On-demand jet company, JetSmarter, has taken to adding charges for meals, cutting free helicopter rides to the airport and, generally, acting a little more Southwest that high-end luxury airline. In other circumstances, JetSmarter’s well-heeled clientele might be quick to complain publicly about perceived shortcomings. But the JetSmarter membership agreement includes a non-disparagement clause that allows […]
Flying air taxis and ‘vertiports’ could become fixtures across American cityscapes as companies including Uber race to introduce the technology. The taxis, called e-VTOLs or ‘electric vertical take off and landing(s),’ are being tested by multiple tech firms including Google and Airbus, the New York Post reported. Source: Uber and Google test flying taxis which […]
Andrew Salzberg, Uber’s Head of Transportation Policy and Research, this week declared the company’s support for road pricing, a plan that would have cities or transit authorities charge drivers for using roads during peak times. Urban planners in recent decades have discovered that building more and bigger highways, surprisingly, doesn’t do much to reduce congestion […]
Key West city officials Thursday sent the ride-sharing company Lyft a cease-and-desist order demanding it stop hiring drivers because of a local law requiring specific permits held by taxi companies. Source: Get out of our city, Key West leaders tell Lyft | Miami Herald
German carmaker Audi has announced it’s buying Silvercar, the US startup that currently helps it develop and offer app-based rental and mobility services. Silvercar specialises in app-controlled seamless car rental services was recently named North America’s best rental car service by World Travel Awards for the services it currently operates out of a number of […]