In this episode of ON CITIES, host Carie Penabad speaks with Shin-pei Tsay, Director of Global Policy for Cities and Sustainability at Uber. Shin -pei shares her perspectives on transportation design, advocacy and policy. She argues that technology will not change the fundamentals of place, people and experience must be at the center of the discussion if we are to make long lasting and meaningful changes to our transportation networks. Learn about her latest initiatives at Uber and how these ideas could change the way we move through cities.

Shin-pei Tsay's experience converges at the intersection of design, policy, and governance to transform the built environment with a focus on sustainable and inclusive transportation. She is currently Director of Global Policy for Cities and Sustainability at Uber where she leads a team focused on creating a sustainable, inclusive, and multi-modal urban future. Prior to joining Uber, she founded Make Public, a social impact analysis firm that specializes in the public realm and was executive director of Gehl Institute, a non-profit that advocated for public life and public spaces. Shin-pei has also served as deputy executive director of TransitCenter, a national foundation focused on improving urban transportation, and director of the Cities and Transportation Program, part of the Energy and Climate Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Shin-pei was a commissioner for the NYC Public Design Commission and taught urban design at Columbia University and Parsons School of Design. She is currently Vice-Chair of the San Francisco board for SPUR and a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Futures Council for Cities. She holds a BA from Cornell University and a MSc from London School of Economics.