Twenty years from now, what will ordering your morning coffee look like? How many transportation options will you have to get from your apartment in the city to your favorite park on the outskirts, 15 miles away? Will electric bicycle density be more common than vehicle traffic? Will your city air feel cleaner when you take that deep, satisfying inhale after your evening run? 

Before we can achieve cleaner, micro-mobile, human-friendly cities of the future, there are gatekeepers operating behind the scenes who have to set the stage for these changes. Policymakers hold the key to the future cities we like to daydream about. In our connected world, we need global decision-makers to work together in order to accommodate the growing needs of humans.

In this episode of the Women Driving the Future series, Ed Bernardon interviews Sharon Masterson, head of the Corporate Partnership Board of the International Transport Forum (ITF) at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). She works behind the scenes with other global policymakers, influencing the high-level discussions that precede transportation policy.

Today, we’ll talk about how the international policy works to shape our cities, how it influences the future of transportation and micro-mobility, and how so many different countries with varying needs open up dialogue and work together to create policy. 

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