Ground Transport

Hertz is innovating standard GPS technology to give travelers the experience they're looking for on a long car ride. The app provides an experience that breathes life into GPS coordinates that will benefit destinations and hotels, as well.

You gotta love it when big companies speak of "tuck-in" acquisitions. One acquisition that Avis Budget is close to nailing would be for more than $50 million, and that's larger than its acquisition of Payless last year. Small, inconsequential stuff in the world of Avis Budget, and M&A.

As the millennial population joins the workforce, alternative transportation include bikes, carpools and public transit become more widely used -- and with good reason.

Despite slight shifts in Americans' travel habits, the majority of residents and visitors rely on cars and buses to travel both short and long distances.

The 2014 reauthorization bill for Amtrak wouldn't speed up the prospect of high speed rail service along the northeast corridor, but it would at least keep plans on track to make much-needed repairs before trains can start getting faster.

A more informed planning process and the desire for last-minute mobile tickets are making the once popular European rail pass a travel relic with less and less relevance to today's young travelers.

Doing what GoEuro is attempting to do, collecting and structuring all the data necessary to bring all of these varied transportation modes together, is harder to do than squeezing into a rush-hour subway in Times Square. But, someone's got to do it.

Uber sure is getting around and has been aggressive about notching a bunch of partnerships.

The fact that road trips this summer are heading westward likely is good news for hotels and tourism in affected dates. We suspect that last-minute and mobile trends must be impacting same-day hotel bookings, as well.

There is clearly demand for more ground transit options, but startups must be cognizant of working with airports to bring about change rather than create a hostile operating environment for incumbents.