NEW TECHNOLOGY TRENDS TO MONITOR, ACCORDING TO TOP PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION KEYNOTE SPEAKERS + CITY TRANSIT FUTURISTS

The world’s best public transportation keynote speakers and city transit futurists have much to say about new technology trends and future developments. You’ll often find them talking about subjects like…

• Promoting public transit – Increasing ridership and expanding service by making transit competitive with private autos through options, frequency. Integration with new mobility services from a public transportation keynote speaker’s perspective.
• Bike and pedestrian infrastructure – Expanding bike lanes and trails, sidewalks, crosswalks, and other active transit infrastructure to enable non-vehicular mobility.
• Managing congestion – Strategies like smart traffic signals, high occupancy lanes, congestion zone pricing, apps to direct drivers to reduce traffic.
• Vision Zero and traffic safety – Engineering solutions, enforcement, and education campaigns to work towards zero traffic fatalities in cities. Focus on pedestrian safety.
• Curbside management – New policies and technology that public transportation keynote speakers say can optimize curb access for transit, ride share, deliveries, and new micromobility in age of heightened competition for curb space.
• Smart cities – Using sensors, data analytics, and integrated command centers to optimize urban mobility and infrastructure in real-time.
• Equity – Ensuring transportation meets needs across income levels and geographic areas, not just the wealthy and central areas.
• Autonomous vehicles – Preparing the physical and digital infrastructure as public transportation keynote speakers to support safe autonomous vehicle use in complex urban environments.
• Transportation electrification – Transitioning municipal fleets to electric vehicles and deploying public charging infrastructure.
• Multimodal integration – Smoothing connections between transit services and various first-last mile modes through planning and apps.
• Sustainable transportation – Reducing emissions by shifting away from private car use towards mass transit, cycling, walking and new mobility options.