The transportation mix in many U.S. urban areas now includes bike-share, shared scooters, ride-hailing services and robotaxis. Lyft, which began ride-hailing operations in 2012 in San Francisco, now operates globally and provides many of those services. Smart Cities Dive spoke with Lyft Chief Policy Officer Jerry Golden to learn how the company interacts with city and state leaders and how he sees the future of multimodal urban transportation. Editor’s note: This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity. SMART CITIES DIVE: How does Lyft interact with city and state officials? JERRY GOLDEN: We have a lot of folks at Lyft that, because of the nature of our work, are located in different state capitals throughout the country. On my team, they are there to deal with mayors, governors, members of the assembly, city council or state senate. What concerns are you hearing from city leaders? Lately, as you can imagine, we've had a lot of affordability questions. We have cities asking questions about how we're helping our drivers meet rising fuel costs. We do have incentive programs where we try to make it a lower-cost opportunity for drivers to stay on the road. Another thing we deal with a lot is pick-up and drop-off curbside opportunities. [We] have to make sure that [we] are monitoring and enforcing that drivers are obeying the rules of the road and that we're showing up the right way for the riders. There's definitely excitement about how to broaden utilization of bike-share. In general, autonomous vehicles are a hot topic right now. Even in cities where we don't yet have arrangements, there are a lot of questions about how we're thinking about them. Lyft will soon begin operating robotaxis in Nashville, Tennessee, in collaboration with Waymo. How are you working with city officials who