On this episode of the Micromobility Podcast, we publish an episode fromthe recent Micromobility Membership call where we had Axios Reporter FelixSalmon interview Kara Swisher, Editor at Recode about her pledge to gocar-free for a year, and her thoughts about the development of themicromobility space. It’s a great discussion.Specifically, they dig into:- Her choice to get rid of a car, and how that’s gone over the last year.- The challenges of using Micromobility with a young child, and whatoptions she’s considering- ‘I like to write about directional stuff and I think car ownership isover eventually.’ And how she thinks about autonomy and micromobility inthat context.- The inevitability of new urban transport modes as cities evolve and grow.- Why e-bikes are attractive in the suburbs.- In the discussion about COVID-induced changes to urban design how muchdoes it happen at a local level vs. state vs. national?- The technology of security for bikes and other micromobility vehicles.- How Kara thinks about the rebound of transit and car use, and how it’llaccelerate trends that were already happening.- Why Uber and Lyft enable the convenience of a car without the headache.- How the modularity of Micromobility competes against the incumbent carmanufacturers.- Urban form in the majority of the US isn’t like SF, NYC or DC, which wereall designed pre-car. Where is the capitalist incentive to reengineer thethe majority of the US (and world’s) cities away from the car?- Why Kara thinks cars aren’t actually as sticky as everything thinks theyare.- How do cities work with micromobility operators and whether Kara thinksthat cities will end up subsidising them.- Why Kara would start with a network of tunnels if she started to rebuilda city from scratch.- Why Kara doesn’t think that the speed of streetscape adaptation isactually that slow.- A discussion with Horace about the nature of software in bothmicromobility and automotive vehicles.- A discussion about universal basic mobility, and why Kara is for it.- Why Kara is pro congestion pricing.Transcript of the call is available here:https://micromobility.io/blog/2020/5/3/kara-swisher-felix-salmon-end-of-car-ownershipIf you like this discussion, you can get regular access to this by signingup to TripleM here. For $100/year you get access to exclusive calls withHorace and guests, discounts on conference tickets and access to the Slackcommunity building the future of micromobility. Get your first month freewhen you sign up now.