Moving the Economy: Opportunities for India in the Emerging Global New Mobility Industry

Susan Zielinski, managing Director, SMARTUniversity of Michigan.

August 30, 2013. Thinkers 50 Delhi, India

What is

Disruptive

About

How we Get Around

(Or Don’t)?

True: Big Challenges

But

Also

Big

Innovation

Transportation Is

At A

Tipping Point

… as Friedman might say …

TRANSPORTATION IS FLATOPEN SOURCE, MULTI-MODAL, MULTI-SERVICE, IT ENHANCED, USER FOCUSED, SOCIALLY EQUITABLE, AESTHETIC LIVABLE WHOLE SYSTEMS TRANSPORTATION

TRANSLATION: More Choices; More Connected, Focus on User (New Mobility)

EMERGING GLOBAL NEW MOBILITY INDUSTRY TO SUPPLY ITThe current value of New Mobility markets can be measured in the billions of dollars.”Building a New Mobility Industry Cluster in the the Toronto Region” (MTE & ICF)

BOTH BIG BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL TRANSFORMATION

What Might It Look Like?

CONNECTIVITY/OPTIMIZATION

• spatial *

CONNECTIVITY / OPTIMIZATION

(all Innovation Opportunities)

• spatial / physical

• service (use vs. own, collaborative consumption)

• People, Goods, Less

• technological (wayfinding; fare payment; traffic management; security)

• economic (open source; new business models, jobs)

• institutional & policy (public private innovation)

• cultural / psychological (moving minds)

Moving People

Moving Goods

Moving Less

NEW MOBILITYINDUSTRY

REAL ESTATECONSTRUCTION,

PLANNING &OPERATIONS

GOODS MOVEMENT& SUPPLY CHAIN

MANAGEMENT

TELECOMMUNICATIONS& WIRELESS

E- BUSINESS& NEW MEDIA

CLEAN ENERGY

TRANSPORTATIONEQUIPMENT

INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY

TOURISM& RETAIL

FINANCIAL SERVICES,BAN KING &INVESTMENT

TRANSPORTATIONOPERATIONS& SERVICES

GEOMATICS

INTELLIGENTTRANSPORTATION

SYSTEMS

Economic Impact / Opportunity

Save Money (optimization)

Regional competitiveness – productivity, attractiveness

Multi-billion $ global export market / industry cluster: IT, real estate, automotive, logistics, tourism, energy, utilities, service industry, finance, insurance, planning & architecture, etc.

New jobs creation – high tech, service, design, systems & mobility, management…

Public- Private Innovation

Big Business:

transforming supply to meet emerging global market needs & opportunities

Ford MotorAshok LeylandCisco SystemsMichelinIBMIntel Google

InfosysMapunityMicrosoftQualcomSiemensVelankaniVeolia

etc …

Public- Private Innovation

The Exploding Entrepreneurial Space:

Disrupting supply to meet emerging global market needs & opportunities. Meeting customized local needs. Replicating and scaling globally. Catalyzing investment, building capacity.

What

About

India?

What

are

We

Learning ?

What’s

Possible?

Global Context - RESEARCH

2002: Toronto – Moving The Economy / ICF first industry cluster study - trends that are transforming transportation, the resulting global demand for New Mobility enterprise, and proactive steps for to capitalize on global market opportunities

2012: Catalyzing the New Mobility in Cities. SMART (U of M) for the Rockefeller Foundation. Global Market update, scaling.

• New Mobility is a multi-billion $ industry cluster• Game changers: Information technology, collaborative consumption / social networks, big data, new services, mobility management• “Whole System” / portfolio vs. silver bullet – PUBLIC PRIVATE INNOVATION• Very recently burgeoning entrepreneurial space• Recently growing industry cluster formations• Challenges: knowledge, data, fragmentation, skills gaps, business models, policy gaps• Needs & opportunities: open platforms, infrastructure, networks, new business models & innovative financing, measuring & monitoring, new integration models, enabling policy frameworks, new narratives,

India?

2013: Kapoor & Sharma, Institute for Competitiveness, India

• The future of the cluster is exciting for India!• Major innovation & global export opportunity• Combined with opportunity to meet local need (metropolitanization/urbanization, high productivity losses)• Technology is driving change• Leapfrog opportunity esp. for mobile tech & new service orientation• Opportunity is across base, middle & top of pyramid• Opportunities are ripe for manufacturing to transform• Policy, infrastructure, skills, networks. platforms are needed

India has been at the forefront of technology development … & has been able to keep down the costs & deliver superior performance to customers. At present urban mobility is severely hampered in India due to improper planning & development. Investments in transportation technology will hold the key for a new urban transportation cluster.

Sustainable technology for transportation could show the way for other countries. If India focuses only on fossil fuel technologies the movement away from these would have significant barriers, which will be difficult to break…

The agglomeration factors for a cluster arises primarily from knowledge spillovers and lead to enhanced productivity and faster innovation cycles, which help the region grow and prosper. The primary focus is to enhance design and innovation capacity to achieve international competitiveness.

Amit Kapoor & Sankalp Sharma, Institute for Competitiveness, India

um-smart.org/blog

www.mobiprize.com

PARTNERS & SPONSORS:

Ford Motor (redefining)Barr FoundationMott FoundationFIA Foundation

Alcoa FoundationRockefeller Foundation

TARDECUS Environmental Protection Agency

National Science FoundationCisco Systems

IBMFederal Highway AdministrationCenter for South Asian StudiesU.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Transportation Transportation Research Board

CEO’s for CitiesCity Connect Chennai

Confederation of Indian Industry Etc…

Ecocabs –dial a rickshaw

To organise and improve scientifically, the existing rickshaw operation using modern management tools and real time technologies

Ideophone

Exchange for travel-related data, inventory, and services, enabling synthesis of journey-aware amenities that help people travel cheaper, faster, safer, and together.

G-Auto

G-Auto project organises auto rickshaw drivers under a social umbrella

Smv wheels pvt. ltd.

Bringing Dignity and Ownership to Cycle Rickshaw Drivers

Evomo

Evomo is a designer and manufacturer of the low cost rural utility vehicle that aims at replacing illegal and dangerous transportation contraptions like Jugaads.

Transparent ChennaiTransparent Chennai provides maps, data, and research about neglected issues in the city, and helps residents to create data that can support their own advocacy.

University (of Michigan)Roles & Goals:

Collaboration / Tech Transfer:Beijing; Cape Town; Chennai; Cochin; Detroit Region; Fairfax; Los Angeles; Manila; Mexico City; Mystic; PasadenaPortland; Seattle; Shanghai; Washington DC; Lisbon / Coimbra / Porto etc …Capacity Building: Four- step approach toimplementation of sustainable transportSystems…

Research To accelerate implementation

EducationTo accelerate implementation

Themes: Connecting the Dots, Moving MoneyMoving Minds

Um-smart.org/blog

SMART: THE ONLY CROSS UNIVERSITY EFFORT at U of M FOCUSED ON SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION: UMTRI; TCAUP; Graham; CSCS; MMPEI; Ross / Erb; ISR; SNRE; Policy; Engineering; BEC; Public Health; Real Estate; CSAS; etc