It's TED Talks Daily. I'm your host, Elise Hugh.

Aisha Evans wants to change how we move. And no, it's not with personal driverless cars,

which you've probably heard a lot about. In fact, Evans has a vision for something more expansive.

In her talk at Ted Monterey in 2021, she describes robotaxies and the promise of a

smarter, more sustainable kind of transportation made possible by innovation.

I'm Ayesha Evans. I am from Senegal, West Africa, and I fell in love with technology,

science and engineering at a very young age.

Three things happened. I was studying in Paris and starting at seven years old, flying back and forth between Dakar, Senegal, and Paris as an unaccompanied minor. So it wasn't just about

the travel.

It was really about a portal to knowledge,

different environments, and adapting.

Second thing that happened was,

every time I was at home, in Senegal,

I wanted to talk to my friends in Paris.

So my dad got tired of the long-distance bills,

so he put a little lock on the phone, the rotary phone.

I said, okay, no problem.

Hacked it, and he kept getting the bills.

Sorry again, Dad.

And then obviously the Internet was also emerging.

So what really happened was that in terms of technology, I really saw it as something that shaped your experiences, how you understand the world, and wanting to be part of it.

And for me, the common thread is that physical and virtual transportation, because that's really

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