
Thinking about the curb too much @curbivorenews
Loce AHNG-hayl-ais.
Joined June 2008
- Tweets9.6K
- Following1.7K
- Followers625
- Likes15.3K
Pinned Tweet
I remember seeing @edbegleyjr’s weird hand built electric car in elementary school and have sorta loved him since then xitter.gq/laura_nelson/status/97…
Meanwhile, in transportation news about the Oscars: A @metrolosangeles rider spotted Ed Begley Jr. taking the Red Line to the Dolby Theater. (Via Tim de la Motte on Instagram, h/t @metrolosangeles)
The word is out: Curbivore returns on April 15 & 16! The worlds of autonomy, delivery & mobility are quickly converging; @TheRideshareGuy & I are delighted to bring leaders to TLA for insightful talks, product launches, hands-on demos & more. Register: curbivore.co/registration/
ssılqɥɐuoɾ retweeted
How do machines understand where they are, and what’s around them?
Niantic Spatial CTO Brian McClendon joins @jonahbliss of @CurbivoreNews to discuss mapping, visual positioning, and the real-world context #PhysicalAI systems need to operate.
Full podcast here: hubs.ly/Q04BPn0X0
#GeospatialAI #SpatialAI #AI #Robotics
How do AVs understand the world? I was delighted to chat with geospatial legend Brian McClendon, CTO of @NianticSpatial, about the future of location intelligence.
ssılqɥɐuoɾ retweeted
T-minus 4 days until our fourth Urban Autonomy Summit, presented by @EmpiricEarth in Austin on October 14 🚗⚡️
Our second panel, “Hub City: Robotaxis' Electric Infrastructure,” will be moderated by @CurbivoreNews Co-Founder @jonahbliss, featuring:
@GetBrandFlakes, — VP of Marketing, @gridwise_io
Ted Silverman — Chief Operating Officer, LPRI
Sloane Perras — Chief Administrative Officer, @volterapower
Rachel Castignoli — Senior Consultant - Transportation and Public Works, @austintexasgov
As robotaxi fleets grow, the conversation is shifting from vehicle safety to grid capacity and physical infrastructure. This panel will unpack what it takes to build charging depots, secure curb access, and coordinate between AV operators, utilities, and cities to keep thousands of electric autonomous vehicles running 24/7. ⚡️🔋
See everyone on Wednesday, October 14 at 3 pm sharp!🎟️
RSVP to attend here 👉 luma.com/vwejx7uw
ssılqɥɐuoɾ retweeted
🌉 Excited to announce the speaker lineup for our fourth Urban Autonomy Summit, presented by @EmpiricEarth, taking place next week in Austin on Wednesday, Oct 14, 2026!
After bringing together hundreds of operators, policymakers, and mobility leaders across our NYC, SF and Detroit editions, we’re excited to bring the Urban Autonomy Summit to Austin for the first time for an afternoon/evening of panels, networking 🍸, and candid conversations around the future of autonomy, in one of the top new tech cities!
Our speakers include:
Yulia Shveyko, Head of Public Affairs at @Avrideai
@ben_seidl, CEO & Co-Founder at @goautolane
Nick Allen, Head of AV/Mobility at @TaskUs
Daniel Severin, Head of Global Mobility Insurance at The Ride Platform
Julia Pickar, Transportation & Technology Journalist at @NPR /@Marketplace
@GetBrandFlakes, VP of Marketing at @gridwise_io
Ted Silverman, Chief Operating Officer at LPRI
Sloane Perras, Chief Administrative Officer at @volterapower
Rachel Castignoli, Senior Consultant - Transportation & Public Works at @austintexasgov
@ArmirHarris, Chief Executive Officer at @charter_up
Kaylee Nix, Head of Communications at @BotAutoAV
@dnueman, Vice President of Investor Relations at @PlusAI_Inc
Evan O’Brien, Director of Enterprise Growth at @EmpiricEarth
@nicolecobler, Austin Reporter at @axios
Apply to attend here 👉 luma.com/vwejx7uw
Big thanks to our partners The Ride Platform, @EmpiricEarth, EVKON, @charter_up, @volterapower, @gridwise_io, @MOIAmobility, @TaskUs, @Mobileye, @Verizon, @terawattinfra, and @goautolane for making this event possible.
ssılqɥɐuoɾ retweeted
When my team and I were working on iTunes together, Steve Jobs said our job was to live inside the skin of the customer. That if you are close enough to the customers, you can anticipate what they want long before they realize it themselves.
At The Ride Platform, we practice a mantra grounded in Steve’s advice: start every day at the customer and solve backwards from there.
I got into this and a lot more with @jonahbliss @CurbivoreNews' podcast ‘The Courier.’
Listen to our full conversation here: thecurbivore.com/p/from-rv-r…
ssılqɥɐuoɾ retweeted
For the season premiere of The Courier podcast, @jonahbliss sits down with @Outdoorsy CEO Jeff Cavins to discuss marketplaces, fleet management, insurance for AVs and how listening to the customer powers all his inventions.
ssılqɥɐuoɾ retweeted
Affordability is maybe the furthest thing keeping folks off Metro - our fares are among the lowest in the nation.
If it isn’t clean, reliable, frequent, and safe, people will stay away.
The Bass team should know this. At best, they’re ignorant. At worst, they’re gaslighting.
Public transit is one of the most powerful tools to change and improve the quality of life – and that's what we are building.
laist.com/news/transportatio…
ssılqɥɐuoɾ retweeted
It only took 5 million acre-feet of Colorado River water (over a quarter of total consumption in the basin) for alfalfa farmers to lose $2.86 billion last year. Great system.
ssılqɥɐuoɾ retweeted
It's not your imagination, LA Metro's escalators are some of the slowest on earth. We measured it against 139 other cities.
ssılqɥɐuoɾ retweeted
On the other side of this fence and collection of junk used to be LA’s most vibrant night market. It was unpermitted and unlicensed, but it became internationally famous. I own commercial kitchens across the street and offered to help the vendors comply with health rules and give the city a way to legalize it and run it right. Instead, they just shut it down. This is the tyranny side of anarcho -tyranny.
ssılqɥɐuoɾ retweeted
How things are going with Ken Griffin's big move of Citadel HQ from Chicago to Miami:
Hot off her big NYC expansion and impressive fundraising haul, I caught up with It's Electric co-founder (and all-around friend-of-the-curb) Tiya Gordon to hear her lessons for both cities and startups: thecurbivore.com/p/im-chargi…
Who's the best collector of #AISlop images? This one feels like a weird outlier... @broderick @edzitron
ssılqɥɐuoɾ retweeted
I know these kinds of observations are trite, but just take a second to imagine the reaction in the finance world had someone in a Kamala Harris administration talked about "Bloomberg Terminal bros" amidst this big selloff in Treasuries.

























