Micromobility

This week Oliver interviews one of his heroes in the urbanist space, Gabe Klein. Gabe has successfully managed to successfully operate in both the private and public sectors, as one of the first execs at Zipcar, helping form the company that became Car2Go and then was appointed head of DOT in both Washington DC and Chicago. He has a great grounding in the space and understands what works and what doesn’t in cities giving him great perspective of what micromobility offers to the cities and urban transport conversation. It was a wonderful conversation - more like a catch up with a friend than an interview. The team hopes you enjoy! Specifically they dig into: - His background starting in bikes, moving on to Zipcar/what became Car2Go - His move into city government - both DC and then Chicago - and what he learned there around the challenges/opportunities to help shape cities and their transport systems - What he thinks micromobility offers to the transport conversation - both owned and shared - on the variab