TC Sessions: Mobility - Tamika Butler, Tiffany Chu & Frank Reig

The Impact of Mobility Startups on Cities

The competitive drive among new mobility companies to achieve profitability through market dominance has, unfortunately, yielded unfavorable outcomes for urban areas and their residents.

Municipal authorities and relevant agencies have learned valuable lessons from the initial rollout of ride-hailing and shared scooter programs. Consequently, they've responded by implementing stricter regulations and exercising greater oversight over operating companies.

This course correction has compelled established businesses to adapt their operational strategies and has simultaneously fostered the emergence of a new generation of startups, each proposing a distinct methodology.

TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 – Addressing Key Questions

However, a fundamental question remains: is it possible for mobility solutions to be simultaneously accessible, equitable, and profitable? And if so, how can this be achieved?

TC Sessions: Mobility 2021, a virtual event taking place on June 9th, is designed to thoroughly investigate these critical issues.

We are fortunate to have three distinguished guests who possess extensive experience at the intersection of urban planning, equity, and shared mobility: Tamika L. Butler, a community organizer, transportation consultant, and lawyer; Tiffany Chu, co-founder and CEO of Remix; and Frank Reig, co-founder and CEO of Revel.

Meet the Speakers

Tamika L. Butler is a lawyer and the founder and principal of her own consulting firm, recognized for her expertise in diversity and inclusion, equity, the built environment, community organizing, and nonprofit leadership.

She formerly served as the director of planning in California and the director of equity and inclusion at Toole Design. Her prior roles include executive director of the Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust and the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition. Ms. Butler also currently serves on the board of Lacuna Technologies.

Tiffany Chu is the CEO and co-founder of Remix, a company specializing in mapping software utilized by cities for transportation planning and street design.

Remix was recently acquired by Via for $100 million and will continue operations as a subsidiary. Backed by investors such as Sequoia Capital, Energy Impact Partners, Y Combinator, and Elemental Excelerator, Remix has received recognition as a 2020 World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer and a BloombergNEF Pioneer for its commitment to empowering cities to prioritize sustainability and equity in transportation decision-making.

Ms. Chu also serves as Commissioner of the San Francisco Department of the Environment and is a member of the city’s Congestion Pricing Policy Advisory Committee. Her background includes roles as a Fellow at Code for America, the first UX hire at Zipcar, and an alumna of Y Combinator, with a foundation in architecture and urban planning from MIT.

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Frank Reig is the co-founder and CEO of Revel, a transportation company that initially launched a shared electric moped service in Brooklyn.

Since its inception in 2018, the company has expanded its moped service to include Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx, Washington, D.C., Miami, Oakland, Berkeley, and San Francisco. Revel has broadened its scope beyond mopeds, now developing fast-charging EV Superhubs throughout New York City and offering an eBike subscription service in four NYC boroughs.

Prior to Revel, Mr. Reig held leadership positions in the energy and corporate sustainability sectors.

Additional Speakers Announced

This distinguished panel will be joined by other speakers previously announced by TechCrunch, including JonBen Bevirt, founder and CEO of Joby Aviation, investor and Linked founder Reid Hoffman, whose SPAC recently merged with Joby, as well as investors Clara Brenner of Urban Innovation Fund, Quin Garcia of Autotech Ventures, Rachel Holt of Construct Capital, and Ahti Heinla, co-founder and CEO/CTO of Starship Technologies.

Further speaker announcements will be made in the weeks leading up to the event, so stay tuned for updates.