Miami-Dade County’s mobility innovation lab to focus on Smart Curbs & Urban Air Mobility in 2021

Task Force members include leading public and private sector players in Florida and North America

C-LAB “will bring together global thought leaders to develop and test new mobility solutions in Miami-Dade and beyond,” says Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava

Miami, Florida, April 5 – CoMotion LAB MIAMI launched its Curb & Smart Infrastructure and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Task Forces. The move cements the region’s dynamic transportation and technology leadership in 2021 and the years to come.

C-LAB is a joint initiative of Miami-Dade County’s Department of Transportation and Public Works and CoMotion, the Los Angeles-based digital media, conference and advisory platform on emerging mobility which organizes the CoMotion MIAMI and CoMotion LA gatherings. 

The Curb & Smart Infrastructure Task Force is designed to pilot mobility solutions aimed at rethinking the way the urban curb is managed. The Urban Air Mobility Task Force is focused on “in-air” solutions for goods delivery, passenger mobility, and operational enhancements to best serve residents, businesses, and visitors.

Curb & Smart Infrastructure Task Force members:

• Chair: John Ellis – Co-Founder, President & CEO, Ellis and Associates, a Lacuna Technologies company
  
• Alejandra Argudin – CEO, Miami Parking Authority
• Carlos Cruz-Casas – Assistant Director, Department of Transportation and Public Works, Miami-Dade County
• Michael Sarasti – CIO / Director of Innovation & Technology, City of Miami
• Angel Diaz – Director of Operations, Miami Parking Authority
• Greg Krueger – Emerging Technologies Program Manager, HNTB
• Michael Vaccarino – Platform Partner Lead, Via

Urban Air Mobility Task Force members:

• Chair: Beth Kigel – Vice President, HNTB 
• Carlos Cruz-Casas – Assistant Director, Department of Transportation and Public Works, Miami-Dade County
• Duncan Walker – CEO, Skyports
• Todd Peterson – Co-Founder, Ellis and Associates, a Lacuna Technologies company
  
• Alejandra Argudin – CEO, Miami Parking Authority
• Angel Diaz – Director of Operations, Miami Parking Authority
• Brent Klavon, Vice President Operations, ANRA Technologies 

Says Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava: “As we work to expand mobility and transportation options in Miami-Dade to better connect our growing community, the work of CoMotion Lab ensures that innovation and collaboration are at the forefront of this conversation. The appointment of these mobility all-stars will bring global thought leaders to develop and test new mobility solutions in Miami-Dade and beyond.”  Mayor Levine Cava is set to speak at the forthcoming CoMotion MIAMI LIVE conference, June 16 and 17.

About C-LAB

CoMotion LAB MIAMI (C-LAB) is an advanced and connected urban playground for mobility innovation in which public rights of way in Miami-Dade County and in adjacent geographies are used to develop and validate new and commercially-viable transport technologies. Miami-Dade County, with its 5,500 miles of public roads, its airspace and its maritime channels, provides a complex and variegated testing geography, representative of different kinds of urban geographies throughout the United States and beyond: dense urban center, exurban sprawl, and developer-led communities.

About CoMotion

CoMotion is a global platform where leaders of the most innovative transportation and technology companies around the world meet with urban policymakers to share ideas, do business and plan the new mobility future. CoMotion organizes exclusive world-class events such as CoMotion LIVE, CoMotion LA and CoMotion MIAMI, and is the new mobility industry’s premiere source for news, insights, and analysis.

About Miami-Dade County 

Miami-Dade County, Florida is the most populous county in the southeastern United States. Miami-Dade County is often referred to as the “Gateway to Latin America and the Caribbean.”​ Led by Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Miami-Dade County encompasses more than 2,000 square miles.