Former Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx is joining the ride-sharing company Lyft. Fox announced on his blog his new job as Lyft’s chief policy officer and senior adviser to the president and CEO.
“Lyft has built its brand on getting you there and caring about how you get there. The company remains at the forefront of meeting our nation’s comprehensive mobility needs, but works hard to do so in partnership with key stakeholders,” Foxx wrote.
The former mayor of Charlotte, N.C., who was Transportation Secretary under President Obama from 2013 to 2017, said growing up in Charlotte shaped his perspective on the issues he will try to tackle at Lyft.
“We were lucky to have a car. I saw so many nearby families who did not. How much more discretionary money might my family have had if we never owned a car — if there had been a way to pay for the trips they needed instead of the car itself?” he wrote.
While at DOT, Foxx focused on technology issues such as drones and driverless cars.
