Rachel Haot

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Congrats to Bedrock companies Canva, Nubank, OpenAI, Plaid and Rippling on their recognition as Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies of 2024.

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Excited to join Geoff Lewis and the outstanding team at Bedrock!

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The 2023 LA Hard Tech 50

Highlighting the leaders shaping LA's hard tech ecosystem

The companies building our future.

Good list of the top 50 hard tech companies in LA, including SpaceX, Vast, Anduril, Rocket Lab, Impulse Space, Radiant and Umbra.

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Vast acquires Launcher in quest to build artificial gravity space stations

Vast, a company that aims to develop an artificial gravity space station, has acquired space tug startup Launcher.

Congratulations to Max Haot, Jed McCaleb and the Launcher and Vast teams on this incredible opportunity. Excited for what you will build together.

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The MTA’s Live Subway Map built by Work and Co and made possible by the Transit Innovation Partnership was named one of 2021’s best inventions by TIME. And made the cover. Try it, use it, love it: https://map.mta.info

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MTA Live Map wins Gold at Cannes Lions.

“At the 2021 Cannes Lions Festival, the map earned Gold in Digital Craft out of a total of 29,074 pieces of work entered from 90 countries. The Digital Craft category celebrates technological artistry, defined as having to display “flawless design, masterful execution and outstanding user experience created for all digital environments.”

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The MTA Live Map created through our Transit Innovation Partnership has won multiple 2021 Webby Awards.

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Transit Innovates Amid a Pandemic: 2020 in Review

https://transittechlab.medium.com/transit-innovates-amid-a-pandemic-2020-in-review-422410fefc1f

Looking back at the Transit Innovation Partnership’s work to address the pandemic in 2020. 

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Crain’s: Transit Innovation Partnership’s Haot on how tech can create a safer commute

Wearable sensors for social distancing. Portable air filters. Real-time crowd monitoring on buses and trains. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has tested a range of technologies designed to help keep bus and subway riders moving safely. As leader of the Transit Innovation Partnership, a nonprofit collaborator with the MTA, Rachel Haot guides the study of technologies that respond to Covid-19, using technical expertise honed as an executive in the Bloomberg and Cuomo administrations....

Read more here

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BBC: Coronavirus: Will our day-to-day ever be the same?

“Rachel Haot: Executive Director of Transit Innovation Partnership, New York City

How can the public and private sectors work together?

In the Covid era, innovation is not optional.

In New York, we’ve created a framework for collaboration and innovation in the Transit Tech Lab, a public-private initiative launched by the Partnership for New York City and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which moved more than 1 billion people per year via bus, subway and train pre-pandemic.

First, we define goals and publish an open challenge, inviting companies to pitch their solutions. Next, public and private sector experts evaluate applications. Transit agencies then select the most promising technologies for a rapid proof-of-concept and, if successful, a longer partnership. This approach encourages innovators to work with government, broadening competition. Transit partners report that Lab graduates have saved them millions of dollars by optimising planning and operations.

To restore confidence in public transit amid the pandemic, we announced the Covid-19 Response Challenge, which drew nearly 200 submissions internationally. Transit agencies are now testing eight technologies to create a healthier transit network, ranging from air filtration to digital monitoring.

Together, our partners are building a modern and efficient public transit system – and making New York more resilient in the process.”

- See the full BBC article

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Our city in motion, courtesy of the MTA’s live subway map launched in partnership with Work & Co and the Transit Innovation Partnership.

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Transit Innovation Partnership Connecting Eight Innovative Companies with MTA, Port Authority, NJ TRANSIT and NYC DOE to Enhance Health and Safety of Transit Network See the Online Showcase The Transit Innovation Partnership and partner agencies Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NJ TRANSIT and NYC Dept. of Education today announced …

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NaviLens App – Transit Tech Lab 2020 Finalist - Navigates Users to Bus Stops and Tracks Bus Arrivals Pilot Taking Place at Bus Stops Along 23rd Street in Manhattan See Photos from the Announcement The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the Transit Innovation Partnership have launched a pilot program that allows blind and low-vision bus riders to use their smartphones to find bus stops and learn of arrival times. With assistance from the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT), signs along …

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Honored to partner with MTA and Work & Co to launch the new live subway map, a global first. See it at map.mta.info

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"The Map" (Work & Co x Gary Hustwit, 2020) is a short documentary about a digital redesign of New York City's iconic subway map. Filmmaker Gary Hustwit documents the process as digital agency Work & Co creates a new "live map" — one that updates in real-time — to help New Yorkers and tourists better plan their journeys. The film examines the evolution of wayfinding and user interfaces, and shows how good design and the latest digital technology can simplify one of the world's most complex transit systems. Featuring Felipe Memoria, Rachel Haot, Sarah Meyer, Joshua Gee, Marcela Abbade, Karina Sirqueira, Robert Penner, and Mohan Ramaswamy.

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Interactive Beta Version of Tool Blends Accuracy and Simplicity, Allows Customers to Plan Trips and Navigate System in Real Time Digital Map Reflects Service Changes in Real-Time and Will Replace the Static ‘Weekender’ Map Was Developed Pro Bono by NYC-Based Work & Co, via the Transit Innovation Partnership, is a First for a North American Transit System See the Map Watch News Conference View Photos from News Conference Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) officials today launched the new digital "Live Subway Map,” a …

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First Look: New York’s Digital Subway Map Comes Alive Today

And, almost incidentally, it resolves a five-decade fight for graphics supremacy.