Jen Shepherd — GM Uber Transit

Jen Shepherd is passionate about public transit. As GM of Uber Transit she is responsible for helping agencies move more people, more flexibly, and more cost-effectively. In her chat with Paul, Jen talks about how Uber provides agencies tools to balance demand and resources with on-demand capacity when it wouldn't make sense to have an agency-owned vehicle on the route. One of the most exciting ways Uber is helping transit agencies is adding flexible paratransit capacity with the recently announced partnership with Trapeze, integrating Trapeze TripBroker with Uber Transit. Listen to the whole episode to hear how it works for riders and agencies. Also in this episode:

• Transit news of the week including the new interim CEO at Cap Metro
• Elea Carey on crisis communications
• Mike Bismeyer on leadership and leading through the pandemic

Next week Melinda Metzger Executive Director of PACE Suburban Bus joins Paul for Transit Unplugged In-Depth.

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