Getting there
16 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -A place where we have conversations about how we move and what moves us. We want to talk to curious people about our cities and the unusual ways we interact with them. Along the way, we see if we can arrive at any conclusions about where we’re all going.
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How to make better cities - Robin Cox (A City Made By People)
December 01, 2020 09:00 - 46 minutes - 42.1 MBWe talked to Robin Cox from A City Made By People to hear how his team does community building to help to solve the challenges of living in cities. In this episode we talk about: The different meanings of liveability Problems with consumption driven cities Better citizens creating better cities For more information on today's episode visit the podcast website What's on your mind? Email: [email protected] Twitter: unu & unu Share Instagram: unu Relevant links: A City Ma...
How academics shift the needle - Susan Shaheen (UC Berkeley)
November 27, 2020 06:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBIn our latest podcast episode we talked to Susan Shaheen from UC Berkeley to look at academia's position in the world of transport policy and discuss the ability our industry has in addressing issues of social inequity. In this episode we talk about: Where and how academics provide counsel What it is like to study disruption How transport policy can temper gentrification For more information on today's episode visit the podcast website What's on your mind? Email: podcast@unu...
Why a vehicle launch is never simple - Fedra Ribeiro (Executive at Bosch)
November 05, 2020 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24 MBIn our latest podcast episode we talked to Fedra Ribeiro from Bosch to scratch beneath the surface of technology and innovation, and learn why a vehicle launch is never simple. In this episode we talk about: What needs to change about parking How vehicle launches get delayed The benefits of a software-defined vehicle For more information on today's episode visit the podcast website What's on your mind? Email: [email protected] Twitter: unu & unu Share Instagram: unu Rel...
What branding is about - Elias Atahi (unu Co-founder)
October 12, 2020 05:00 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBOur recent episodes have kept coming back to this idea of convenience being detrimental to achieving good design, despite not having yet spoken to someone whose pedigree is in design. We decided to do something about that by speaking to Elias Atahi, a co-founder at unu, who was designing both products and brand at the company for 7 years. In this episode we talk about: The goal of branding The definition of designing for user experience The co-creation of the city For more infor...
What a city needs in order to plan transport effectively - Stéphanie Priou (Ubiquity)
September 29, 2020 05:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBAs we continue to put together the different pieces of the puzzle of how we interact with cities, it was only a matter of time before we would speak with someone from the ever-important profession of urban planning. Stéphanie Priou has a front-row seat in our fast moving industry because she belongs to the world of strategic advising. Put differently, she helps transport authorities achieve their goals. Seeing the big picture is part of her day job, and she has seen how the gears ...
How the sharing economy is a misnomer - Alison Griswold (Tech Journalist)
September 22, 2020 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBWorking in mobility can skew one's ability to judge industry press coverage as either good PR & marketing, good journalism, or both. Excitement about new tech needs to be tempered with taking an objective look at what this new tech brings. Alison is just the person to get that job done, Her commitment to being a fair and truthful tech journalist shines in both this interview, but more importantly, what she has written. In this episode we talk about: Uber's track record with the p...
You can set small incentives in order to change mobility behaviour – René Braun
July 20, 2020 13:12 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBWhen working in a fast-paced environment it is easy to become blinded by the supposed urgency of an industry's problems. A sense of urgency that must be felt even more strongly by someone who is at the helm of an enterprise everyday. Seemingly not for René Braun, founder of RYDES, who views our industry's past and future with a level of detail and clarity that isn't distracted by the news cycle. In this episode we talk about: Where incentives go right and wrong Whether autonomou...
You can set small incentives in order to change mobility behaviour – René Braun (RYDES)
July 20, 2020 13:12 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBWhen working in a fast-paced environment it is easy to become blinded by the supposed urgency of an industry's problems. A sense of urgency that must be felt even more strongly by someone who is at the helm of an enterprise everyday. Seemingly not for René Braun, founder of RYDES, who views our industry's past and future with a level of detail and clarity that isn't distracted by the news cycle. In this episode we talk about: Where incentives go right and wrong Whether autonomou...
The issue is not the vehicle, the issue is ideology – Kristian Brink
July 20, 2020 11:45 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBGoing from an intern at the UN in Cairo to BizDev at NextBike in Leipzig, Kristian's step into urban mobility was both a serendipitous and an impassioned one. Following the industry's developments is practically a hobby for him! Most importantly he's a thinker that manages to balance his enthusiasm with impartiality. In this episode we talk about: How the UN helped launched desert-based bike sharing Understanding the battle between vehicles of new and old Improvements in the p...
The issue is not the vehicle, the issue is ideology – Kristian Brink (Urban Sharing)
July 20, 2020 11:45 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBGoing from an intern at the UN in Cairo to business development at NextBike in Leipzig, Kristian's step into urban mobility was both a serendipitous and an impassioned one. Following the industry's developments is practically a hobby for him! Most importantly he's a thinker that manages to balance his enthusiasm with impartiality. In this episode we talk about: How the UN helped launched desert-based bike sharing Understanding the battle between vehicles of new and old Improvem...
Action beats planning – Tobias Kruse
July 20, 2020 11:08 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBSteve Jobs was famous for saying that consultants could only see the world in 2D and if they had a project about bananas they would know everything one could know about bananas except their taste. Even though the mobility industry doesn't have a taste, per se, it is clear Tobias Kruse has tasted it in a proverbial kind of way. This episode offers a refreshing take on what our industry is like in practice. In this episode we talk about: Analogies for strategy and design Differen...
Action beats planning – Tobias Kruse (Fjord)
July 20, 2020 11:08 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBSteve Jobs was famous for saying that consultants could only see the world in 2D and if they had a project about bananas they would know everything one could know about bananas except their taste. Even though the mobility industry doesn't have a taste, per se, it is clear Tobias Kruse has tasted it in a proverbial kind of way. This episode offers a refreshing take on what our industry is like in practice. In this episode we talk about: Analogies for strategy and design Differen...
“There’s no strategy and vision” Johanna Reinhardt
July 14, 2020 09:32 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBJohanna Reinhardt is based at CleverShuttle, a ride pooling service that is powered by green electricity. She's seen what mobility looks like across the industries of academia, politics, and entrepreneurship. Johanna has hands-on experience through working in the public affairs side of mobility. This means she fights the good fight of making sure new mobility providers aren't left out in future city planning. Her perspective is both realistic and ambitious. In this episode we tal...
Let's step up our game as mobility startups – Johanna Reinhardt (CleverShuttle)
July 14, 2020 09:32 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBJohanna Reinhardt is based at CleverShuttle, a ride pooling service that is powered by green electricity. She's seen what mobility looks like across the industries of academia, politics, and entrepreneurship. Johanna has hands-on experience through working in the public affairs side of mobility. This means she fights the good fight of making sure new mobility providers aren't left out in future city planning. Her perspective is both realistic and ambitious. In this episode we tal...
Let's step up our game as mobility startups – Johanna Reinhardt
July 14, 2020 09:32 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBJohanna Reinhardt is based at CleverShuttle, a ride pooling service that is powered by green electricity. She's seen what mobility looks like across the industries of academia, politics, and entrepreneurship. Johanna has hands-on experience through working in the public affairs side of mobility. This means she fights the good fight of making sure new mobility providers aren't left out in future city planning. Her perspective is both realistic and ambitious. In this episode we tal...
“It's time to step up our game as new mobility companies” Johanna Reinhardt
July 14, 2020 09:32 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBJohanna Reinhardt is based at CleverShuttle, a ride pooling service that is powered by green electricity. She's seen what mobility looks like across the industries of academia, politics, and entrepreneurship. Johanna has hands-on experience through working in the public affairs side of mobility. This means she fights the good fight of making sure new mobility providers aren't left out in future city planning. Her perspective is both realistic and ambitious. In this episode we tal...