Open Mobility Foundation

Big thanks to our incredible partners for making the OMF Summit at CoMotion LA ‘24 possible! From driving innovation in curb management to supporting sustainable urban mobility, these partners are building the future of digital infrastructure and transportation: INRIX, Modii, Umojo, Automotus, Blue Systems, Cleverciti, LADOT, Sony, Passport, Waymo, Serve Robotics Meet them at the OMF Summit this November in Downtown LA, where we'll discuss data, the digital transformation of public space, and innovative approaches to advancing key policy goals like safety, sustainability, and more. 📅 OMF Summit: November 12, 2024 📅 CoMotion LA: November 13-14, 2024 🎟️ Join us!: https://lnkd.in/gtZ_Ht-4 #OMFSummit2024 #CoMotionLA #UrbanMobility #Innovation

Do you have your passes to the OMF Summit & CoMotion LA '24? Save 30% while you can – early bird pricing ends on October 14! Join us in Downton LA to participate in breakout sessions, network with like-minded professionals, and hear engaging talks from industry leaders from organizations like: INRIX, Modii, Umojo, Automotus, Blue Systems, Cleverciti, LADOT, Passport, City of San José, Cityfi, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), NACTO (National Association of City Transportation Officials), Seattle Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation, Urban Freight Lab, and more 📌 OMF Summit - November, 12, 2024 📌 CoMotion LA - November, 13-14, 2024 🎟️ Learn more & get tickets: https://lnkd.in/gtZ_Ht-4

📅 We're just over a month away from our second annual OMF Summit at CoMotion LA '24, and the 2024 program is already packed with discussions on community engagement, the future of civic innovation, street safety, and the digitization of public space. Join us in Downtown Los Angeles from November 12-14, 2024, to hear from leading experts, participate in thought-provoking sessions, and connect with professionals shaping the future of mobility. Get a first glance at the program and secure your pass today! https://lnkd.in/gtZ_Ht-4 Andrew Glass Hastings Ramses Madou Erin Clark Viktoriya Wise Stephen Goldsmith Tomas Carranza Ryan Russo John Rossant Kelly Rula Armand Shahbazian, MPA Madeline Zhu #OMFSummit2024 #CoMotionLA #UrbanMobility #DigitalTransformation #FutureofTransport

The journey continued in Brussels on Friday with a day full of presentations, meetings, tours.... and birthday celebrations! As we heard from our European counterparts, the group began to recognize a growing theme across the presentations: the interplay of regulation, innovation, and collaboration: 🤝European mobility leaders have fostered a culture of collaboration as well as a recognition that sharing information can fuel industry and civic innovation. 💡 Innovation has pushed the boundaries of what’s possible in Europe, often challenging existing regulations and requiring them to evolve. Our presenters impressed upon us that this process - innovate, test, learn, innovate - is not a bad thing and industry is eager to pilot in partnership with government to find more efficient and impactful ways to do business. 🛑 Regulation in Europe serves as a catalyst for collaboration, ensuring that industry innovation is guided by and aligned with policy goals and outcomes. Finally, our day ended by celebrating THREE presenters and participants who all shared the same birthday. Happy Birthday to our new friends! Now, off to The Netherlands! POLIS Network EIT Urban Mobility ALICE, Alliance for Logistics Innovation through Collaboration in Europe (ETP LOGISTICS) European Commission Stad Antwerpen DHL Louise Duprez Cityfi Evan Corey Costagliola

💡 Great insights from Michael Schnuerle at the Center of Excellence on New Mobility and Automated Vehicles! He highlighted how cities can leverage the Mobility Data Specification (MDS) to manage connected vehicles for safer, more equitable mobility. 👇 #MDS #MobilityInnovation

Our tour of Paris continued on Thursday with a showcase of an innovative JCDecaux program utilizing CityQ - Downsizing a car into a tech ebike vehicles to support JCDecaux's maintenance activities throughout the Ville de Paris. Vehicles like this make zero emission delivery zones possible, greatly supporting efforts to reduce congestion and emissions, while advancing last mile delivery options that support small business and economic development in center cities. Later in the afternoon, philippe crist helped our city representatives understand the evolution of bicycle infrastructure over the last 20+ years in Paris, culminating in the buildout of 700 kilometers of bike lanes during the initial COVID lockdowns in 2020. When the plan was initially developed, the city envisioned for this network to be built over 15 years but instead utilized the opportunity presented by the COVID pandemic to advance the vision in only two months. Finally, our long day of touring infrastructure and facilities concluded with visits at two urban logistics facilities - one quite small in a former underground parking facility and another on the edge of the city, adjacent to a railyard. On Friday, we will continue our tour briefly in Brussels with POLIS Network, the European Commission and DHL and Louise Duprez and then off to Utrecht! Cityfi Evan Corey Costagliola

Paris - a world leader in creating policies and regulations aimed at reducing automobile emissions - has had a Low Emission Zone for nearly 10 years. Since the first zone was set up in 2015, Paris' urban logistics eco system has evolved and now the city has implemented a number of low emission delivery zone programs. On the first full day on our 10-day SMART Collaborative Zero Emission Delivery and Urban Freight Logistics European Study Tour, our participants spent time hearing from several officials, including representatives from the City of Paris, La Poste Groupe and OMF Member, Urban Radar, about the various policies and initiatives Paris has implemented to reduce carbon emissions related to urban delivery (or, urban “logistics” as our European colleagues call it). Much of this activity takes place at the curbs and a number of our member cities are implementing their own curb management programs via the USDOT’s SMART grant program and the OMF’s SMART Curb Collaborative. They will utilize these learnings to develop and grow their programs. Later in the afternoon, we had a chance to witness urban logistics in action and visited an Amazon cyclelogistics hub along the Seine in Central Paris. We are so thankful for all of Wednesday’s speakers and looking forward to continued collaboration.

🤝👇Perhaps “MOST” 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.

🌇Amazing to have the Open Mobility Foundation on the ground in 🇪🇺leading teams from Portland, San Jose, Minneapolis and Miami-Dade County on a study tour of urban logistics🚚, zero emission delivery zones♻️ and curb digitization📱as part of the OMF’s SMART Curb Collaborative! Thanks Aylene McCallum, Evan Corey Costagliola snd Gemma Schepers for making it happen! 👀Check back as we share learnings and insights… 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 Cityfi

📣 We’re expanding our member community and opening doors to individual consultants! If you're an expert in transportation or tech, you can now contribute to the development of smarter, safer, and more sustainable urban mobility tools. 👀 This is what our inaugural members are saying about joining the OMF. 🔗 Learn more about joining: https://lnkd.in/gvpUdfwJ