One of the building blocks of any community is the network and infrastructure that enable safe and easy mobility within an area. Residents, workers, and guests need to conveniently get to their desired destination, whether driving themselves, riding their bikes, or taking an alternative means of transportation.
Increasingly, towns and cities are exploring ways to use technology to connect their transportation systems and create a fully integrated infrastructure that supports the movement of people getting from place to place quicker, safer, and more efficiently.
In Lake Nona, Beep provides connectivity throughout the planned community to key destinations, and Berman is right alongside Beep to help them create a positive experience for riders.
We wanted to take a moment and share with you what our experience is like to work with such a transformational company and how Beep is evolving alternative autonomous mobility, one community at a time.
Beep is an autonomous Mobility as a Service (M-a-a-S) provider that delivers full turnkey, autonomous clean energy transportation solutions to public and private communities across the United States.
As an alternative mobility solution, Beep’s autonomous technology is designed to complement existing transportation infrastructure and provide people with a convenient service for short trips within a defined area.
The autonomous mobility solutions company is headquartered in Lake Nona and recently opened its new 10,000 square-foot facility, which hosts the Beep Command Center and an Innovation Lab where its engineers will design and develop the future of autonomous technology.
From the Lab to the Road
Beep started its operations in Lake Nona in September 2019 after significant route planning and coordination with partners to ensure its alternative mobility solution was viable, reliable, and sustainable.
As a Living Lab that welcomes and thrives on innovation, Lake Nona was a perfect fit for Beep to implement its autonomous mobility solutions in the community. The proof is in the numbers:
Beep is our neighbor in Lake Nona, so we had a sneak peek of what Beep would bring to the community. Beep creates a one-of-a-kind experience for riders from the second they hop into the shuttle and are greeted by a shuttle specialist who can explain how the autonomous technology works and answer any questions they may have. They then buckle up and engage in conversations with their co-riders as they make the short trip to their destination.
Berman helps create a positive experience by providing the level of cleanliness riders have come to expect, especially after the shuttle services reopened after the COVID-19 shutdown. We use the same practices to sanitize Beep’s shuttles and offices that are used to sanitize the hospitals in Lake Nona, ensuring riders’ health and peace of mind. As Beep takes a safety-first approach as well, our partnership has been a natural fit since the very beginning.
In addition to conducting a full wipe down of the shuttles every day, Berman specializes in the following to support Beep:
We are proud to call Beep our partner in Lake Nona because Beep is community-focused and dedicated to providing mobility solutions that create a positive impact. As more municipalities, universities, healthcare campuses, and corporate parks learn about the innovations Beep is developing within transportation, we expect to see many more Beep shuttles — not only in Lake Nona but all across the country.