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" I've always been fascinated with how transportation systems work and how cities are designed. "
Logan Green
Work
Transportation
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" We created Lyft because we want to establish a radically different concept of personal transportation. We want people to think of transportation as a service enabled by technology instead of as an expensive and large piece of hardware to own. "
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" On-demand ridesharing can make cities less congested and polluted and free up resources. Shared rides can become so affordable that they cost the same as a bus ride today. "
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" When I went to the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 2002, I decided I wanted to leave my car at home and create an experiment with my own life. I'd only be able to find creative solutions to transportation if I felt the pain of trying to get to downtown at 10 o'clock at night. "
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" I try to block a couple of hours of unscheduled time every day so that I can work on the day's most important projects. "
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" I grew up in L.A., and it's one of those cities designed around cars instead of the people that live there. I spent hours every day stuck in traffic, having the experience of looking around and seeing one person in every car. "
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" Every mom in a minivan, every person commuting - anytime they are on the road, they should be able to go into driver mode and give a ride to a neighbor. That's how we achieve scale. "
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" To get to the office every day, I either take a Lyft or have my wife drop me off. It's about a 15-minute drive from my house to the office. "
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" Our goal was to completely change transportation. Change traffic. And make it possible to get anywhere you want to go without owning a car. "
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" Our goal was never to create a better taxi. "
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" In March 2005, I was appointed to the board of the Santa Barbara metro transit district. I was incredibly optimistic about how public transportation can be the solution to help people live in the city and not need a car. "
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" I typically work out 20-30 minutes every morning to get the day started. "
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" A lot of the other companies in the space have really left a bad taste in regulators' mouths. It's actually been a huge advantage when we come in and we take the time to sit down and get to know them, explain the business, explain what we do. "
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