Marianna Koval - Delivering Equity and Economic Opportunity Though E-Mobility

<p>This week's guest is Marianna Koval. Marianna is the Director of Invest NYC, SDG at the NYU Stern Center For Sustainable Business.&nbsp;Invest NYC SDG is a multi-year initiative that aims to build a sustainable,&nbsp;inclusive, and resilient economy in New York City by using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, as a framework to drive private sector engagement and financing in six primary areas.&nbsp;Those areas are sustainable mobility, the built environment, climate resilience, renewable energy, food and health, waste, and circular economy.&nbsp;</p><p>Today we talk about how she's delivering transportation equity to disadvantaged communities in New York through an innovative micro-mobility and e-bike strategy.</p><p>And this follows on from my recent interview with <a href="https://theimpossiblenetwork.com/podcast/karl-popham/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Karl Popham,</a> who runs the transportation electrification program in Austin, Texas. And given this is one of the areas of focus for the podcast, I'm excited to welcome Marianna.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>What we discuss&nbsp;</strong></p><ul><li>00:00 Intro</li><li>03:40 Marianna recounts her upbringing in the 60s and the influences on her</li><li>05:20 Her political awakening and volunteering as a 13-year-old</li><li>06:30 Being a page in the Senate</li><li>09:00 Attending Princetown in a time of huge social change and Chairing the Academic Committee.&nbsp;</li><li>11:00 How she sought our change and felt out of place.</li><li>13:00 Becoming a ligator in an NYC law firm and hating it.</li><li>16:30 Marianna’s perspective on New York, its resilience and her memory of 9/11&nbsp;</li><li>23:00 Marianna explains the work she does in New York to embrace the UN SDGs and create a city strategy.&nbsp;</li><li>27:00 Her insights and lessons on operationalizing strategies</li><li>29:30 Marianna describes the background the Equitable Commute Project</li><li>31:00 Implementing the project in The Bronx and the challenges of doing to duri