If you found this interesting, I highly recommend the book Street Fight by Janette Sadik-Khan. She was the Commissioner of the NYDOT, and she was able to make r

If you found this interesting, I highly recommend the book Street Fight by Janette Sadik-Khan. She was the Commissioner of the NYDOT, and she was able to make really meaningful improvements by looking at relatively easy, low-cost solutions that didn't require enormous political capital. Things like expanding the sidewalk at corners out into the lane where cars are parked, which reduces the length of crosswalks and lowers pedestrian injuries. It's not just an interesting book about transportation infrastructure, it also really has some great lessons for startups about finding ways to make change in large, hairy systems where many of the participants don't want change.