Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs has a plan to bring order to the mobility chaos in our cities
Once upon a time, a person who wanted to get across town had only a handful of options: car, bus, subway, or walking. Today, there are dozens of ways to get from point A to point B, and not all of them equal (or equally priced). The proliferation of “mobility” services, like ride-sharing, bike-sharing, and car-sharing, is giving many city residents anxiety about what were previously fairly simple travel decisions. Aiming to cut through this clutter, Google’s urban innovation spinoff Sidewalk Labs has just spun off a company of its own that can hopefully bring some sanity to our streets.
It’s called Coord, and it’s a cloud-based platform created by Sidewalk Labs to help cities and mobility companies better manage traffic congestion and…
