Joshua Brustein, Bloomberg
Thinking you can revolutionize urban mobility is a start, but for these electric scooter startups that possibility seems far from the reality at the moment, if you ask us.
9 months ago
Joshua Brustein, Bloomberg
This sounds like a good idea, an electricity-powered car-like vehicle that shuttles people about town that's one-third the size of a parking space. And yet those parking spaces are paved with the skeletons of failed urban transit experiments.
10 months ago
Nathaniel Bullard, Bloomberg
Electric scooters may play a heightened role in the plethora of urban transport options for people and businesses. In places like Colombia, for example, they are already a popular transportation mode. As startups get into gear, larger ridesharing companies may bring them into the fold.
10 months ago
Eric Newcomer, Bloomberg
Can Uber disrupt the e-bike sharing industry as it has with ridesharing? And can Uber clear up any obstacles or objections to e-bike use in certain cities that have banned them?
11 months ago
Frank Jordans, Associated Press
A few years ago, higher-quality discount buses cropped up like weeds in the U.S. At first they were a breath of fresh air — we were thrilled to not be dying in a fire on the side of the highway, and there was Wi-Fi. But the novelty wore off and now it's just another jam-packed, snack-stained bus stuck in traffic. Is FlixBus bringing anything new to the table?
11 months ago
Tom Krisher, Associated Press
Uber has been working on ways to bridge the gaps in public transportation for years. Express Pool, which asks travelers to walk to Uber vehicles instead of getting picked up where they are, is the company's most visible attempt yet to crack the huge market of commuters in the U.S.
12 months ago
Mark Niquette, Bloomberg
This is an embarrassment on every level for U.S. infrastructure.
1 year ago
Adam Minter, Bloomberg
Bikesharing in China could use more structure, and that could help cities like Beijing meet their air quality goals, which is key for tourism. Racing to the bottom on price can't be the main priority.
1 year ago
Anna Hirtenstein, Bloomberg
Centuries ago, London was the first European city to embrace cafe culture. Now it hopes to be the first to put coffee grounds to use as biofuel mixed with diesel to power its iconic buses. We admire how the innovation keeps percolating.
1 year ago
Andrew Sheivachman, Skift
A plan to invest in U.S. infrastructure was supposed to be a slam dunk for the Trump administration. Yet even with an experienced political operator such as the Secretary of Transportation, it's now unclear whether any robust plan will ever come to fruition.
2 years ago
Michael Balsamo, Associated Press
Officials in Los Angeles say the machines can scan about 600 people per hour in a bid to detect mass casualty threats. It seems like a great move if the system is effective.
2 years ago
Eric Newcomer, Bloomberg
We think Uber needs leadership and wisdom, but it also needs leadership that isn’t happy with the status quo. And “CEO of GE” is as status quo as we can think of when it comes to business.
2 years ago