>> Ted: A LOOK AT HOW TO PROVIDE BETTER HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO MINORITY PATIENTS AND COMMUNITIES.

AND ALSO FENTANYL CASES ARE SKYROCKETING AND HOW AN ARIZONA LOST HER SON TO THE DRAWING AND TURNINGTO THE DRUG.

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

MARICOPA COUNTY RELEASED A REPORT ON BALLOT PRINTERS DURING THE 2022 ELECTION AND IT WAS LEAD BY CHIEF JUSTICE RUTH MCGREGOR WHO FOUND THE PRINTERS USED DURING THE ELECTION WERE STRETCHED TO, QUOTE, TO THE EDGE.

THE REPORT DID NOT FIND HUMAN ERROR TO BE THE CAUSE OF WHAT THAT AND THEY LOOKED INTO REPLACING THE PRINTERS TO SMALL SIZED BALLOTS AND STRONGER STRESS TESTS PRIOR TO ELECTION DAY.

SUPERVISORS SAID THE COUNTY HAD EVERY REASON TO TRUST THIS BUT IT WAS UNACCEPTABLE AND NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED.

>>> ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING IN AMERICA, THIS TIME IN LOUISVILLE, WHERE FOUR KILLED AND NINE OTHERS WOUNDED, INCLUDING TWO POLICE OFFICERS.

THIS TIME AFTER A 23-YEAR-OLD WALKED IN AND OPENED FIRE.

>> WITHIN THREE MINUTES AFTER DISPATCHED, OFFICERS ARRIVED ON SCENE AND ENCOUNTERED THE SUSPECT FIRING GUNSHOTTED.

GUNSHOTS.

THE SUSPECT DID DIE AT THE SCENE.

WE'RE TRYING TO CONFIRM IF THAT SUSPECT DIED OF A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND OR KILLED BY OFFICERS.

>> WE LOST FOUR CHILDREN TO GOD TODAY AND ONE OF WHOM WAS ONE OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS.

TOMMY ELLIOT HELPED ME BUILD MY LAW CAREER, HELPED ME TO BECOME GOVERNOR AND GAVE ME ADVICE ON BEING A GOOD DAD.

SHE ONE OF THE PEOPLEHE'S ONE OF THE PEOPLE I TALKED TO MOST IN THE WORLD AND TALKED TO ABOUT MY JOB.

>> Ted: PRESIDENT BIDEN REACTED TO THE MASS SHOOTING BY GOING ON TWITTER SAYING, QUOTE, TOO MANY AMERICANS ARE PAYING FOR THE PRICE OF AN ACTION WITH THEIR LIVES AND WHEN WILL REPUBLICANS AND CONGRESS PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES.

>> A MANUFACTURER OF A MEDICATION USED TO TERMINATE PREGNANCIES IS ASKING THE FIFTH SIR KATECIRCUIT COURT TO GET F.D.A.

APPROVAL OF THE DRUG.

IT WAS MADE FRIDAY BY A TEXAS JUDGE, DANCO, THE COMPANY THAT MAKES, THIS, AND IF IT DOESN'T ISSUE A STAY, IT WILL APPEAL TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.

REACTION TO THE JUDGE'S RULING FROM U.S.

SENATOR, ELIZABETH WARREN.

>> A JUDGE HAS MADE A POLITICALLY MOTIVATED DECISION TO OVERRIDE DOCTORS, PATIENTS AND MEDICAL EXPERTS AND BLOCK ACCESS TO CRITICAL MEDICATIONS.

TODAY, WE COLLECTIVELY ARE SAYING LOUD AND CLEAR NOT ON OUR WATCH.

>> Ted: THE GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER STOCKPILING DOSES OF THE DRUG AND EXPANDING TO THE DRUG IN MASSACHUSETTS.

THIS AS A NEW STUDY FINDS ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE IS FINDING 45% OF WOMEN EXPERIENCE BARRIERS TO SERVICE INCLUDING ROUTINE BIRTH CONTROL UP FROM 2017.

AND THIS IS PLAYING A ROLE AS COSTS OF SERVICES AND CHILDCARE.

>> Ted: THERE'S A MOVE TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE THROUGH HEALTH LITERACY AND JOINING US NOW IS THE ARIZONA CHIEF OFFICER.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> Ted: IT SOUNDS LIKE THE THEME TO ADDRESS THIS AND MOVE FORWARD, BETTER HEALTH THROUGH BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS.

>> THIS IS IMPORTANT AND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS CULTURAL COMPETENCE.

COMPETENCY.

YOU THINK ABOUT CULTURES AND BELIEFS AND I DON'T KNOW A MEDICAL SCHOOL THAT DOESN'T HAVE A SCHOOL OF CURRICULUM FOR TRAINING AROUND CULTURAL COMPETENCY AND SO WHEN I WAS PRACTICING IN THE HOSPITAL AS A PALLIATIVE CARE PROVIDER, CULTURALLY, NATIVE AMERICANS AND THERE IS NOT MONOLITHIC STATEMENT ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS, BUT FROM A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE, TO TALK ABOUT DEATH DIRECTLY, THIS CAN BE DISRESPECTFUL OR ALMOST DANGEROUS.

SO THE CULTURAL COMPETENCY PIECE AND HUMILITY PIECE, YOU ASK ABOUT HOW I CAN BEST COMMUNICATE WITH YOU ABOUT YOUR RELATIVE'S CONDITION AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

>> Ted: WE TALK ABOUT HEALTH LITERACY IN THIS CASE, IT'S HEALTH LITERACY NOT JUST FOR PATIENTS BUT PROVIDERS?

>> IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF PEOPLE'S CULTURES AND BELIEFS AND PRACTICES BECAUSE THAT CAN AFFECT HEALTH OUTCOMES AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS UNDERSTANDING THE TREATMENT PLAN WE'RE TRYING TO PUT FORWARD AND TALK WITH THEM ABOUT.

IF YOU'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING CULTURE AND BELIEFS, IT'S HARD TO DO THAT.

>> Ted: SOMETIMES UNDERSTANDING IS AS SIMPLE AS LANGUAGE.

I WOULD IMAGINE LANGUAGE BARRIERS ARE A CONCERN AS WELL.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE FROM PRACTICE IN THE HOSPITAL JUST AROUND COMMUNICATION IS, WHEN YOU TALK WITH PATIENTS WHO ARE AT THE END OF LIFE ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT, THEIR VALUES, AND YOU LOOK AT, FOR EXAMPLE, WHITE PATIENTS, THERE'S A HIGH VALUE PLACED ON THE ETHICAL PRINCIPLE OF AUTONOMY AND I GET TO MAKE THE DECISIONS ABOUT MY HEALTHCARE AND WHAT I WANT GOING FORWARD.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT AFRICAN POPULATIONS OR LATINO POPULATIONS, THE EMPHASIS MORE ON TALKING WITH MY FAMILY.

SO IT'S LESS, SO THE PERSON AUTONOMY OF THE PATIENT AND MORE SO, LET'S TALK WITH MY FAMILY ABOUT IT AND MAKE A DECISION.

>> Ted: TALK WITH THE FAMILY, ESPECIALLY A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE INVOLVED AND YOU HAVE TO GET SOMEONE WHO CAN SPEAK THE LANGUAGE AND UNDERSTAND THE NUANCE OF THE LANGUAGE.

>> IT'S CRUCIAL TO USE TRANSLATORS WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED AND YOU WANT SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD A TRAINER TO COMMUNICATE WHAT YOU HAVE TRYING TO SAY AS A CLINICIAN WITHOUT THE FILTERS OF MAYBE NOT WANTING TO SAY SOMETHING DIRECT TO A FAMILY AND JUST GETTING A LITERAL AND IMPORTANT CLEAR TRANSLATION.

>> Ted: I WOULD EMPOWERING THE PATIENT TO LETTING THE PATIENT FEEL AS IF THEY ARE LETTING THE PATIENT FEELING EMPOWERED.

>> EMPOWERED TO ACHIEVE THEIR BEST OUTCOMES.

>> Ted: IF THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE HEALTH DISPARITIES AND THE WHOLE NINE YARDS HERE, HOW BEST DO WE DO THIS?

ARE THESE LEARNING PRACTICES AND THINGS TAUGHT IN MEDICAL SCHOOLS AND CONTINUED EDUCATION FOR DOCTORS?

>> I THINK IT'S A MULTIFACETED APPROACH AND I THINK IT STARTS WITH SELF-AWARENESS AT THE LEVEL OF THE PERSON.

SO UNDERSTANDING AND TALKING ABOUT HEALTH DISPARITIES AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY ARE AND TALKING ABOUT HEALTH EQUITY.

EVERYBODY HAVING THE BEST OPPORTUNITY POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE THEIR BEST HEALTH OUTCOMES AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE IN THE HEALTHCARE FIELD TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY IMPACT HEALTH OUTCOMES.

>> Ted: THE DISPARITIES AND CONCERNS, ARE THEY INCREASING OR ARE THEY NARROWING BECAUSE OF BETTER INFORMATION?

>> I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NUMBER OF HEALTH DISPARITIES.

IF YOU LOOK AT CANCER MORTALITY IN AFRICAN-AMERICANS, AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE THE HIGHEST DEATH FROM ALL CANCERS AS COMPARED TO ANY OTHER GROUP IN THE UNITED STATES.

OR IF YOU LOOK AT INFANT MORTALITY, AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN HAVE TWO TO THREE TIMES THE INFANT RATES AS COMPARED WITH WHITE WOMAN AND A NUMBER OF DISPARITIES THAT EXIST AND I THINK, AGAIN, AWARENESS IS A BIG PIECE OF ADDRESSING THEM AND TRAINING IN MEDICAL SCHOOLS IS A BIG PIECE OF ADDRESSING THEM AND POLICY IS A BIG PART OF THAT.

>> Ted: IF YOU'RE IN FRONT OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND DELIVERING THIS, WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS?

>> LISTEN TO YOUR PATIENTS, LISTEN TO YOUR PATIENTS AND HAVE CLEAR CONVERSATIONS WITH PATIENTS WITHOUT USING MEDICAL JARGON AND WHAT IS AFFECTING THE OUTCOMES FOR YOUR PATIENTS AND, YOU KNOW, STRIVE TO PROVIDE COMPASSIONATE CARE.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT DOCTORS, NURSE PRACTICE PRACTITIONERS USE USE.

>> Ted: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

AND UP NEXT, FATAL BEHAVIOR DOSES ARE FENTANYL ARE SPIKING AND A TUCSON MOM KNOWS HOW DEADLY IT CAN BE.

SHE LOST HER SON, JASON, IN MAY OF 2020 TO A FENTANYL OVERDOSE AND SINCE THEN, SHE'S BEEN ADVOCATING TO BE A MURDER CHARGE.

SHE'S APPEARING ON LOCAL NEWS STATIONS AND BILLBOARDS OF JACOB HAVE APPEARED IN SEVERAL STATES.

POINT >> Reporter: JUST WEST OF DOWNTOWN TUCSON, NESTLED IN A QUIET SUBDIVISION, TERESA LOVES TO WATER HER PLANTS IN WHAT SHE CALLS HER SANCTUARY.

>> I LIKE TO BE OUTSIDE AND WATERING MY PLANTS AND ENJOYINGLEENJOYINGWATERING WILDLIFE.

I HAVE FOUR BIRD BATHS AND BRINGS ME PEACE TO BE OUTSIDE.

>> Reporter: THAT INNER PEACE TOOK HER YEARS TO REBUILD.

SHE WAS ROBBED OF IT 14 YEARS WHEN HER HUSBAND DIED OF A SUDDEN HEART ATTACK AND 11 YEARS LATER, TRAGEDY STRUCK AGAIN, USING HER MOM AND SON IN THE SPAN OF 30 DAYS.

HER SON'S DEATH WAS EVEN MORE PAINFUL BECAUSE IT WAS CAUSED BY FENTANYL.

HER SON, JACOB, FIND HIMSELF AT A TENNIS COURT AND HEARING THE BALL STRIKE HIS RACKET ONE HIT AT A TIME.

ONE OF HIS MANY HOBBIES.

>> HE LOVED TO PLAY TENNIS AND GO TO INDIAN WELLS AND SEE THE TENNIS TOURNAMENTS EVERY YEAR.

THE LAST YEAR BEFORE HE DIED, HE WENT TO INDIAN WELLS FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND HE JUST HAD A BLAST.

SO I'M GLAD HE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT WAS HIS LAST YEAR.

>> Reporter: HE DECIDE OF DIED OF A FENTANYL OVERDOSE IN 2020.

>> I WAS AT ROSS GETTING A PILLOW FOR HIM AND SO I HAD SEEN A PACKBACK BACKPACK AND I CALLED AND COULDN'T GET AHOLD OF HIM AND MY BROTHER-IN-LAW CALLED ME BACK SAYING HE WAS UNRESPONSIVE.

IT WAS HARD.

I HAD THE ITEMS IN MY HAND.

I THREW THEM AT THE DOOR AND RAN OUTSIDE AND PRAYING TO GOD, JUST LOOKING UP AT THE SKY AND ASKING GOD TO SAVE HIM.

>> Reporter: GUERRERO WAS NOT ALLOWED IN DURING THE MOMENT DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

>> I WAS CRYING AND HYSTERICAL.

>> Reporter: JACOB'S DEATH WAS ONE OF 7,000 RECORDED LAST YEAR IN ARIZONA.

HE LIVED IN AN RV JUST TEN MINUTES AWAY FROM TERESA'S HOME AND NOW A SHRINE IN HIS NAME.

>> I WAS BUYING A CAKE IN SIERRA VISTA AND SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND PUT UP BALLOONS AND LET THEM GO AND THAT'S WHAT I DO, GO OUT TO HIS GRAVE AND JUST VISIT WITH HIM THAT BRINGS ME PEACE.

>> AS >> Reporter: SHE PLANS TO BIKE IN TUCSON TO HONOR HIS LOVE FOR BICYCLING.

>> I WILL RIDE MY BIKE BECAUSE HE WAS AN AVID BICYCLISTS AND I'LL BUY A JERSEY AND HAVE SOMETHING ON THE BACK OF HER JERSEY.

>> Reporter: JACOB IS ALWAYS IN HER HEART.

>> Ted: FENTANYL IS THE MOST COMMON SUBSTANCE IN OPIOID DEATHS.

TOUGH STORY TO WATCH.

WHAT IS FENTANYL?

>> THIS IS A SYNTHETIC OPIOID AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT THIS NOWADAYS AND IT IS USED IN HOSPITAL SETTINGS AND THE FENTANYL WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT IS ON THE STREET, CROSSING THE BORDERS IN TO COUNTRY.

SO MANY NEW STATISTICS AND HOW PREVALENT THIS STUFF IS.

LET'S JUST SAY YOU HAVE A GOOD SHOT AT OVERDOSING BY TAKING ANY PILL OFF THE STREET.

A LOT OF THE FENTANYL IS APPEARING IN DIFFERENT PILL FORMS AND SIX OUT OF TEN PILLS CONTAIN ENOUGH TO KILL SOMEBODY.

>> Ted: THE POTENCY ON THE STREET IS MUCH HIGHER, TRUE?

>> YES.

KEEP IN MIND, IT'S NOT MONITORED AND NO HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT.

>> Ted: HOW LONG HAS FENTANYL BEEN IN CIRCULATION?

>> THE CRISIS IS ONGOING AND THIS DIDN'T START WITH FENTANYL.

THE HIGHLIGHT REEL IS THAT OPIOIDED, PRESCRIPTION PAINKILLERS ARE ADDICTIVE AND HEROIN IS JUST IS STRONG AND WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES.

>> Ted: OXYCODONE AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, AS WELL AND WHEN DID FENTANYL HERE IN ARIZONA?

>> I WOULD SAY IN THE LAST DECADE AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, BUT BEING IN THE FIELD, WE'VE KNOWN ABOUT IT FOR SOME TIME.

>> Ted: WHY IS THE SKYROCKETING?

IS IT COMING ACROSS THE BORDER?

>> IN ARIZONA, WE NEED TO BE ON ALERT AND YES, IT'S A BORDER PROBLEM AND WE'RE SEEING IT COME IN THROUGH TEXAS TEXAS,, ARIZONA AND BECAUSE OF THE PREVALENCE, IT'S CHEAP.

YOU CAN GET A PILL FOR $1 AND IN THE EAST COAST, IT'S $60 OR $80 OUT THERE BUT THAT'S HOW MUCH IS COMING IN ARIZONA.

>> Ted: WE'VE TALKING ABOUT THIS AND FENTANYL IS LACED INTO OTHER DRUGS AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT.

>> I?

>> IT'S MINIMUM SCHOOL MINISCULE AMOUNTS AND NOT MUCH TO DO DAMAGE AND IT COULD BE IN PILLS, POWDERS AND LIQUIDS AND NOT MUCH TO CUT THAT INTO A PILL.

>> Ted: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TAKE TOO MUCH?

>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO TAKE FENTANYL ON PURPOSE.

IF YOU HAVE BUILT UP A TOLERANCE TO USING HEROIN, FENTANYL MEETING A DAILY DRUG BECAUSE WITHOUT IT, YOU GET SICK.

IF WE GET EXPOSED, IT WILL SHUT DOWN OUR RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND GO TO SLEEP EXPERIMENTALLY PERMANENTLY.

>> Ted: THE F.D.A.

JUST ABOUT MADE THIS OVER-THE-COUNTER, HUH?

>> THIS IS GREAT BECAUSE THIS IS A LIFE-SAVING DEVICE?

YOU CAN SPRAY THIS UP THEIR NOSE AND IT RESUSCITATES AND YOU'LL NEED EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, BUT IT CAN SAVE A LIFE.

>> Ted: WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE F.D.A.

ALLOWING THIS OVER-THE-COUNTER, THE THING IS, IF YOU HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT YOU NEED THIS, YOU STILL NEED AN AMBULANCE.

>> CORRECT.

>> Ted: EVERY STORY IS SKYROCKETING AND GOING UP AND UP AND ARE WE SEEING A PLATEAU AND ANYTHING IN THE FUTURE HERE?

>> DEEP BREATH BECAUSE I HOPE SO AND YOU WATCH A STORY LIKE THAT AND YOU HEAR ABOUT TODDLERS ACCIDENTALLY BEING POISONED BY THIS AND PETS, KIDS.

I MEAN, THIS IS POISON AND I THINK THAT'S THE KEY WORD WITH THIS.

WE CAN'T BE JUST CALLING THIS A DRAWING ANDDRUG.

THIS IS TOO PREVALENT AND TOO CHEAP.

AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU A POSITIVE STORY WITH THIS.

BUT THERE'S SO MANY FORMS OF FENTANYL, CARFENTANIL AND IT'S LIKE SPICE WAS BACK IN THE DAY WHEN PEOPLE WOULD TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT STRANDS OF MOLECULES AND DIFFERENT FORMS AND THE STUFF IN THE NEWS RECENTLY WITH THE TRANQUILIZERS, YOU COULD USE THIS NARCAN AND IT MIGHT NOT WORK AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS.

PEOPLE, TAKE NOTE, THIS IS NOT A JOKE AND THE REASON THEY CALL IN THE DEADLIEST DRUG IN AMERICA.

WE'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

>> Ted: IF YOU HAD THE ATTENTION OF EVERYONE WITH ANY SENSE OF IMPORTANCE AND DECISION-MAKING IN THE WORLD, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

>> THERE'S NO ROOM FOR EXPERIMENTATION.

WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND YOU'RE NOT WORRIED, YOU NEED TO BE WORRIED.

YOUR LIFE IS VALUABLE AND SPEND YOUR TIME WISELY AND MAKE SMART DECISIONS AND LOVE YOURSELF ENOUGH TO ENGAGE IN NOT RISKY BEHAVIOR.

>> Ted: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: THERE'S SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSFORM TEMPE IN A BICYCLING OASIS.

THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TO TALK ABOUT HIS YEAR-LONG STUDY AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

TEE >> Ted: TO DO WHAT AND I THOUGHT TEMPE WAS BICYCLE FRIENDLY.

>> THAT'S WHY I THINK THEY'VE BEEN SO RECEPTIVE WITH THE RESEARCH.

I LIVE CAR FREE AND I GET TOO REACTIONS AND SOME PEOPLE LOOK AT ME IN DISBELIEF AND I PEOPLE SMILE AND THAT DISTINCTION REVEALS THAT THERE ARE TWO STORIES HERE IN TEMPE, THE DOMINANT ONE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A CAR AND PROMISE OF CONVENIENCE AND THEN, A NEW AND EMERGING STORY, ONE FOCUSED ON ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION.

AND SO, THIS PROJECT IS AN EFFORT TO GIVE VOICE TO THAT SECOND STORY BECAUSE IT'S STILL ON THE PERIPHERY OF SOCIETY AND SO, THE PROJECT HAS TWO PARTS AND THE FIRST PART IS FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, GOING INTERVIEWS.

THAT IS LEAD BY MY COLLABORATEOR.

AND THEN THERE'S MY PART, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE AND A KIND OF SUPPORT FOR THE STORIES THAT THEY'RE COLLECTING USING TECHNOLOGIES LIKE THESE.

>> Ted: LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS DATA-DRIVEN PLANNING AND WHAT'S THAT ABOUT?

>> SO, IN MY EXPERIENCE, WHEN DECISION MAKERS GO AND TRY TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE, THEY HAVE A VERY LIMITED EXPERIENCE OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

THEY HAVE MAYBE DRIVEN BIT AND MAYBE HAVE HEARD FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC DURING TOWNHALL MEETINGS.

AND I THINK THAT THERE IS ROOM FOR A LITTLE MORE EMPATHY.

THESE TOOLS, THEY'RE EMPATHY MACHINES.

YOU MOUNT SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO A BIKE AND RIDE DOWN A PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND IT PUTS.

>> Ted: WE'RE TALK AI, AREN'T WE?

>> THE DATA IS PROCESSED BY A IMMINENT.

AI.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD OF CHAT GP AND THAT'S BEEN IN THE NEWS LATELY.

>> Ted: YES.

>> THE THING I'VE REALIZED ABOUT THIS IS THAT THEY ARE IMPROVING QUICKLY AND IF WE WANT, THE THINGS WE CARE ABOUT TO BE REPRESENTED TO THE AI, SO THAT WHEN IT'S MAKING DECISIONS AND SUPPORTING OUR DECISIONS, IT CONSIDERS THE THINGS WE CARE ABOUT AND NEED TO EXIST WITHIN A DIGITAL FORM AND ALL OF THE DATA IS CARCENTRIC AND THROUGH TOOL THROUGH TOOLS LIKE THIS, WE CAN DIGITZE THIS.

THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE VIRTUAL REALITY CAMERA AND THIS IS ALL ABOUT AUDIO.

>> Ted: SO WHAT'S HAPPENING, YOU'RE GATHERING DATA BY WAY OF WHAT THE CYCLIST SEES AND WHAT THE CYCLIST HEARS AND SOMETIMES IN AN AI ENVIRONMENT AND TO TELL PEOPLE THIS IS HOW IT IS AND COULD BE AND HOW IT COULD IMPROVE?

>> SO WE EXPECT THAT THE STORIES WILL HAVE GENERALLY TWO FLAVORS.

ONE, THESE WARRANT THINGS THAT AREARE THE THINGSWORKING.

ONE EXPERIENCE I'VE BEEN SHOWING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH PUBLIC OUTREACH, ON A BUSY WEEKEND AND A JOYFUL EXPERIENCE FOR A BICYCLIST AND THE SECOND FLAVOR IS MAYBE GOING DOWN UNIVERSITY AVENUE, RIDING OVER ALL OF THE POTHOLES AND TRYING NOT TO GET HIT BY MOTOR TRAFFIC.

AND THESE TYPES OF TECHNOLOGIES GET PEOPLE THAT DON'T USUALLY BIKE TO EXPERIENCE THOSE THINGS, THE JOY OF TRYING BY THE LAKE OR THE DANGER OF A TRUCK FLYING BY YOU.

>> Ted: YOU MENTIONED UNIVERSITY AND OTHER AREAS WHERE IT MIGHT BE DICEY TO RIDE YOUR BIKE.

YOU'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS, LET ME SHOW YOU.

>> EXACTLY AND HOPEFULLY WITH THAT ADDED EMPATHY, THEY CAN START ALLOCATING THEIR MUNICIPAL BUDGET, THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND HELPING THE CITY TRANSITION TO A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.

>> Ted: HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN?

WHEN YOU PRESENT THIS EVIDENCE AND WE'RE SEEING YOU WORKING IT HERE, AS WELL, WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO TAKE FROM THIS?

>> THERE'S BEEN A DIALOGUE ONLINE AND WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS SOMETHING INHERENT INHERENTLY SUSTAINABLE ABOUT CARS AND PAVING EVERY INCH OF THE CITY AND FIGURING OUT WHAT THAT CHANGE SHOULD BE.

AND SO, IF WE CAN, WE WANT TO INSPIRE A LITTLE COURAGE FROM OUR LEADERS TO MAYBE TAKE SOME BOLD STEPS AND THAT COURAGE, WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM?

FIRST, IT HAS TO COME FROM AN AWARENESS OF WHAT THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS IS.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE FALL, WE'RE GOING TO BE RUNNING A NUMBER OF SECONDS IN THE ASU DECISION THEATER.

WE HOPE TO INVITE DECISION MAKERS FROM CITY COUNCIL AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING TO COME AND TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THIS DATA.

WE HAVE LASER SCANNERS THAT ARE CREATING 3D MODELS AND QUANTITY FEWING DIFFERENTQUANTIFYING PROGRAMMERS.

THIS IS ALL UNPRECEDENTED IN THE BICYCLING WORLD.

HOPEFULLY THROUGH THAT EXPOSURE, WE DON'T EXPECT IMMEDIATE AND DRASTIC ACTION.

WE JUST EXPECT THERE TO BE A LITTLE SEED IN THE BACK OF THEIR HEADS DURING THAT NEXT MEETING TO SAY, OH, MAYBE WE SHOULD CONSIDER BICYCLING WITH INTENSITY.

>> Ted: CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST OF LUCK TO YOU AND WE SEE NEW THINGS IN TEMPE.

AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.