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Episode 29: AVs and the Future of Mobility (The #CitiesFirst Webinar)
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Episode 29: AVs and the Future of Mobility (The #CitiesFirst Webinar)

🚨 The latest The #CitiesFirst Advisors + Podcast Webinar episode is now live!

Last week, I had the pleasure of hosting Episode 29 of the CitiesFirst Podcast: "AVs and the Future of Mobility", in partnership with EIT Urban Mobility - Urban Mobility Explained (UMX). We brought together three exceptional leaders—Henriette Cornet (Urban Innovate), Sascha Meyer (MOIA), and Javier Guimerá Tena (Padam Mobility)—for a rich discussion on the future role of autonomous vehicles in our cities.

As someone who’s worked in this space for years, I found this conversation incredibly insightful. We explored the tangible lessons from real-world AV deployments—like how MOIA’s pilot in London used dynamic routing to boost vehicle utilization by 20%. But just as importantly, we unpacked the policy, equity, and operational challenges cities face when integrating AVs into public transport systems. Henriette made a powerful point: if we want AVs to serve everyone, diverse communities must be involved from the start. This kind of thinking is what will separate scalable solutions from isolated experiments.

🎙️ Featuring:

Henriette Cornet, CEO at Urban Innovate

Sascha Meyer, CEO at MOIA

Javier Guimerá Tena, Head of AV at Padam Mobility

🔍 Topics we covered:

✅ The role of AVs in sustainable transport

✅ Lessons from pilot deployments

✅ Integration into multimodal mobility ecosystems

✅ Public-private partnerships

✅ Accessibility, equity, and citizen engagement

✅ Policy innovation and the road to scale

🎧 Listen to the podcast:

Spotify: https://lnkd.in/dMQrj22b

Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/dxjxCDvg

RSS.com + Transcript: https://lnkd.in/d2a7PiqN

🎥 Watch the full LinkedIn Live replay:

🔗 https://lnkd.in/d75sDnZ8

🎓 Want to go further? Enrol in the UMX course:

"Autonomous Vehicles – an opportunity for cities"

🔗 https://lnkd.in/d6A6KQV3

#AutonomousVehicles #FutureOfMobility #UrbanMobility #SmartCities #SharedMobility #ElectricVehicles #PublicTransport #AVtech #MobilityInnovation #CitiesFirst #EITUrbanMobility #UMX

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