Prominent transportation executive joins Spin to spearhead outreach to hundreds of city governments across the U.S.
Coverage: TechCrunch, Seattle Times, and Curbed.
SAN FRANCISCO, November 10, 2017 — Spin, the nation’s leading dockless bikeshare company, announced today urban innovation and transportation pioneer Kyle Rowe, a noted policy leader in the stationless bikeshare and urban planning industry, has joined the company. In his new role on the Government Partnerships team, he will foster productive partnerships with local governments to bring Spin’s innovative dockless system to as many cities as possible.
Rowe comes to Spin from the Seattle Department of Transportation where he successfully designed and implemented the nation’s first stationless bikeshare permit, providing a model for the adoption of dockless bikeshare across the United States and the world. He was also on the project team that created Seattle’s New Mobility Playbook, Seattle’s forward-thinking approach to working with disruptive mobility options. Prior to that, Rowe spent four years implementing innovative bicycle safety initiatives in Seattle, including the Bicycle Master Plan, numerous Complete Streets corridor projects, and designing Seattle’s first bicycle leaning rails.
“Kyle is a true visionary in the field of urban innovation and wrote the playbook on ways local governments and private companies can work productively and collaboratively together for the greater good,” said Spin CEO, Derrick Ko. “His pioneering approach to stationless bikeshare permitting in Seattle has inspired hundreds of cities nationwide to follow suit for the benefits of residents. I’m excited to work with him at Spin.”
Following the company’s $8M Series A funding round in May and subsequent July launch, Spin has deployed innovative stationless bikeshare systems in 14 markets in the US, including Seattle, Dallas, South San Francisco, Mountain View, Aurora, CO, Washington, D.C, and Charlotte. With thousands of bikes on the ground, Spin is in talks with over 100 cities around the country to introduce their solar-powered, GPS-enabled, smart dockless bikeshare systems locally.
“I’m incredibly proud to join Spin in its mission to provide a convenient, affordable, and environmentally-friendly mode of last-mile transportation in urban communities everywhere. Spin is disrupting the bikeshare industry for Americans in a way that helps smart cities and its inhabitants.” said Rowe. “What attracted me to Spin is their dedication to innovation, smart cities and community. The team here truly places importance on partnering with local officials and becoming an integral part of each community they launch in.”
Media contact: Lindsey Schank, lindsey@waxmanstrategies.com
