Weekly Seminar: Understanding Sustainable Mobility: Building a Supply Side Tool at WRI, Dr. Adam Davidson

Join us for our weekly seminar this Thursday, November 17th from 3:45-5pm in River Road RM 325, LeFrak Hall RM 1158, or via Zoom! Dr. Adam Davidson of the World Resources Institute (WRI) will be presenting "Understanding Sustainable Mobility: building a supply side tool at WRI."

Abstract: Just what is sustainable mobility? Why do we want it and how do we get it? The Urban Mobility team at WRI works to connect research with action to catalyze changes and bring about a more sustainable, and accessible, future. Dr. Adam Davidson, a Senior Research Associate at WRI, will highlight the role of NGO’s in enabling sustainable mobility and present a new (very beta) OSM tool to help us reframe how we think about our streets.

Speaker Bio: Dr. Adam Davidson, Ph.D. is a senior associate with the Urban Mobility Team at World Resource Institute (WRI). He works to expand our understanding of technology and mobility services in the transportation sector, with an emphasis on sustainability. His research seeks to understand how information technologies can change demand on urban infrastructure and how institutions adapt to those changes. His dissertation focused on the spatial supply and demand effects of for-hire-vehicles before and after ride-sourcing became widely available in North America.
At WRI Adam co-manages the Mobility and Accessibility Program and Reimagining Public Transit initiatives with the Integrated Transport & Innovation team. Adam earned his doctorate in Geography at the City University of New York. In addition, he holds a Masters in City and Regional Planning from the University of Pennsylvania and Bachelors in International Relations and Environmental Policy from Tulane University.

Zoom meeting info: For zoom meeting info, please send an email to vireks@terpmail.umd.edu.