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I grew up in the East End, steeped in Pittsburgh’s history of innovation and entrepreneurship from Carnegie Steel to Heinz Ketchup to Salk’s polio vaccine. Yet, more and more, I see my hometown innovating and transforming in ways that could make it a blueprint for cities around the world.
When it comes to the future of transportation, I have been lucky to witness these changes firsthand. As CEO of Ford Motor Co.’s micromobility unit Spin, I lead a company full of business leaders, community advocates, transportation officials, land use experts, engineers and philanthropists whom the city of Pittsburgh has invited to help reinvent how Pittsburghers get around town without a car.