Tag Archives: taxis
Uber Air to launch flying taxis in Melbourne
Just a week after announcing that it is launching flight services in New York via a helicopter, ride-hailing giant Uber has today come out to formally announce that it is launching its first...
Uber Air to launch flying taxis in Melbourne
Just a week after announcing that it is launching flight services in New York via a helicopter, ride-hailing giant Uber has today come out to formally announce that it is launching its first...
Britain’s taxi industry will use Uber’s playbook against it
Another startup promises self-driving taxis ‘soon’
Popular online learning service Udacity already trains engineers for work in the fast-growing autonomous vehicles field, but now the company is ready to harness all that talent and launch its own self-driving taxi company. Led by CEO (and former Udac...
Yellow Taxis are Safer Than Blue Taxis
A study which was engaged in recently lends the aura of truth to the intuition that the color of a taxi cab has an effect on its drivers being prone to accidents or not.Over 3 years worth of data...
Mexico City’s new hybrid taxis have a ‘panic’ button
While President Trump continues to claim Mexico will pay for his big, beautiful wall, our neighbors south of the border are busy spending money on making their largest city safer and less polluted. The Mayor of Mexico City, Miguel Ángel Mancer...
Study shows Uber created some new taxi jobs, but hurt wages
One of the taxi industry's biggest complaints against its competition at ridesharing companies like Uber in Lyft is the idea that these newcomers have been siphoning away jobs from regularly employed taxi drivers. According to a new study of data fro...
New York City Only Needs 3000 Taxis
A new research found that 3000 cars can transport 98 percent of New York City customers with one third traffic that exists today. The research also shows that 14000 cabs in the New York City...
MIT: Carpooling services could replace most NYC cabs
Researchers have proved mathematically what you probably already knew: Carpooling services are more efficient, less polluting and less costly than traditional taxis. Using data from three million New York City taxi rides, a team from from MIT's CSAIL...