Gabe Klein has transportation in his blood. Growing up, he worked in his parents’ bicycle shops, which instilled an early passion for alternative transit. Klein, 44, joined Zipcar when it was still a startup, helmed Washington D.C.’s Department of Transportation when it implemented bikeshare and smart parking, and led Chicago’s DOT to launch its own bikeshare program and redesign a new Riverwalk. Today, he’s back in D.C., advising transit startups and working with Fontinalis Partners, a venture capital fund that invests in next-generation mobility.
What do you actually do all day in your job?
This is a tough one, I don’t have one job per se. Since leaving government at the end of 2013, I am once again an entrepreneur. I help companies, governments, and organizations figure out how to work together, and often play an intermediary role, primarily in transportation, land use, and technology, or the intersections of those. I am also writing a book.
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