation. If you are a civic innovation nerd, you don’t want to miss this event! When:  Day 2 of the Annual Summit (Oct. 2nd from 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM ET) Where: @Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC https://bit.ly/3XE5p2O #government #innovation #libraries #civicinnovation MetroLab Network

📢 Webinar Announcement! Cityfi’s upcoming webinar series, Preparing Cities and Communities for Climate-Related Displacement, will kickoff on October 17 from 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET! This series will uncover opportunities for local and regional governments to navigate population displacement with proactive planning, innovative partnerships and policy, and strategic investments. Government leaders will share firsthand how they are nimbly approaching adaptation and resilience and best practices that other jurisdictions across the country can begin to leverage. Reserve your spot today for our first discussion, Navigating Population Change from Climate Displacement, on October 17, 1-2 p.m. ET! Join panelists Dr. Galen Treuer (Manager of the Climate Tech and Economic Innovation Office for Miami-Dade County) and Dave Reid (Director of the County of Santa Cruz Office of Response, Recovery, and Resilience) in a discussion sure to equip you with ideas and strategies to take back to your own jurisdiction. Learn more and sign up for the webinar at https://lnkd.in/gdGpzdFG. We look forward to seeing you there! #webinar #climate #planning #cities #government sahar shirazi Christina Anecito Nicole Davessar

I am so excited to share the stage on Tuesday with ERTICO - ITS Europe, I-SENSEGroup/ICCS, and PAVE Europe at ITS World Congress in Dubai. I'll be presenting on the unmet potential of micromobility to create safer and more sustainable outcomes in cities of all sizes and cultural identities. Stop by and say hi!

🎉 It's Conference Season, y'all! 🎉 The unofficial start of Fall began last week after Labor Day and with that calendar milestone come conferences, conferences, conferences! We couldn't be more excited since there are a quite a few that we will be participating in this September, October, and November. First up, Senior Principal Evan Corey Costagliola will be speaking at ITS Congresses #ITSDubai2024 next week during the session titled "Sustainable and Safe Urban Mobility for All. Reality or Illusion?" 📆 17 September 2024 🕚 11:00-12:30 GST (GMT+4) 🔗 To learn more and sign up, go to https://lnkd.in/fMMNz9J 📋 Details of the panel are below: "According to the European Commission, globally, urban areas consume over 65% of the world's energy, accounting for more than 70% of CO2 emissions. It is therefore crucial that cities act as experimentation and innovation ecosystems to help all others in their transition to become climate-neutral by 2050. New urban mobility solutions and space interventions will contribute to this transition and help the citizens not only live but thrive within their cities. Therefore, the acceptance of novel mobility solutions and space interventions by the citizens themselves is an element of strong interest for all stakeholders involved in the related sectors. During this session, the present situation of urban mobility will be discussed and several suggestions will be presented on how to introduce safe, sustainable, and inclusive urban mobility in our lives." Evan will be joined by mobility experts from across Europe as they dig into this topic further. ⭐ Guido Di Pasquale, managing director at Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE) ⭐ Evangelia Portouli, senior researcher at I-SENSEGroup/ICCS. 🎤 The session will be moderated by I-SENSEGroup/ICCS technical director Giannis Karaseitanidis. #ELABORATORproject #sustainability #transportation #urbanmobility

Along with our Collaborative partners, we are cooking up a new partnership that will expand mobility and deepen connections across the Baltics. This is just the beginning, but we couldn't be more excited to see the Baltic Mobility Collaborative take root and improve mobility conditions in advance of Rail Baltica's opening in the 2030s. To understand the scale of this Collaboration, check out the extent of this transportation network on third image shared in Fits Traffic's original post! #Mobility #SustainableTransport #Rail #TransportationNetwork Fits Traffic Latvian IT Cluster / DIH ITS Estonia Transporto Inovacijų Asociacija Arnis Kakulis Evan Corey Costagliola

🌍🌱 **Exciting Announcement!** 🌱🌍 Cityfi is excited to announce our new webinar series Preventing and Preparing for Climate Related Displacement, kicking off in October! Join us as we dive into the urgent and pressing issues facing cities as they experience population change due to extreme weather events. The series will bring together city and regional leaders from around the country to discuss how their agencies are preparing for the expected tens of millions of people who will be displaced due to climate change over the next few decades. Throughout the series, we will highlight promising developments designed to address the specific needs of communities facing population change, and explore the equity implications for the most impacted populations. This virtual event is open to the public and tailored to public agencies with a focus on how to prepare services for changing populations. We encourage you to invite colleagues, partners, and vendors to join us! More details to come! #ClimateMigration #WebinarSeries #ClimateChange #GlobalImpact #Planning

❓Want to learn more about CCAM? Not sure what CCAM is? Have ideas on how CCAM can be integrated into cities in a way that benefits society? Great! Join Cityfi Senior Principal (and mobility guru) Evan Corey Costagliola at the 2024 Urbanism Next Europe Conference in Amsterdam October 9 - 11. He will be taking part in the session titled "CCAM For Society: How Can Cities Unlock The Potential Of Connected, Cooperative & Automated Mobility (CCAM)?" This session will bring US and EU experts together to share experiences and lessons learned from various international Connected & Automated Vehicle operations. After setting the scene with international findings and multistakeholder perspectives, discussions will focus on what role CCAM can have in urban areas taking into account societal perspectives such as safety, environmental impact, livability, and inclusion. Moreover, how can authorities and road operators safeguard societal standards while facilitating CCAM to unlock its potential? Evan will be joined by Chris de Veer (Provincie Noord-Holland), Frances Sprei (Chalmers University of Technology), Tom Alkim (MAPtm), and William Riggs (University of San Francisco School of Management) for what we think will be a great discussion. Interested? Register now for the 2024 Urbanism Next Europe Conference! https://lnkd.in/gEzH-wSa Discounted “early bird” tickets only until September 1st! #mobilty #autonomousvehicles #policy #transportation #cities

📰 Catch our newsletter last week? If not, below is what you missed out on. To eliminate your FOMO, you can sign up for future newsletters here - https://lnkd.in/gyZXRt7Y. 🎙 Partner Story Bellows interviewed Civic Innovator Andreas Addison about his journey from civic innovator inside the government to a current member of Richmond City Council and mayoral candidate for the city. Learn about his insights from his transition from city employee to elected official and his views on the evolution of civic innovation. Full interview can be found on the Cityfi blog (https://bit.ly/cityfi-blog). 💸 Senior Associate Sarah Saltz wrote about how a Cityfi co-led event at New York Tech Week back in June with itselectric and CLIP ended up with attendee CoreNest participating in it's electric's seed funding round (https://lnkd.in/eSMVAAV9). 🏅 Associate Ryan Parzick wrote about how Los Angeles is on the clock now that the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics are over. There are lessons to be learned for the comprehensive infrastructure overhaul LA is undertaking aimed at addressing long-standing urban challenges while ensuring a successful and sustainable event.