RSG112: CoMotion LA Recap with Tom Mourmouras

Recently, I attended one of my favorite conferences: CoMotion LA. The conference brings together the top names in the public and private sides of transportation, and it’s a great conference to attend if you have the chance. Today, I’m talking to another conference-goer about our conference takeaways.

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Intro

Today I’ll be chatting with Tom Mourmouras, a digital ventures consultant and previous RSG guest
Tom and I work together in consulting – helping people at all stages of company development, from the idea stage and beyond
Main product right now is our survey – learn more about it at our consulting page

Intro to Tom Mourmouras

Has been involved in the mobility and ridesharing space for 7 years now
Part of the 3 person team at Lyft that introduced ridesharing to LA
In 2017, founded his consulting company, Naxos Mobility

What is CoMotion LA?

Opportunity for industry people and regular folks to mingle, find out how they can help each other
Not an auto show!
This conference is a slam dunk for various reasons, including programming, sponsors, attendees – and weather!
Roughly 1200 people there at any one time – people arriving via scooters, Lyfts, Ubers, etc.

Best Panels and Presentations at CoMotion LA

Seleta Reynolds, the Head of the LADOT – a panel on rideshare compliance
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a new initiative, Urban Movement Labs – headliner at CoMotion LA!
Some interesting concepts discussed at the conference, too, including aerial mobility, data and privacy, etc.

Predictions for 2020 CoMotion LA?

Cities getting smarter about regulation
How cities will adopt and regulate this technology
Micromobility – at this year’s conference, got to try out new scooters and technology
Unagi scooter – it’s like a hopped up Dodge Viper with a lot of power, not a lot of weight

Interesting Companies from CoMotion LA

REEF – cloud kitchen company
Ultimate vision is to have several different brands operating out of one place – delivery takes place via ebike or scooter
Smacircle – foldable scooters
Only at the Model T of scooters right now – we can expect to see a lot of changes in form to future scooters

Outro

Thanks to Tom for coming on the podcast! Also, thanks to all the listeners of this podcast who approached me at CoMotion LA, I appreciate it!
Hope you got a lot out of this podcast – as you can tell, there is a lot going on
If you are interested in the mobility field, highly encourage you to check out the CoMotion LA conference