Houston METRO’s Shuttle of the Future (University District Project)
Date and Time: Wednesday, July 12, 2023: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Presentation Description
Overview and status updates of Houston's University District Project, also known as, METRO's Shuttle of the Future.
Speaker Biography
Kimberly J. Williams heads up the Office of Innovation (OOI) for the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Houston, Texas (METRO).
She led implementation of Houston’s first Autonomous Vehicle (AV) shuttle service and deployed public private partnerships to begin Wi-Fi on Transit and METRO’s new micro transit service, Curb2Curb. Kim serves as Chair of Team Houston of the Texas Innovation Alliance, a collaboration of the regional and state mobility stakeholders. She is also a member of the City of Houston’s Rapid Mobility Working Group, Smart City Advisory Council, Resiliency Council and
Rice University’s Business Innovation Advisory Board along with the Texas Advanced Air Mobility Advisory Committee.
Active in the region’s energy transition, she authored the agency’s first climate action plan which received an award from the Federal Transit Administration during its climate action challenge. As a member of the Houston Energy Transition Initiative (HETI) she works with industry leaders to support Houston’s role as the Energy Capital of the World.
Kimberly is active in the industry as a member of the American Public Transit Association’s (APTA) Board of Directors, Chair of the Procurement & Supply Chain Committee and member of the Automated & Connected Vehicles Committee and the Innovation Officer Peer Exchange Group. She is also a member of the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) Transportation Research Analysis Committee (TRAC) and the Transportation Cooperative Research Program’s
(TCRP) Oversight & Project Selection (TOPS) Commission. Kimberly is also a graduate of Leadership APTA, ENO’s Senior Transit Executive and Transportation 4 America’s Smart City Programs.
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Houston METRO’s Shuttle of the Future (University District Project)
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