Greg & Julia open this season’s penultimate episode with a wide-ranging discussion of energy markets, infrastructure spending, Transport for London in trouble, and the running controversy over cities collecting data from transit and micromobility trips. Greg is then joined by Lacuna CEO Hugh Martin to discuss his open source approach to building software for cities, respond to critics of this public-private approach, and speculate on where cities’ digital twins might collide with the corporate Metaverse. Don’t forget to send Greg & Julia questions for their end-of-season mailbag: fastforward@comotionglobal.com.
Show notes:
1. Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Bill Overview of Highway Provisions (US DOT Federal Highway Administration) https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bipartisan-infrastructure-law/docs/bil_overview_20211122.pdf
2. Tumult in the energy markets (The Gregor Letter — subscription required)https://gregor.substack.com/p/tumult?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0MTYyMTEsInBvc3RfaWQiOjQzMDE2MzU2LCJfIjoiTEFadi8iLCJpYXQiOjE2Mzg4MDYyOTUsImV4cCI6MTYzODgwOTg5NSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTM2NzIiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.4BY8OPDbRRn3tUtXQHFWlODRSfwzaU0EajrD1Zh4DIc
3. Breaking up GM and Ford (Datatrek Research) https://www.datatrekresearch.com/breaking-up-gm-and-ford/
4. Boston’s new mayor promise free public transit. Can she make it happen? (Grist)https://grist.org/transportation/michelle-wu-boston-free-public-transit/
5. Scooter rides have turned into a data privacy issue for cities (Bloomberg CityLab)https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-10/scooter-rides-have-turned-into-a-data-privacy-fight-with-austin-u-s-cities
