Key questions to answer on deploying Autonomous Vehicles on the road. Experiment in morality illustrates challenges in programming self-driving cars to make life-or-death decisions https://t.co/K0lniZH4K6
Today the #womenincleantech semi-finalists rocked the auditorium @marsdd . Learned a crazy amount of chemistry, physics, microbiology, advanced materials and agri-tech. Excited to see them build their companies.
Feels like @nrcan just doubled the size of our #cleantech army!
Dara Khosrowshahi of @Uber speaks of expanding from a ride hailing company to a mobility company and platform with multiple modes of transportation. @uber announces a further $200 mill in Canada.
Cement is responsible for 7% of global man-made greenhouse emissions, but a Canadian startup is getting amazing traction making concrete that permanently sequesters #CO2. Added benefit: it makes better concrete. https://t.co/1WZtDwis2p via @CNNMoney@carboncure@marsdd
Buenos Aires: BRT built in six months, travel times halved, bus ridership tripled, neighborhood activated, mayor became president. Low carbon transport is a political win. #MovinONConf18
@tpap_ cities can increase land space by up to 50% with shared, electric and automated vehicles. Cities need to start to plan for that. @CityInnovate @movinonconf@MaRSDD
“One challenge that we face in providing service is how do you deal with peak time demand and manage reliability, maintain customer experience and expectations.That’s where we need big data and wide collaboration.” @FengminGong@DidiChuxing@movinonconf@MaRSDD
“You need to reduce people’s addiction to cars by not just offering one solution, to users but by offering a suite of solutions”. @adamblinick@Uber@movinonconf@MaRSDD
“The growth of cars exceeds the growth of the population in Montreal. This is not just an American problem, it’s a global one.” @Val_Plante#MovinOnConf18