Ride sharing

facebook twitter pinterest By Kate Burke The rise of car sharing could slash property prices with inner-city buyers increasingly happy to forgo a parking space for other transport alternatives. With parking becoming less crucial to buyers, developers are increasingly...

BY DAN SCHERE Washington’s regional transit system is planning a $1 million, one-year pilot program to subsidize taxi and ride-sharing trips for Metro users between midnight and 4 a.m. when the subway system is closed. Business...

By KENTARO IWAMOTO Southeast Asia's largest ride-hailer Grab will add public transport information to its platform as it moves a step closer to becoming a one-stop mobility app. The new service called "Trip Planner" will integrate...

By Andrew Chesterton Uber had planned to have as many 75,000 self-driving vehicles on its fleet in 2019, part of a broader plan to introduce a robo-taxi service in 13 American cities by 2022. And the company...

By Mark Jennings Uber was an unknown quantity when it arrived in New Zealand. “Now it’s a verb, it’s a noun, everyone uses it and I think that that has been the evolution in terms of...

By Neha Bhatia The streets of Dubai are abuzz with ride-hailing and -sharing platforms, and industry momentum around delivering future mobility, in line with the requirements of smart cities, has intensified after HE Sultan Al Mansouri, the UAE’s...

By Peter Simek   It’s been less than a year since city leaders were freaking out about the proliferation of dock-less bike shares, which were clogging sidewalks and ending up in trees and vacant lots. Despite some...

BY STEPHANIE KANOWITZ   A new ridesharing program set up by the Washington, D.C., Department of Public Works (DPW) aims to reduce the number of cars on the congested roads of the nation’s capital and the...

By Michael Dunne China's January light vehicle numbers are in -- and they are not pretty. (Except for electric cars. But more on that in a minute). Overall light vehicle sales declined a stunning 18 percent year-on-year. January...

INSHUR and Uber have partnered to offer a range of insurance services to drivers who use the Uber app.  The fully digital insurance service is one of the first of its kind. INSHUR uses information...