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please visit W.W. EY.com slash automotive. This is me checking out MOGO, a new Bike Share Initiative in Detroit.

It's just one example of a way the city is trying to jumpstart the regional economy with improved transportation.

Here in the motor city where the auto industry was born getting around is still an obstacle for lots of people

It's a city of wide roads and limited public transport so not having access to a car can mean not having access to jobs, health care, and education.

In other words, places like Detroit could benefit a lot from the technological breakthroughs happening in transportation, that is if city leaders can get

on board with the coming transformation. In Detroit and across the globe, the question

the mobility industry is asking itself is clear. What do cities want?

Welcome to Futurismo, Automotive News Podcast on the Drive Towards Tomorrow. I'm your host, Shraz Amad.

In this season, we've looked at how a skeptical public might learn to love the future of cars.

Let's recap. So far, we've talked about failed technology, intuitive design soaring in the skies, and the fear of death.

That's all at auto news.com slash podcast if you haven't heard it.

Today we're wrapping up. In our season finale we are going to bring

you to the concrete jungle. Now originally the plan was to spend the episode showcasing the silent partner of mobility experiments

government but in the course of reporting we started hearing a different narrative. It goes something like this.

As you start to work to allowing autonomous vehicles on your streets,

make sure that it's understood that there is a not just an expectation but almost a moral obligation

to make sure that it benefits the community that it's being done in in ways beyond just getting people from

point A to point B. That's Bill Paduto, the mayor of the city of Pittsburgh.

You may have heard of Mayor Paduto.

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