Supercool

Fresh out of grad school, Kyle Wagenschutz was hired by the mayor of Memphis, TN, and given a daunting task: prevent the city from being named the "Worst Place to Bicycle in America" by Bicycling Magazine for a third year in a row. Kyle succeeded. Five years (and over a hundred miles of bike lanes) later, Memphis was recognized as a national leader, and Kyle was honored at the White House as a Champion of Change. Kyle took his insights to other cities and accomplished the near impossible: he enabled them to build safe, convenient, protected bike lanes in months, not decades. He joins Supercool this week to share the playbook.

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Guest: Kyle Wagenschutz

Organization: City Thread

Grant Program for Cities: Accelerated Mobility Playbook (Applications Open Until 11/20/24)

Project: The Final Mile

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What is Supercool?

Trillions are on the move. Climate tech startups are scaling. Fortune 500s are reinventing. The driver: decarbonization.

Every major sector of the economy is now realigning around low-carbon innovation.

Hosted by climate-tech founder and author Josh Dorfman, Supercool talks to the operators, investors, and companies at the forefront—how they design, finance, and build products that are winning customers, reshaping markets, and leading a generational shift to the low-carbon future.

Each episode reveals the strategies, business models, and playbooks driving the transition—so you can discover emerging opportunities and act with confidence.