In America, 90% of federal and state spending is dedicated towards pulting out and repairing additional carrn for structure. In Japan, there are no roads with on street parking, basically anywhere in japan. So this wayless kind of open space that's just given over to cars would weigh higher usage of transit. "I'm relatively optimistic about how much people care about these issues"
Mobility-focused venture capitalist Olaf Sakkers has been a friend of the show for a long time, which is the only reason Kirsten, Alex and Ed agreed to read something called "The Mobility Disruption Framework." We're glad we did though, because Sakkers is far from the kind of empty-headed, buzzword-spouting consultant who has given "mobility disruption" a bad name. Olaf joins this week's episode to explain his funny, insightful book about the trends and technologies transforming the ways we get around, which you can read for yourself at www.yellow.cab.