Web conference notes, 2025.12.18 (MDS Working Group)
- Monthly on Thursday at 9am PT, 12pm ET, 5/6pm CET - open to the public
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Zoom Registration and Join Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAscOmhpjIuHNakPx6CNbACpjUjw1Gsucr4
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2025 MDS Showcase
We will have presentations on MDS use in 2025 by Seattle and Portland.
Time permitting, we will also allow attendees to share links to their MDS projects.
Agenda
- Intro and announcements (10 min)
- 2025 MDS Showcase
- Seattle dCAAMP - Real-time 911 MDS Policy (15 mins)
- Portland B-line - Microhub and Cargo Bike Delivery (15 mins)
- Your Projects
WGSC Meeting Organizers
- Host: Michael Schnuerle, OMF
- Facilitator: Michael Schnuerle, OMF
- Preparation: Michael Schnuerle, OMF
- Outreach: Michael Schnuerle, OMF
- Note taker: Michael Schnuerle, OMF
- Review the MDS 2.1 Release plan and leave comments on open or closed Issues
- 47 Attendees
- OMF Slides
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Recording Passcode:
#J#V!aJ7
See recording and slides!
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00:05:49 Andrew Glass Hastings (OMF): Good morning / afternoon all!
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00:06:40 Bern Grush: Bern Grush, Urban Robotics Foundation
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00:06:52 Matt Lee: Matt Lee and Raphael Dumas, City of Toronto
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00:07:11 Jerad Weiner (San Francisco Public Works): Good morning everyone, Jerad Weiner, San Francisco Public Works, Asset Management Program. Looking to connect with other municipal asset management folks so if you or a colleague want to connect please reach out. Cheers and Happy Holidays!
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00:07:24 Kristian Sims: Kristian Sims - City of Columbus
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00:07:31 Kelly Jones | Serve Robotics: Good morning from West Hollywood! Kelly Jones here at Serve Robotics 🤖
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00:07:37 Raquel Corchado | Chicago | CDOT | She/her/ella: HI everyone, Raquel from Chicago DOT :)
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00:07:40 remi kuti: Hi All, Remi Kuti Urbanshield (UK)
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00:07:55 Lars Ove Kvalbein: Good evening from Bergen, Norway!
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00:08:17 Aylene McCallum (Open Mobility Foundation): Hello everyone! I'm Aylene McCallum with the OMF - based in Denver but currently in Portland, Oregon (working next to my PBOT employee sister today!)
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00:08:42 Sarah Dreitlein (San Jose): Good morning from San Jose, CA
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00:11:06 Vladimir Gallegos (LADOT): Good morning. Vladimir Gallegos. City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation, Supervising Transportation Planner for the Commercial Rideshare & Mobility (CRM) team.
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00:11:17 Michael Schnuerle, OMF: Review Delivery here https://github.com/openmobilityfoundation/mobility-data-specification/blob/dev/modes/delivery-robots.md
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00:11:30 Loan Nguyen: Hi everyone, Loan Nguyen with ParkClear. Mobile app that converts confusing street sign rules into yes/no answers. https://parkclear.co Demo
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00:11:42 Aylene McCallum (Open Mobility Foundation): Reacted to "Hi everyone, Loan Ng..." with 👍🏻
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00:11:51 Aylene McCallum (Open Mobility Foundation): Reacted to "Hi All, Remi Kuti U..." with 👍🏻
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00:11:53 Jerad Weiner (San Francisco Public Works): Reacted to "Good morning / after..." with ☀️
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00:11:57 Jerad Weiner (San Francisco Public Works): Reacted to "Bern Grush, Urban Ro..." with ☀️
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00:11:59 Jerad Weiner (San Francisco Public Works): Reacted to "Matt Lee and Raphael..." with ☀️
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00:12:02 Jerad Weiner (San Francisco Public Works): Reacted to "Kristian Sims - City..." with ☀️
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00:12:05 Jerad Weiner (San Francisco Public Works): Reacted to "Good morning from We..." with ☀️
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00:12:08 Jerad Weiner (San Francisco Public Works): Reacted to "HI everyone, Raquel ..." with ☀️
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00:12:12 Jerad Weiner (San Francisco Public Works): Reacted to "Good evening from Be..." with ☀️
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00:12:15 Jerad Weiner (San Francisco Public Works): Reacted to "Hi All, Remi Kuti U..." with ☀️
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00:12:21 Jerad Weiner (San Francisco Public Works): Reacted to "Hello everyone! I'm..." with ☀️
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00:12:25 Jerad Weiner (San Francisco Public Works): Reacted to "Good morning from Sa..." with ☀️
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00:12:28 Jerad Weiner (San Francisco Public Works): Reacted to "Good morning. Vladim..." with ☀️
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00:12:32 Aylene McCallum (Open Mobility Foundation): I am loving this new graphic / slide
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00:12:32 Jerad Weiner (San Francisco Public Works): Reacted to "Hi everyone, Loan Ng..." with ☀️
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00:12:34 Kerry Goleski: Hi Everyone, Kerry Goleski, Freight Mobility Unit at NYC DOT - working on the cargo bikes program for the City
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00:12:46 Jerad Weiner (San Francisco Public Works): Reacted to "Hi Everyone, Kerry G..." with ☀️
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00:12:49 Aylene McCallum (Open Mobility Foundation): Reacted to "Hi Everyone, Kerry G..." with 🛵
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00:12:55 Kelly Jones | Serve Robotics: Reacted to "Good morning. Vladim..." with ☀️
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00:14:04 Michael Schnuerle, OMF: Release plan https://github.com/openmobilityfoundation/governance/wiki/Release-2.1.0
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00:18:10 Brian Lee (NYC DOT): Reacted to "Hi Everyone, Kerry G..." with 👋
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00:19:23 Michael Schnuerle, OMF: We’ll have this presentation for 15 minutes including Q&A. Then one from Portland. If you would like to share your projects after that, get them ready and share in the chat, and I can call on you to describe them, time allowing!
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00:25:55 Michele Lee (Serve Robotics): Hello from sunny Scottsdale, AZ. Michele here with Serve 🤖
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Focused on accessibility, so let’s connect if a11y is something you are interested in.
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00:27:44 Aylene McCallum (Open Mobility Foundation): Reacted to "Hello from sunny Sco..." with 👍🏻
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00:33:03 Michael Schnuerle, OMF: If you want to see some examples, ahead of the public launch, of no travel and slow speed zones from 911 based on the real MDS Policy data feeds generated by Blue Systems for Seattle and AV companies, see the two examples here: https://github.com/openmobilityfoundation/mobility-data-specification/wiki/MDS-Policy-Examples#real-time-emergency---no-travel
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00:35:39 Alia Verloes (Blue Systems): Reacted to "If you want to see..." with 👏
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00:36:35 Aylene McCallum (Open Mobility Foundation): Thank you Seattle - such a good model of interoperability (which is a core value of the OMF!)
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00:36:51 Aylene McCallum (Open Mobility Foundation): And, obviously, Blue Systems!
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00:37:02 Pierre Bouffort (Blue Systems): Reacted to "Thank you Seattle - ..." with 👍
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00:37:05 Pierre Bouffort (Blue Systems): Reacted to "And, obviously, Blue..." with ❤️
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00:37:17 Aylene McCallum (Open Mobility Foundation): You can always reach out to me to learn more about the OMF... aylene@openmobilityfoundation.org
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00:43:51 Alia Verloes (Blue Systems): Reacted to "And, obviously, Bl..." with ❤️
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00:44:36 Anna Ward (Blue Systems): To learn more about Blue Systems' work with AVs, see here: https://www.bluesystems.io/blueav-manager/
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00:44:45 Anna Ward (Blue Systems): And feel free to reach out: anna.ward@bluesystems.ai
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00:47:07 Aylene McCallum (Open Mobility Foundation): Reacted to "And feel free to rea..." with 👍🏻
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00:47:33 Michael Schnuerle, OMF: Reacted to "To learn more about ..." with 🌟
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00:49:28 Jerad Weiner (San Francisco Public Works): This is really neat. Very cool to see how Portland is supporting development of microfreight, pretty inspiring.
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00:54:54 Aylene McCallum (Open Mobility Foundation): Great way to explain this Vlad - we are desperately trying to silo-bust through MDS, CDS and our work at the OMF.
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00:55:36 Aylene McCallum (Open Mobility Foundation): Also, this could be a great session itself with our OMF Academy that we are launching in 2026 - "Silobusting through Data Specifications"
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00:56:10 Halina Do-Linh (LADOT): Reacted to "Also, this could be ..." with
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00:56:10 Aylene McCallum (Open Mobility Foundation): (I promise we didn't pay Vlad to say that but it was perfectly articulated)
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00:56:17 Jerad Weiner (San Francisco Public Works): Reacted to "(I promise we didn't..." with 😂
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00:57:04 Bern Grush: Reacted to "(I promise we didn't..." with 👍
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00:59:00 Lars Ove Kvalbein: Reacted to "Also, this could b..." with 👍
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00:59:42 Alex Demisch (SFMTA): Reacted to "(I promise we didn't..." with 😂
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01:00:41 Loan Nguyen, ParkClear: Thanks
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01:00:43 remi kuti: Reacted to "(I promise we didn't…" with 👍
