Populus

Populus is a technology company based in San Francisco, founded in 2017 by Dr. Regina Clewlow and Dr. Fletcher Foti. The company specializes in digital solutions for urban transportation management, shared mobility, and curb optimization. Populus supports over 100 cities worldwide, including the City of Chicago Department of Transportation, by aggregating and analyzing data from various transportation modes such as bikes, scooters, cars, and parking systems.

The company offers two main platforms: Mobility Manager and Curb Manager. Mobility Manager is a tool for managing micromobility, providing data aggregation, analytics, and compliance tracking. Curb Manager focuses on curb digitization, featuring components like Parking Insights, which centralizes parking data, and Digital Smart Zones, which optimize parking using GPS data. Populus aims to help cities create safer, more equitable, and sustainable streets through effective data analysis and management of transportation infrastructure.