Sustainable Mobility and the Digitial Revolution

Special Guest Speaker: Robin Chase, Founder and Former CEO, Zipcar

We are on the verge of a transportation-information revolution. New "mesh" networking and sensor technologies applied to transportation enable us to collect, organize, and transmit information from anywhere to anywhere at very low cost and with a greatly reduced investment. Much like the combustion engine at the turn of the last century, these new digital applications could transform the way we think about and experience transportation, and hold promise as a catalyst for economic growth. In this presentation, Robin Chase will explore and explain how we can use cheap and ubiquitous information to reduce congestion, to improve the quality of transit alternatives, to shift our relationship with transportation modes, to be a catalyst for  new service options (including the successful ZipCar car-sharing model now thriving in several major American cities) and to link driving more closely with its true costs. The presentation will be of interest to academics, professionals, and interested citizens. Robin's visit is made possible with thanks to the Loeb Fellowship Alumni Council, Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Thursday May 18, 4:00- 5:30 pm in the Wolverine Room, Michigan Union -- 530 South State Street, Ann Arbor

Free and open to the public

For More Informatio, contact Susan Zielinski, Managing Director, S.M.A.R.T. /C.A.R.S.S. (Sustainable Transportation and Accessibility Research & Transformation) at 734-763-1190 or susanz@isr.umich.edu