See Who's Headed to Curbivore
Ticket prices jump Friday
Can you believe we’re just a bit over a week away from Curbivore? If you don’t have your ticket yet, you only have 24 hours left before prices jump: score your ticket now and save hundreds!
Curbivore is where the world of the curb comes together; this is your chance to meet unbelievable innovators from organizations like:
Accenture, Automotus, Blue Systems, BMW Designworks, California Bank & Trust, Capital One, ChowNow, City of Beverly Hills, City of LA, City of Minneapolis, City of Pasadena, Cityfi, CloudKitchens, Coco, Culver City, CurbIQ, Dinemic Ventures, Dlivrd, DoorDash, DutchX, Electric Avenue, Epson, Everytable, Fernhay, Fulflld, General Motors, Harbor Lockers, Kiwibot, LA Cleantech Incubator, LA County, LADOT, Mattel, Metro, Metropolis, Miami Parking Authority, Ottonomy, Park Mobile, Passport Labs, Porsche Ventures, Replica, Restaurant Dive, RMI, RxPost, Shell Recharge, Silicon Valley Robotics, Spec’s Markets, SpotHero, Spring Free EV, Starship, State of California, SUMC, Sweetgreen, Taco Bell, Tern Bicycles, The Good Salad, The Planning Report, Trinet, Tusk Strategies, Uber, UC Davis, UCLA, USC, USDOT, Via, Vianova, Walker Consultants, Walmart, Woolpert Digital Innovations, Xos, Y-Risk, Zipcar, Zygg E-bikes and hundreds more!
You only have 24 hours left to score an All Access ticket for just $275 — securing your spot to all day Friday, plus Thursday evening’s can’t miss Opening Reception.
(Do you have a Limited Friday Only Ticket and want to upgrade to include Thursday evening? Email us to enhance your ticket.)
HOT INDUSTRY NEWS & GOSSIP
EVs and charging jolt back to life! The Biden administration & the EPA rolled out new vehicle emissions standards, looking to cut car GHGs by 50% and medium-duty trucks by 44%. Meanwhile, Chargepoint has started rolling out Tesla-style NACS cables to its roster of chargers, and SF is looking to install more curb-side chargers.
One could quibble with the methodology… Streetlight Data released a compendium of the cities with the most (and least) sustainable transportation systems. West Coast and Northeastern cities take the lead, while Augusta, South Carolina came in dead last. Any of these rankings surprise you in particular?
Uber & Lyft Eye MPLS Exit: The big TNCs are threatening to pull out of Minneapolis, after the City Council voted to push pay to $1.40 per mile and $0.51 per minute. Will apps like Empower and Wridz pick up the slack, a la Austin in 2016, or is this all a bluff?
Transit spending: NYC announced it would plonk down $2 billion, towards a whopping $10 billion in total budget, to build a replacement for the aging Port Authority Bus Terminal. (Many critics have noted that bus users would be better served by simply converting 42nd St into a bus-only lane, allowing more riders to be dropped off within walking distance of their offices.)
Transit results: Ridership on SF Muni is up 25% in the past year, thanks to 25 new miles of bus lanes, plus improved cleaning and maintenance.
“Eh, I’m walkin’ here!” A push to daylight intersections in Hoboken, New Jersey led to amazing results: zero traffic fatalities in seven years! And while Northern NJ may have a large Portuguese speaking population, there’s an even bigger group in Brazil, which has also seen big improvements in road safety thanks to complete streets.
Shoulda, woulda, coulda… Somerville, MA is mulling the elimination of minimum parking requirements. Now advocates in Dallas, not exactly the poster child for progressive urban design, want to try it out there as well. Kudos!
We’re so back: Mobility and delivery tech may be back in vogue, as the upswing in the stock market has reinvigorated stocks like Instacart. While shares plunged after its IPO last fall, and then spent the subsequent five months below water, since the beginning of the March its back above its initial listing price.
Partner product news: Automotus unveils its CurbSuite platform with real-time occupancy data. Itselectric gets world’s first UL Certification for its detachable charging cable.
Money, money, money: The FTA is looking to fund new transit lines or extensions in Chicago, LA, Miami and more. The Feds also want to allow transit operators to directly fund bikeshare and micromobilty ops. CA State legislators are looking for new funding sources for Bay Area transit. And NYC is letting Open Streets slowly wither away, due to a lack of consistent funding.
Yum: Michelin has added 10 restaurants to its California guide, with nine in Greater L.A. While there are some good contenders in here, those French freaks still don’t seem to understand that the best food comes from street vendors, pop ups and other informal dining setups. And speaking of low rent, NYC’s Golden Mall, an iconic food court for Chinese cuisine, has reopened.
A few good links: First they came for women’s rights, now Texas’ state leaders want to kill Austin’s light rail plans. Cities First Podcast talks to Lime’s Head of Sustainability. Harry and I share a few of our favorite things about next week’s conference. Harry chats rideshare growth with Grayson Brulte. Wonder cooks up $700M in fresh funding. DutchX founder talks NYC riverine delivery. Florida gives OK to NoTraffic. LA Metro retools bike lockers for faster access.
P.S. Have you scored your Curbivore tickets yet?
- Jonah Bliss & The Curbivore Crew