Today Oliver interviews Paul Steely White, head of Policy at Link bySuperpedestrian. We had Assaf Bidermaan, the CEO of Superpedestrian on lastyear to talk about their new scooter, but that was before they launchedLink and recently won one of the Seattle scooter permits. The second moveradvantage in this space continues to become clearer and it was great to diginto this. Paul has been around the micromobility/bike advocacy traps along time first at Transportation Alternatives, then Bird and now Link, andlike many others we’ve had on, is a bit of an OG of the space. We hope youenjoyed this as much as we did.- His background at Transportation Alternatives, Bird and nowSuperpedestrian- How and why Superpedestrian decided to start LINK, and the importance ofthe feedback cycle in product development- What LINK does differently in it’s vehicle including the importance ofbeing able to do granular onboard vehicle maps and how their vehicleintelligence and operations allow them to be profitable with only one rideper day.- What he thinks Bird and Lime did wrong.- The New York City RFP for scooters and what they’re seeing in the space- What he is seeing with LINK and cities now in terms of what they want fortheir operators- The question of infrastructure, and his experience working withTransportation Alternatives and experts like Donald Shoup to change streetspace allocation.- How it helps to be a second mover in the space- The emergence of debt in new rounds of scooter funding and how thequestion of insurance is changing as the industry matures.