Plan to boost Abu Dhabi as a smart city with satellites and self-driving taxis
Abu Dhabi-based Bayanat, an artificial intelligence-powered geospatial data products and services provider, expects its recently announced space deal for satellites as well as its self-driving vehicles pilot programme to offer a significant boost to the emirate’s smart city ambition. Continue reading: https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/technology/2023/08/23/how-bayanat-is-powering-abu-dhabi-smart-city-plans-with-satellites-and-self-driving-taxis/
Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan: Everywhere accessible on foot within 20 minutes
The Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan focuses on walkability around the city; and key developments The ruler of Dubai has announced a new policy for the city, aiming to have all major parts of the emirate accessible within 20 minutes on foot or by bike. The aptly named 20-Minute City Policy would see the development […]
Social Mobility Isn’t A Nice To Have: It’s Vital To The Progression Of Society
Social mobility affects us all. It covers all strata in society and does not just affect those typically seen as underprivileged. The family you were born into, where you come from, or the people you know shouldn’t be what shapes your life and prospects – but the reality is these things can still impact an […]
Is Sustainable Travel The Future Of Work?
The commute as we knew it may be gone for good, new research conducted by e-bike subscription service DASH Rides reveals. DASH and Sapio Research surveyed over 2,000 city-dwelling, full-time workers, who used to work primarily in the office and now work primarily at home, and discovered that three quarters of those returning to the office […]
Electric Cars: The Business Solution To Reaching Net Zero
With gas prices soaring and an increasing drive for sustainability across the UK, electric cars have never made more sense. Yet figures show that despite electric car sales increasing, the market still has plenty of room to grow – and could contribute far more efforts to decarbonise using smart energy solutions Electric cars made up more […]
How mobile will the future be? Predictions for a second pandemic year
If 2020 was a person, it would most likely be a candidate for the most hated people in the entire history of humankind. Last year took everybody for a ride to a completely different destination than expected, on a road full of potholes, with no traffic signs, cutting through thick fog and with little to […]
How a Missed Dinner Inspired a brand new EV Charging Platform
There are very few points in one’s life that provide deep clarity around what the world needs. One fateful day, I was traveling from my apartment in New York City to my grandmothers house outside Hartford, Connecticut. It was her 90th birthday, and for the short drive, I had decided to take a buddy’s BMW […]
How to achieve reliability in vehicle sharing
Reliability plays a center stage role in most, if not all businesses, and shared mobility is no different. The lack of reliability can then be the downfall of your business. ‘The rental that never happened’ is every shared mobility provider’s nightmare. Now, as to why that rental didn’t happen can vary, but at the end […]
The sustainable mobility revolution : CoMotion LA ’21 Key takeaways
From November 16 to 18, Los Angeles became the center of sustainable mobility by hosting the 2021 edition of CoMotion LA, the international meeting of the actors who think and imagine tomorrow’s mobility. Mobility Makers had the chance to be a part of this revolution as a media partner and as a jury of the LA New Mobility Challenge. This year, […]
How e-scooters will shape cities this 2022
Electric scooters have come a long way from being just a fun teenage pastime to a convenient and efficient means for adults to travel around the city. Today, e-scooters have become one of the fastest-growing micromobility options across the US, Europe, and Asia. Since its boom in 2018, electric scooters have spread in 626 cities in 53 […]