Talking Headways Podcast: The Uber Effect
This week we're joined by Andrew Salzberg, head of transportation policy and research at Uber. Andrew talks about growing up in Montreal and his previous transportation work at the World Bank. We also chat about the importance of transportation policy at the city level and Uber's support for congestion pricing.
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Jeff Wood
2:02 PM EDT on August 9, 2018
This week we’re joined by Andrew Salzberg, head of transportation policy and research at Uber. Andrew talks about growing up in Montreal and his previous transportation work at the World Bank. We also chat about the importance of transportation policy at the city level and Uber’s support for congestion pricing.
Jeff Wood is the creator of the Talking Headways podcast and editor of the newsletter The Overhead Wire.
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