How should eScooters, ride-hailing apps, and car-share services be considered in the conversation about alternative transportation? Can we think of them as a public good when they are for-profit entities? This week, Columbus Underground reporter Brent Warren discusses the options for last-mile transit that exist in Columbus, how they came to be, and the motivations and incentives for the companies that get us from point A to point B.

Shownotes

• Car2Go
• Josh Lapp
• Bird
• Spin
• Lime
• CoGo 
• Free2Move
• Trip Bikes

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Full transcript on page 2.

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