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San Francisco's Yellow Cab to File for Bankruptcy
"San Francisco’s largest taxi company is edging toward filing for bankruptcy," reports Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez. "Yellow Cab Co-Op said challenges from tech rivals Uber and Lyft, as well as mounting...
View ArticleFlorida City First to Subsidize Uber Rides
Reuters broke the news that Altamonte Springs, a suburb of Orlando in Florida, will be the first city in the United States to subsidize the cost of Uber rides.Publication Date: Thu, 03/03/2016
View ArticleLos Angeles Metro and Lyft Considering a Data Sharing Partnership
"Metro is negotiating an agreement with Lyft aimed at learning more about ride-share trips that begin and end at key Metro stations, agency staff members say," reports Laura J.Publication Date: Mon,...
View ArticleLessons From Helsinki's Failed On-Demand Bus Experiment
Four years ago, Helsinki launched an innovative bus service as part of a long-term plan to make cars irrelevant," according to an article by Ollie Sulopuisto.Publication Date: Fri, 03/04/2016
View ArticleUpstart Uber Competitor Will Offer Equity to Drivers
"Juno, yet another ride-sharing app eager to take on Uber, is expecting to begin a soft launch early this month in New York City, reports Fredrick Kunkle.Publication Date: Tue, 04/05/2016
View ArticleBusiness Travelers Prefer Uber Over Rental Cars—Do Planners?
Robert Trigaux wonders if efforts to build a "a big rental car facility at the next-generation Tampa International Airport," reflects a planning focus that looks back rather than forward. The problem,...
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Should Governments Subsidize Uber and Lyft Connections to Transit?
Kevin DeGood, director of infrastructure policy at the Center for American Progress, and Andrew Schwartz, research associate on economic policy at the Center, have written a report exploring the...
View ArticleCould Uber End 'Surge' Pricing?
Aarti Shahani reports on plans at Uber to end "surge pricing"—that feature of the transportation network company's model that drives prices higher when demand for the service is higher than the supply...
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Beverly Hills Planning for Self-Driving Shuttles, Connecting to Transit
According to an article by Adele Peters, the city of Beverly Hills, California is "planning to introduce a new network of self-driving electric shuttles."Publication Date: Thu, 04/28/2016
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Critiquing Uber's Cross-Border Service from San Diego to Baja California
Robin Abcarian provides a first-hand account of a first attempt at using the cross-border service, announced two months ago, "to great fanfare" and in an apparent first for transportPublication Date:...
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Uber and Lyft Could Be Ready to Exit Chicago, Too
"Two-thirds of Chicago’s 50 aldermen want to license ride-hailing drivers to improve public safety and level the playing field with a taxicab industry fighting for survival against Uber and Lyft,"...
View ArticleAre Ride-Hailing Services Complementing or Competing with Rail Transit?
A March study by the American Public Transportation Association concluded that the two mobility providers, public transit operators and Publication Date: Sun, 06/05/2016
View ArticleBoston-Uber Data Partnership Falling Short of Expectations
Adam Vaccaro checks in with the data-sharing partnership between the city of Boston and the transportation network company Uber.Publication Date: Fri, 06/17/2016
View ArticleRide-Hailing Services for Women, By Women
"A company in Orange Tuesday announced it is launching a new ride-hailing service that is operated by women and caters to women," according to a CBS Los Angeles report.Publication Date: Tue, 06/21/2016
View ArticleFriday Funny: An Old Meme Scores Points Against New Transportation Tech
Jon Orcutt, communications and advocacy director for Transit center, turned a familiar image on its head this week, posting the following tweet:Publication Date: Wed, 06/29/2016
View ArticleCharting the Precise Relationship Between Gas Prices and Transit Ridership
"For every dollar saved from lower gas prices at the pump, households decreased their spending on transit by some 14 cents,” stated Diana Farrell, president and CEO of the Publication Date: Mon,...
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Uber Creeping Into Transit Territory
"Uber has said for years that it’s not here to kill public transportation.Publication Date: Thu, 07/14/2016
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Taxis Taking a Back Seat to Uber and Lyft at Airports
"In the past year, the number of trips by ride-booking services at the Oakland, San Jose and San Francisco airports has skyrocketed," according to an article by Erin Baldassari.Publication Date: Mon,...
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Study: Uber Doesn't Reduce Drunk Driving Fatalities
"The introduction of ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft hasn't had any impact on the number of fatalities related to drunken driving, a newly published study finds," reports Rebecca...
View ArticlePlanetizen Week in Review: August 8, 2016
On this week's edition of the Planetizen Week in Review: The U.S. Department of Transportation grants offered a little Christmas in July moment for 40 communities around the country.Publication Date:...
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