About this episode

This episode discusses how Miovision is using intersection data to tackle global traffic congestion.

Congestion isn’t just annoying, it's an economic drag. In this episode of Disruptors, John Stackhouse speaks with Kurtis McBride, co-founder of Miovision, about how a Waterloo-built company turned intersection data into a real-time operating layer for cities and how that platform is scaling globally. McBride explains how Miovision began with a simple insight from manual traffic counts, then evolved into a digital twin approach that helps cities reduce congestion, improve safety, support transit performance, and shorten emergency response times. He also shares how Miovision is applying AI including a conversational interface that lets traffic teams ask plain-English questions about their network and get actionable recommendations. The conversation expands into a founder playbook for selling into cities, navigating cross-border requirements like Build America, Buy America, and building the connected intersection infrastructure that can make vehicle-to-everything (V2X) services and eventually autonomous mobility safer and more affordable.

People in this episode

Host: John Stackhouse

Guest: Kurtis McBride

Topics covered

• congestion
• traffic management
• AI in transportation
• urban infrastructure
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• congestion
• traffic data
• AI
• urban mobility
• digital twin
• emergency response
• transit performance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Miovision

Places: Waterloo, cities, America

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