Joshua Schenck

CIO, LA County MTA Transport Authority · 1 appearance on the record.

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Assertion Contradicted

Schenck: LA County added 2.1 million cars and $8B auto spend

“There's a new study coming out is going to indicate that in the last decade, Los Angeles County has added 2.3 million residents and 2.1 million cars and those .1000000 cars. That was about eight billion dollars in new private expenditure on automobiles compare…”

Joshua Schenck Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 9:25 a16z Podcast | All about Bike Sharing

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Prediction Not checkable as stated

Schenck: Bikes will transform cities more than AVs over 20-30 years

“I think bikes will transform cities more than autonomous vehicles over the next 20 to 30 years, and that's because autonomous vehicles are largely going to be transformative in the safety arena.”

Joshua Schenck Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:38 a16z Podcast | All about Bike Sharing

Opinion

Schenck: Bicycles are unrealistic for most trips in sprawling Los Angeles

“Because I think right now in Los Angeles County, most of the county is so spread out, and the job centers and places people are going are so spread out that just for a lot of trips, bicycles aren't realistic.”

Joshua Schenck Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:17 a16z Podcast | All about Bike Sharing

Prediction Not checkable as stated

Schenck: Cities will reallocate car street space to transit and bikes

“I think that what you'll see as we try to move towards many alternatives to vehicles is that the streets are going to Have a very different look to them, but not just for bikes, right? Because right now, most of Los Angeles, every street is designed with cars …”

Joshua Schenck Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 20:43 a16z Podcast | All about Bike Sharing

Opinion

Schenck: Government capital is more sustainable than private capital

“The capital behind government is more sustainable because the capital behind government is always going to be there. The stuff that we're providing comes with a little more of a guarantee.”

Joshua Schenck Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 29:04 a16z Podcast | All about Bike Sharing

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Schenck: Public agencies expect private sector to fund bike-share systems

“You're seeing a situation now where public agencies are not anticipating coming forward with government money to subsidize even docked or undocked systems. And we're expecting that the private sector can handle this and that our role is more of a regulatory ro…”

Joshua Schenck Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:08 a16z Podcast | All about Bike Sharing