The Future of Work in Mobility and Transportation

Abstract

This workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in the future of work and the domains of mobility and transportation. Transportation used to be a means to get to and from work. However, three trends give grounds to reconsider the intersection of work with mobility and transportation: (1) People are changing where they work, including when on the move (e.g., on the train, plane, or even in their car and while walking), (2) Those for whom transportation was part of their job are experiencing changes due to the availability of more technology (e.g., cab/truck/train drivers, first responders, delivery couriers), and (3) People who work to ensure that others keep moving (e.g., train planners, urban planners) face more diverse types of transportation and technical support that changes their work. In this workshop, we will exchange ideas with participants interested in the intersection of (the future of) work and mobility and transportation. The goal is to stimulate community-driven bottom-up initiatives about how (the future of) work reshapes the mobility and transportation domain