70: Micromobility operations with industry veteran Tarani Duncan - ex-Citibike, Jump and Mapbox
Apr 30, 2020•54 min
Episode description
This week, Oliver interviews micromobility industry veteran Tarani Duncan about her journey and views on the development of the micromobility industry. She’s a fount of knowledge, and this was a really fun discussion on the history of the space.
Specifically we dig into:
- Her childhood and study in New Orleans, and how that led her to studying transport
- Her early days in operations fixing the early NYC Citibike system
- Joining the team at Social Bicycles, which became Jump, including a discussion about social incentives and the acquisition by Uber.
- Her experience at Mapbox building routing software for some of the largest delivery companies in the world
- Joining Shared as the first operations lead
- A discussion about the wide range of companies she’s advising in the space, including OurStreets, Tortoise, Karmic and DataContours
- Why she’s the first member of the Human Scooting Association
- The low hanging fruit for the shared industry
- Why micromobility matters to her, and why she’s still very bullish on the space.
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