Editor's Choice: Stories That Inspired Us – May 2018

Every month, David Sadeghi will share five inspiring, thought-provoking or newsworthy articles from the worlds of intelligent transportation, digital agriculture, smart cities and other areas we think you'll care about as much as we do.

Lots of Lobbies and Zero Zombies: How Self-Driving Cars Will Reshape Cities

by Aarian Marshall and Alex Davies for WIRED

You don't look for the essence of a city in its monuments or its museums. You look for it in its streets, where the covenant at the core of urban life – the sharing of space – plays out: read the full article

Bend couple reflects on 20-month, 18,000-mile cycling odyssey

by Mark Morical for The Bulletin

Kristen and Ville Jokinen biked from Alaska to Argentina: read the full article

5 Minutes With… Piia Karjalainen, senior manager at MaaS Alliance.

by Dave Songer for SmartRail World

SmartRail World features an individual helping lead the charge for better mobility, the senior manager at Ertico for Clean & Urban Mobility, and also a senior manager at MaaS Alliance, Piia Karjalainen: read the full article

Thoughtful Leadership Is the First Step Toward Equitable Smart Cities

by Brooks Rainwater for StateTech

Smart city solutions could be contributing to the digital divide. Local and conscious solutions can bring equity back in focus: read the article

Americans are Falling in Love with Bike Share

by Aarian Marshall for WIRED

According to a report just released by the National Association of City Transportation Officials, residents and tourists in US cities took 35 million bike-share trips in 2017, up a whopping 25 percent from the year previous: read the full article

Thank you for reading. If you'd like to share any articles that have inspired you recently or comments on anything you've read here, feel free to email me at dsadeghi@iteris.com.

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