The Third Annual National Mobility Summit of US Department of Transportation University Transportation Centers

Innovating Mobility for All

April 15, 2021

11:00AM – 4:00PM

Featured Keynote Speaker:

Robert Hampshire, Acting Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

Robert Hampshire serves as the Acting Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology. Hampshire was previously an associate professor at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. He was also a research associate professor in both the U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) and Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS), and an affiliated faculty member in the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE).

Agenda

11:00 am Welcome, Introductions, & Overview of the Day

Raj Rajkumar, Director, Mobility21 National UTC, Carnegie Mellon University

11:10 am Remarks from the UTC Program – watch recording here

Caesar Singh, Director, USDOT Office of Research, Development & Technology

11:15 am Federal Representative Panel – watch recording here

Moderator, Shari Schaftlein, Director, Office of Human Environment at FHWA

David Corman, Program Director, National Science Foundation, Cyber-Physical Systems, Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier: Core Research, Smart and Connected Communities
Prasad Gupte, Technology Manager, Department of Energy Vehicle Technologies Office and the Energy Efficient Mobility Systems Program
Scott Michael Robertson, PhD, Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy, Employment-Related Supports Team
Stanley E. Young, PE, PhD, Advanced Transportation & Urban Scientist, Mobility Systems Team Lead, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

12:05 pm Break

12:15 pm Improving Mobility for All: Infrastructure and Opportunities Panel – watch recording here

Moderator, Carol Wright, Director of Easterseals Transportation Group and co-director of the National Aging and Disability Transportation Center

Sheryl Gross-Glaser, President, SGG Consulting LLC and former Director, Community Transportation Association of America’s National Center for Applied Transit Technology (N-CATT)
Ken McLeod, Policy Director at The League of American Bicyclists
Thomas Weakley, Director of Operations of the Owner-Operator Independent Driver’s Association Foundation, Inc.

1:05 pm Break

1:15 pm Small Group Break-outs and Discussions – watch recording of discussion debrief here

Click here to read the summaries from all the discussions.

1. Redefining the role of the curb

Jennifer Dill, Director of the National Institute for Transportation and Communities at Portland State University
Cole Kopca, Assistant Director for Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium, USDOT University Transportation Center for Federal Region 10

2. Connected and autonomous vehicles

Mansoreh Jeihani, Interim Director of the National Transportation Center and Urban Mobility and Equity Center at Morgan State University

3. Freight and goods movement, including deliveries (groceries, food)

Victoria Deguzman, Associate Director, Education and Professional Development, Pacific Southwest Region (R9), University of Southern California

4. Public transportation & transportation network companies

Shri Iyer, Manager Director of the C2SMART Transportation Center at New York University

5. Rural challenges

David Kack, Director of the Small Urban, Rural and Tribal Center on Mobility at the Western Transportation Institute
Jeremy Mattson, Small Urban, and Rural Center on Mobility, a program of the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University

6. Active transportation – ped/bike, micromobility

Hilary Nixon, Research Associate with the Mineta Transportation Institute

7. Future emergencies and transportation – lessons learned from COVID-19

Kaan Ozbay, Professor & Director, C2SMART Transportation Center at New York University

2:15 pm Break

2:25 pm Keynote & Closing Remarks – watch recording here
Introduced by Raj Rajkumar, Director, Mobility21 National UTC, Carnegie Mellon University

Robert Hampshire, Acting Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

2:45 pm Poster Session – watch recording here