Future of mobility
BY EVAN WILLIAMS
IMAGINE A FUTURE IN WHICH IT IS MORE convenient and less costly to own a subscription to a ride-share service not unlike Uber or Lyft to get around, rather than owning a...
Step into my car … how ride-sharing can be made safer
By RACHEL ROSENTHAL
Your mother probably told you never to get in a car with a stranger. The multibillion-dollar global ride-hailing industry depends on your ignoring her. If they want to earn that trust, though,...
Seattle’s ‘microtransit’ experiment drives people to light rail. Is it working?
By Josh Cohen
If you’ve ridden light rail in the Rainier Valley in the past few months you’ve no doubt seen them: black vans with a blue Seattle skyline painted on the sides.
Called Via to Transit,...
Uber/Lyft Responsible For A Large Share of Traffic
By Aaron Short
Uber and Lyft have finally come clean: Their vehicles are causing a big share of the congestion in several American cities.
A new study jointly commissioned by the two app-based cab companies found that they have a massive...
India Shared Mobility Market Driven by Demand: Business Model by P&S Intelligence
The Indian shared mobility market was valued at $630.7 million in 2018, which is projected to reach $3,466.7 million by 2024, witnessing a CAGR of 27.6% during the forecast period (2019–2024). Among service types, ride hailing...
Shuttles Help Fill The Commute Gap Between Train Stations, Workplaces
By Bob Seay
Commuting these days isn't what it used to be. Instead of trying to draw workers into Boston, some Massachusetts businesses are often trying to get their most coveted employees to leave the...
Canadian shared mobility
CAR SHARE MARKET IN CANADA
As of January, 2018, Canada had 20 car sharing services in operation with more than 336,000 members and 5,200 vehicles. In 2017, there were 3,300 car-sharing vehicles operating in the city of Vancouver alone, dubbed the...
Five Promises of Micromobility
Posted by florentcrivello
Disclaimer: I’m a product manager at Uber. This piece represents my views only, and not those of people working on behalf of Uber.
A wave of electric scooters and bikes has been taking...
“Disruption is Coming to Canada”
By Brian Banks
If Tony Seba were a company, its slogan might be: The future is coming … faster than you think.
Seba, a Stanford- and MIT-educated entrepreneur, educator, researcher and author, is both lauded and criticized for...
How Gen Z Impacts Urban Mobility
By Marcus Gamo, Senior Vice President and Global Automotive Specialty Lead, Allison+Partners
A short time ago, the auto industry viewed millennials as the lost generation. Automakers expected car sales to plummet and prepared for change. But...
