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...The service was cancelled in 2020 following the onset of pandemic lockdowns around the world....
...Boring problems Elon Musk’s Boring Company has built a tiny loop to move cars through Las Vegas, but workers of the “hyperloop” mass-transit system say its tunnels are packed with chemical sludge, reports...
...Current job ads speak of “transforming the industry in payments, transit and identity”....
...For investors, residential conversions have a neat logic, according to Max Herzog, senior managing director, at JLL, the property services company....
...The company hopes that adding forms of transport will boost the core ride-hailing business, with customers using its driver network to move between transit hubs, as well as bring in commissions when customers...
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on April 26 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...The company has tended to rebrand services it runs in other parts of the world....
...Despite the rampant fraud, some travel agents are still trying to offer honest services....
...The transit regulator in San Francisco, where officials imposed an order for residents to “shelter in place” on Monday, wrote to shared mobility operators telling them their services were “categorised as...
...We aim to deliver a better service at the same price.”...
...Keeping fresh food at the correct temperature in transit adds expense in what is a low-margin business....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on August 20. ©2021 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...“This is not a clinical issue, this is a service issue, a documentation and patient-flow issue.”...
...Marin’s other transit services — such as its network of full-sized buses — will not be managed by Uber....
...This year, rival service Lyft, which operates only in the US and Canada, said it would make its fleet all-electric by 2030....
...The North American business includes First Student, the biggest provider of school transport in the US, and First Transit, a North American bus company, as well as Greyhound....
...There's a new logo and five easy-to-access tabs along the bottom: the regular Explore one for finding places nearby, Commute for transit and traffic info, Saved for recommendations, Contribute for sharing...
...Would you prefer to be at the helm of Uber or PG&E, Northern California’s public utility service? I ask because the past few weeks have been testing for both organisations....
...Transport for London in September granted Uber an unexpectedly short two-month permit for its ride-hailing service, setting the clock ticking on a frantic round of negotiations....
...Gartner’s Mr Ramsey says it’s more likely that Waymo and Cruise will eventually outsource operations to a specialised network or to public transit operators....
...This time the impact is broader and, in a worst-case scenario, could result in a slimmed down version of Dubai Inc....
...Additional reporting by Zach Coleman A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on February 7 2020. @2020 Nikkei Inc....
...By contrast, shoppers have complained that items bought from Alibaba’s Tmall and Taobao platforms could be stuck in transit for days and battered by the time they arrived at your door....
...San Francisco’s county transportation authority has blamed car-booking services for half of the rise in the city’s congestion between 2010 and 2016....
...They quickly gained a competitor when Uber — founded in 2009 as a service to summon private luxury cars with professional drivers — launched its own peer-to-peer app....
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