MOBILITY: RIDERSHIP WEEK Redesigning Ridership for New Mobility Solutions

A week-long series of events featuring live broadcasts, exclusive interviews, interactive briefings, webinars and workshops

March 29 - April 2, 2021

Speaker spotlight:

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Adina Vălean Commissioner for Transport European Commission

Mobility: Ridership Week

Ridership Week is a week-long series of events featuring live broadcasts, exclusive interviews, interactive briefings, webinars and workshops.


The transportation industry is in flux. Disrupted by COVID-19, technology, and the energy transition, it is going to change more in the next 5 years than ever before.

Traditional transit is now faced with protecting existing revenue streams and enabling equitable access of people and goods whilst preparing for seismic change. Failure to evolve will prove fatal, and timing is everything.

Ridership Week connects the leading national, state and city officials with the C-Suite in transit and mobility from largest technology, infrastructure, OEM and mobility companies on the planet.

Join us to identify the business models, revenue strategies, infrastructural requirements and public/private partnerships that reduce emissions, finance and enable the safe and equitable movement of people, goods and services.

Speakers

Adina Vălean - Headshot
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Adina Vălean Commissioner for Transport European Commission

Kristoffer Tamsons - Headshot
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Kristoffer Tamsons Regional Minister for Transport of Region Stockholm and Chairman Stockholm Public Transport

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Alexander Pischon - Headshot
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Alexander Pischon CEO Karlsruhe Public Transport (KVV)

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Gerrit Spijksma - Headshot
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Gerrit Spijksma CEO Qbuzz

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Michael Rüffer - Headshot
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Michael Rüffer CTO Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt (VGF)

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Axel Threlfall - Headshot
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Axel Threlfall Editor-at-Large Reuters



Maurice Unck - Headshot
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Maurice Unck CEO RET

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Sharon Cooney - Headshot
San Diego MTS - Logo

Sharon Cooney Chief Executive Officer San Diego MTS


Molly Poppe - Headshot
Chicago Transit Authority - Logo

Molly Poppe Chief Innovation Officer Chicago Transit Authority

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Jamie Ponce - Headshot
City Tech Collaborative - Logo

Jamie Ponce Director of Strategic Partnerships City Tech Collaborative



Events

Ridership Week is a series of global broadcasts, webinars, workshops and mobility task force meetings. You can register to join the week as a whole or for specific events.

Reuters Newsmaker - Global

29TH MARCH: REUTERS MOBILITY BOARDROOM – GLOBAL BROADCAST (11-12AM GMT)

Reuters Newsmaker: Mobility Boardroom #EUYearofRail

Mobility lies at the epicentre of economies, governance, and the smart cities of the future. Mobility transformation is critical to every city and nation as they grapple with effects of massive health, social and technological challenges.

2021 is the European Year of Rail and in this exclusive interview with Adina Valean, European Commissioner for Transport we will look at the role of rail in reducing emissions, adding to the 9 billion Europeans who travel by rail each year, and its role in strengthening businesses and connecting economies.

For more information visit: www.europa.eu/year-of-rail/

Adina Vălean Commissioner for Transport European Commission

Axel Threlfall Editor-at-Large Reuters

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Interactive Briefings/Webinars - Regional

30TH MARCH: INTERACTIVE BRIEFING: (3PM GMT)

Ridership Redefined: Infrastructure, Investment and Collaboration

Cities and public transport agencies across the world have had their ridership figures decimated by new working habits, safety procedures, and lockdown measures in response to Covid-19. This has created gaps in service delivery and huge loss of revenue forcing cities and transit authorities to restructure and redesign infrastructure, funding, and service strategy.

In this hour long, interactive webinar we discuss:

  • Transition plans for new levels of public transportation as ridership curves evolve.
  • Balancing capacity, demand, and pricing to determine fiscal policy and future revenue forecasts.
  • Making up the shortfall: funding, investment, and partnership strategies to mitigate ridership deficits.
  • The role of transportation hubs, curb-side management, and auxiliary mobility services as public-private revenue instruments.

Kristoffer Tamsons Regional Minister for Transport of Region Stockholm and Chairman Stockholm Public Transport

Maurice Unck CEO RET

Sharon Cooney Chief Executive Officer San Diego MTS

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31ST MARCH: INTERACTIVE BRIEFING: (3PM GMT)

Integrating Public Transport into Mobility as a Service: Regulation, Data, and Scalability

Evolving ridership behaviours demand greater interoperability between public and private mobility providers. In this briefing we explore the governance framework and long-term financial planning for the integration of ticketing and payment systems, alongside implications for the collection, management and use of data.

  • Integrating mobility services and platforms across public transit to respond to evolving demands to create flexible, open access, and shared service solutions.
  • How to scale regional open access platforms into state and nation-wide programs.
  • The role of connected data in forecasting travel demands and equitable service requirements.
  • Identifying mobility solutions that compliment public transport provision and provide flexibility to new working, living and travel behaviours.

Alexander Pischon CEO Karlsruhe Public Transport (KVV)

Gerrit Spijksma CEO Qbuzz

Michael Rüffer CTO Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt (VGF)

Molly Poppe Chief Innovation Officer Chicago Transit Authority

Moderator: Jamie Ponce Director of Strategic Partnerships City Tech Collaborative

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Intimate Discussions on a Global Scale

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Reuters Mobility Boardroom:

Be a part of news making conversations that define the future. The Reuters Mobility Boardroom reaches a global audience in the tens and hundreds of thousands and will dominate headlines, set benchmarks, and outline industry-changing strategies and partnerships.

Interactive Briefings/Webinars:

Join us for exclusive live discussion groups as public authority, transit, city and mobility executive leadership share the stage to present, converse, analyse and respond to audience questions in real time.

Workshops

Register interest for our by-invitation-only workshops (capacity of 30 attendees) where executive leaders discuss key challenges and opportunities in an off-the-record, closed room environment.

Who attends Ridership Week?

Global leaders and forward thinkers from across

Governments & Policy Makers

Mobility


Energy


Tech


Investors


Transit


OEMs

Platforms


Travel


…and more

About Ridership Week

Ridership Week is a global initiative that brings together the leading public sector authorities with executive leaders in transit, energy, and mobility platform technology.

The week plays host to an exclusive Reuters Mobility Boardroom, followed by a series of interactive briefings and by invitation-only working groups.

  • 29th March: Reuters Mobility Boardroom – Global Broadcast
  • 30th March: Interactive Briefing: Financing New Mobility Projects without ‘Traditional’ Ridership Revenue
  • 31st March: Interactive Briefing: Transforming Mobility - a New Approach to Ridership through Public/Private Partnerships
  • 1st April: Invitation-only Executive Workshops
  • 2nd April: Mobility Task Force Meeting

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