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C2SMART at the NY Auto Show
This spring saw the first-ever Tandon-VectoIQ Tech Talks at the New York International Auto Show, featuring C2SMART Director Kaan Ozbay and Deputy Director Joseph Chow. Co-sponsored by C2SMART, the event featured two panels presented on April 19 which looked at the expansion of mobility beyond privately owned cars and trucks, as well as related technologies that are changing how people commute and travel.
The first panel, moderated by Prof. Chow, looked at disruptive technologies in the urban mobility space. The lineup included Caroline Samponaro, director of Lyft’s Motivate, Su Sanni, founder of startup DollarRide, and Henry Greenidge from Cruise Automation. The speakers touched on each of the companies’ missions and the advances happening in emerging mobility modes.
Stephen Girsky, managing partner of mobility company VectoIQ, moderated the second panel, which focused on how technology, big data, and artificial intelligence can impact urban mobility, alleviate congestion, and aid better city planning. Prof. Ozbay, one of the panel’s
The Pink Tax on Transportation
A new study conducted by C2SMART and the Rudin Center for Transportation at NYU Wagner revealed some insights into transportation’s “Pink Tax,” a term used for the extra cost for products and services for women. The research was led by Sarah Kaufman, Associate Director of the Rudin Center for Transportation and C2SMART PI, and was followed by a workshop to present the results and host a panel discussion on the importance of diver- sity in leadership and innovations in mobility.
Additionally, Kaufman presented the study’s findings
at numerous conferences, and the results were widely covered in a variety of media outlets including Business Insider and Wired. The resulting report and presenta- tions generated widespread interest in further research on the topic. New York City policymakers are looking into new safety solutions, while leaders from other U.S. cities are considering their local Pink Tax issues. NYU
speakers, spoke about the center’s mission to work with and analyze transportation big data.
“There are tremendous amounts of data being collected by vehicles and devices constantly,” he said. “Our goal is to take that data and show how to make it actionable, to help make traffic systems work better and safer — for example, using data to identify high-risk safety loca- tions.”
The panels other speakers were Stephen Smyth, CEO of Coord, and Ro Gupta, CEO of CARMERA. The Tech Talks were covered in a full-page feature in the Show Report.
has heard from San Francisco MTA Officials about a possible collaborative study in the future, and an inter- national organization aims to evaluate the Pink Tax on transportation in cities across developing nations using the survey as a foundational document.
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