The Future of Mobility — Top 10 Podcasts and People

John Fagan
3 min readOct 20, 2020

Fast Forward by CoMotion

This is my favourite podcast, plus I am a big Greg Lindsay fanboy, he covers all commercial, technical, equity and regulatory aspects of the public transit, micromobility, active miles and smart cities.

Follow Greg here.

2. Micromobility

Horace is the godfather of Micromobility, supported by his kiwi sidekick Oliver Bruce.

Micromobility explores the disruption to urban transport that comes from new electric, lightweight utility vehicles. Using the history of computing as a framework, we unpack how e-bikes, scooters and more will change how people get around cities.

3. Autonocast

The perfect trio discussing all things related to the future of transportation, and asking founders and leaders difficult questions.

Weekly podcast on Autonomous vehicles and future of transportation. Alex Roy, Edward Niedermeyer, and Kirsten Korosec

4. The Rideshare Guy

A podcast covering the rideshare and mobility industry. Interviews with start-up founders, CEOs, academics, gig workers and more!

No Parking

No Parking is a podcast about self-driving vehicles, artificial intelligence, and how technology will actually change our daily lives. Tune in to two friends — outlaw rally racer Alex Roy and roboticist Bryan Salesky — for honest conversations about how it all works and what’s coming next.

The Mobility Podcast

High Frequency

In American cities, good transit is scarce — but it shouldn’t be. We can dramatically expand access to fast, frequent, reliable transit, making cities greener, safer, and more just. In each episode of High Frequency, an interview series hosted by TransitCenter’s Kapish Singla, you’ll hear from the advocates, experts, and public officials working to improve American transit.

Reinventing Transport

he Reinventing Transport show is for anyone, in any country, pushing for local changes to urban mobility, especially if you want your city to be more socially just, sustainable, safe, productive, full of great places and much better at helping us all to flourish.

The War on Cars

The War on Cars is a podcast about car culture, mobility and the future of cities. We bring you news, commentary and stories about the worldwide battle to undo a century’s worth of damage wrought by the automobile. The War on Cars is waged by three leading voices of the livable streets movement, Doug Gordon, Sarah Goodyear and Aaron Naparstek. Liberate your city. Enlist today in The War on Cars.

Smarter Cars

Smarter Cars is a show about the future of transportation from autonomous vehicles to electric scooters. We believe the future includes all modes of transport if we can choose the right tool for the job for each trip. We’re interviewing key players about policies to encourage multi-modal transport, the role for ride services and autonomous vehicles, reducing personal car ownership, the impact of micromobility, how to redesign our streets and curbs, fair road pricing and the role of transit

Bonus Smart Cities Podcasts

To get the full picture, i highly recommend you supplement the top 10 with the bigger picture.

City of the Future by Googles Sidewalk Labs

We explore the innovations and ideas that will transform our cities.

The Smart City Podcast

Compelling and Educational Smart City Planning and Technology Discussions — including Energy, Transportation, The Built Environment, Connectivity and Water as well as the Human Factors that influence this dramatic paradigm shift.

Reinventing Parking

The parking podcast for urban change-makers. Reinventing Parking is about parking policy but it’s for anyone who wants a better city and better urban transport.

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