Fast Forward is a bi-weekly podcast covering the revolution in urban mobility. Hosted by urban researcher Nick Perloff-Giles, each episode features a guest on the front lines of the transformation in transportation, along with fun and incisive commentary on that week’s news. Visit www.comotionla.com to find out more about our flagship gathering convening the top players shaping the future of mobility.
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Battery fires are a nagging (and growing) problem in New York City: while they've fueled the e-mobility-enabled rise of delivery apps like Doordash, they often exist in black market, underregulated spaces, where fires are common. But what if you disintermediated the system, by offering shared batteries swappable at a moment's notice? That's the model of PopWheels. Fast Forward host Nick…
CoMotion has been in downtown Los Angeles for 10 years - in that time, self-driving cars have filled the roads, delivery robots crawl the sidewalks, and slowly but surely, a subway network is emerging. In this special retrospective conversation, founder and chief curator John Rossant sits down with former Mayor of Los Angeles and Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti for a discussion on what's changed…
On this episode, CoMotion founder and CEO John Rossant sits down with Michael Mueller of TASARU Mobility Investments, a Saudi Arabian fund looking at the future of mobility in the Gulf and beyond. They discuss current bottlenecks for new mobility deployment, what's specific about the regional context of Saudi Arabia, and how the country and fund are adapting strategies from around the world to…
Imagine 7 super bowls in your city, every day, for sixteen days. That's what LA is poised to deal with when the Olympics arrive in 2028. How is the World Cup helping them prepare? On this special miniseries episode of the Fast Forward podcast, host Nick Perloff-Giles sits down with experts, advocates, and researchers Alissa Walker, Eli Lipmen, and Juan Matute to discuss everything that's gone…
What if our urban planning started not with a metro stop or apartment, but with a neighborhood as the unit of analysis? On this episode, guest host and CoMotion co-founder Tim Gribaudi sits down with Vanessa Velasco, Habitat Chief Secretary of Bogota, to talk about her efforts to address Bogota's affordable housing through acquisition, home improvement, and rental housing programs. The ambitious…
On this episode of Fast Forward, host Nick Perloff-Giles sits down with Trucks VC co-founder Reilly Brennan, for a conversation about where capital is going in mobility after the frothy days of the SPAC-heavy 2010s.
Take a look back at some of the most interesting conversations at CoMotion MIAMI 2026 on this special episode of Fast Forward, hosted this time by Javier Bettancourt of Mobility Matters!
A sneak peek of what's to come next week at CoMotion Miami 2026, plus a few standout moments from last year's panels.
For more than a century, conventional urban planning has prioritized the efficient movement of passengers from the core to the periphery. But what if this system ignores the transportation needs of most people? In this episode, host Nick Perloff-Giles sits down with Melissa Bruntlett, author of "Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation", a book that showcases how female…
On this episode, host Nick Perloff-Giles sits down with Abhilasha Bhola, Director of the Auto Supply Chain Campaign at Public Citizen, to discuss their newest report, which identifies the leaders (and losers) in the race for transparency and sustainability in the electric vehicle supply chain.
