{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Micromobility Podcast","title":"Fireside Chat With Stewart Lyons, Co-CEO Bird and SPIN","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/c8578007\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2116,"description":"In this candid fireside chat from Micromobility Europe 2025 in Brussels, Stewart Lyons, Co-CEO of Bird and Spin, sits down with James Gross, Co-Founder of Micromobility Industries, for a wide-ranging conversation on the past, present, and future of shared mobility.\nTopics covered include:\n- Bird's journey through bankruptcy and its turnaround strategy\n- Why \"rides\" are the ultimate health metric for shared mobility\n- What went wrong with the early Bird playbook—and how Bird Canada did it differently\n- The state of the Canadian micromobility market (and why Toronto is still scooter-less)\n- Consolidation, regulation, and who wins the race for market share\n- Hardware innovation, e-bike dominance, and what's next for Bird/Spin\n- The real role of Uber, Lyft, and Waymo in the mobility ecosystem\n- Is Bird still the \"Kleenex\" of micromobility?\n🚲 Stewart shares hard-won lessons, future ambitions, and why Bird believes the best is yet to come.\nRecorded live at Micromobility Europe 2025 — the premier event for light electric vehicles and future urban transportation.\nLearn more at www.micromobility.io","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/at7G3gxGDWglvTJ3FfhPtfaxPELHBPmCFC9m1Fl166c/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xZjFh/Y2JhNjg4Mzg5MzJi/ZGJlMGFmNjA4ZjU4/NzMzOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}