Will the Curb End Driving? (Bern ...

Will the Curb End Driving? (Bern Grush, Urban Robotics Foundation & Pudocity)

Disruption Drive di Hari Sripathi
S1 · E40
18 giu 2026
28:49

Note sull'episodio

Today, we dive deep into the future of our streets, our sidewalks, and the very fabric of our cities with one of the most unique thinkers in the entire mobility ecosystem.

When he looks at transport, he does so through the lens of social good, public policy, and human harmony, combining insights from Design, Systems engineering and human Behavioral Economics.

Bern Grush is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Urban Robotics Foundation, and the lead architect behind the ISO 4448 standards—essentially drafting the global 'rules of the road' for how sidewalk delivery robots and humans share public spaces. He is also the author of the definitive textbook, The End of Driving.

I chat with him about the limits of Disruption and if the Curb is the true barrier.

We chat:

  • How far will AVs penetrate in the next two generations?
  • How does a City need to manage Parking henceforth?
  • How should we define the hierarchy of social needs on the curb?
  • How does a robot make the judgment call of how to park?
  • Who pays for expanded V2X infrastructure? How should States, Cities and the Federal governments work together?

Parole chiave

Mobility
Fleet Management
Logistics
Internet of Things
Curb Management