Date and Time: Tuesday, July 30, 2024: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM Location: Indigo 204 AB
Nicole DuPuis
Policy and Advocacy Lead, May Mobility
Presentation Description
Speaker Biography
Dr. Nicole DuPuis serves as the Policy and Advocacy Lead for May Mobility, an autonomous vehicle company that focuses on accessible, equitable and shared rides. In this position she works with legislators, regulators and and policy decision makers at the federal, state and local levels. Over the course of her career, her work and research has focused on the role technology plays in impacting various facets of human life, including mobility/travel behavior, professional/industrial shifts, and policy-making/governance tendencies. Areas of expertise and interest include automation/autonomous vehicles, connected infrastructure, transportation, telecommunications, smart city applications, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Throughout her career she has published articles in both peer-reviewed and policy-oriented outlets and authored numerous research reports on these and other topics. Her writing and work has been featured in Cities Today, Tech Crunch, Governing, Route 50, and City Lab, among other outlets. Prior to joining May Mobility, she worked for the Intelligent Transportation Society of America, the American Public Transportation Association, Gartner, and the National League of Cities. She lives in Washington, DC with her husband, her two sons, and her yellow lab.