This week, Oliver interviews Emily Castor Warren, one of the firstemployees at Lyft and then Lime in the policy space. We have an amazingconversation about the history of rideshare and micromobility, especiallyas it pertains to regulation, and where operators are getting it right andwrong. Emily is currently working with Fontinalis, a VC firm investing thefuture of mobility. She has some of the deepest experience in the weedswith regulating new mobility, and yet at the same time able to see themassive wider vision of possibility for this. It’s a great interview.Specifically we dig into:- Her experience as one of the first employees at Lyft, her interest inride hailing and how she saw the conversation re: cities and technologyshift over the 5.5 years she was at Lyft.- Her view on the quickly shifting regulatory landscape of micromobility,and what the likely predictable outcomes are 12-24 months from now re:particular business models.- Her post-Lime life working with VC at Fontinalis and how they, and thewider industry, are thinking about the policy and regulatory implicationsof their investments.- What areas she’s excited to see technology disrupt in thetransport/mobility space and why- Where the upcoming challenges for micromobility are coming from in theregulatory space including enforcement, new vehicle types, micromobilityautonomy (she’s less bullish than Oliver!), speed of infrastructureadaptation and more.- What she’d recommend entrepreneurs think about when looking to buildcompanies in the mobility/transport space.