Uber, after announcing its intentions to get into public transit last April, is ready to launch in Denver. In partnership with the Regional Transportation District and transit data provider Moovit, residents of Denver will now be able to navigate public transportation within the Uber app. For transit, Uber is serving two sets of customers: agencies […]
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Ford is shutting down its Chariot shuttle service
Ford is shutting down Chariot, the shuttle startup that it purchased just two years ago that was supposed to be a part of the automaker’s fresh effort to move beyond the traditional business of buying and selling cars. Chariot will end service on commuter routes in the U.K. on January 25, according to a company […]
View More Ford is shutting down its Chariot shuttle serviceLyft is becoming a one-stop transportation app in these 3 cities
Lyft is turning its app into a one-stop multimodal transportation app in a few U.S. cities, the latest illustration of its transformation from ridesharing startup to a company that wants to own, or at least be a part of, every way people move from Point A to Point B, whether it’s cars, bikes, scooters or […]
View More Lyft is becoming a one-stop transportation app in these 3 citiesHow issues of microtransit, congestion and parking are closing in on cities
Earlier this week in a new experimental newsletter I’ve been helping Danny Crichton on, we briefly discussed transit pundit Jarrett Walker’s article in The Atlantic arguing against the view that ridesharing and microtransit will be the future of mass transit. Instead, his thesis is that a properly operated and well-resourced bus system is much more […]
View More How issues of microtransit, congestion and parking are closing in on citiesAutomakers invest in Transit, the app that helps people get around without a car
Transit, a company that built a mobile app designed to help people in cities live without cars, has raised $17.5 million from two automakers in a Series B round. The round was led by RenaultNissan-Mitsubishi’s joint investment arm Alliance Ventures. InMotion Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital fund, also joined the round, as well as two past […]
View More Automakers invest in Transit, the app that helps people get around without a carWalk to work and earn miles with this app, just like airline frequent flyer programs
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All those miles you log driving back and from the office are finally worth something.
Miles is a new rewards platform for all types of travel. It’s a way to “incentivize and nudge user behavior,” Jigar Shah, CEO and co-founder, told Mashable while demoing the app.
The new app takes however you get around and turns it into miles — like airlines frequent flyer programs but for travel you actually do every day, like taking the train, or bus, or bike ride from the train stop. Even driving and ordering a Lyft or Uber gets you points.
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View More Walk to work and earn miles with this app, just like airline frequent flyer programsGoogle’s Area 120 incubator aims to improve your NYC subway commute with Pigeon
There’s a new app coming out of Google’s Area 120 incubator that could help New York City subway commuters navigate the ever-growing number of delays. While the Pigeon app is already live on the Apple App store, it currently requires an invite code to access, so I wasn’t able to try it out myself. However, […]
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