This week we’re releasing the first of the content from the recentMicromobility America conference. In this interview, Lauren Goode fromWired interviews Andrew Yang who was one of the headline speakers.Lauren and Andrew talk about Forward, his new American political party,before moving on to talk about role of micromobility in the future oftransport. It’s a great conversation and we in the team really appreciateit when politicians have such progressive takes and are willing to embracetechnology in transport like this.Specifically they dig into:- Andrew’s new political party, Forward, and why its important- How local, state and federal regulations play a part in Micromobility’sfuture- How many scooters Andrew owns- Why micromobility is important for health, both mental and physical- The need for cities to better accomodate these new modes- Why he likes small companies and innovation, and why micromobility iswell suited to this- The challenges of electrifying other parts of the fleets.- The links between UBI and micromobility