Panel Discussant
Date and Time: Tuesday, July 30, 2024: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Indigo 204 AB
Mollie Cohen D'Agostino
Director, 3 Revolutions Future Mobility Program, UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies
Presentation Description
Mollie will join colleagues to provide informal remarks in a Q&A format, relating to policy at all levels, including providing regulatory and legal examples from the ridehailing sector.
Speaker Biography
Mollie Cohen D'Agostino is a founding member and Executive Director of the Mobility Science, Automation and Inclusion Center (MoSAIC), a new Center at the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies partnering with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering to expand technical capacity on connected and automated vehicles (CAVs), artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and related public policy strategies. Mollie also serves as the Policy Lead for emerging technology, public transit and shared mobility, for the UC Institute of Transportation Studies- where she stewards research from Institutes at UC Davis, UC Berkeley, UCLA, and UC Irvine. Mollie has a Master’s in Public Policy from the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, and a B.A. in Political Science and Environmental studies from the University of Michigan.
Mollie’s recent publications have focused on automated vehicle policy, mobility data, equitable congestion pricing, and transit payment innovations. Her commitment to supporting good public policy was formed prior to joining UC Davis, where she worked at the local level with the the Alameda County Transportation Commission, City of Oakland’s At-large City Council member, and the City of Oakland Department of Housing and Community Development. Her early career was spent in state environmental advocacy for the California Environmental Voters (formerly California League of Conservation Voters), where she saw forward the passage of the state’s landmark climate bill, AB 32. In her free time Mollie is also an avid public transit enthusiast, and was appointed to serve on the Yolo County Transportation District’s Citizen Advisory Committee.
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