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Taxi Rooftop Gardens Give a New Meaning to “Going Green”
Taxi fleets in Thailand are getting creative in their quest to utilize idled cabs due to Covid-19. Staff from two taxi cooperatives have created mini vegetable plots on the roofs of parked cabs by using black plastic garbage bags stretched across bamboo frames. On top of the garbage bags, they added soil creating a very unique “rooftop garden”. Within each taxi garden plot they planted a variety of crops such as tomatoes, cucumbers, and string beans.
On Monday, August 30th, the first official air taxi test flights started in Big Sur, California. The flights are taking place at Joby’s airfield, the first eVTOL company to participate in NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign. The shorthand, eVTOL, stands for electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft or better known as “flying cars”!
The test flights are part of a national campaign by NASA to observe these eVTOL aircraft in action and determine whether…
Upfront Pricing is Now Available for Taxi Cabs, Thanks Curb
With Covid on the rise, the rideshare market is, once again, becoming increasingly more volatile. Uber and Lyft are struggling to entice and retain drivers, causing extreme surge pricing such as this $45 ride for a 2 mile journey to the airport in San Diego. The current instability of rideshare pricing has passengers looking elsewhere for travel alternatives. Enter Curb, the longtime advocator app for the taxi industry.
Curb, the taxi app that has…
NYC’s Taxi & Limo Commission Blocks Electric Vehicle Licenses
This past Tuesday, the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission voted to block new rideshare startup, Revel, from operating by stopping any ability to issue for-hire licenses for electric vehicles. This five to one vote directly impacted Revel who was planning to launch a fleet of 50 Model Y Tesla taxis in NYC.
Frank Reig, Revel CEO,
spoke at the meeting stating that Revel not only wanted to provide…
Rideshares are limited. Prices are high. Here's why.
This article first appeared on RideGuru, a search engine to help you find the best ride from point A to point B.
It is the perfect storm. A newly vaccinated population, emboldened to leave their homes again, meets a driver shortage, causing surge pricing to reach an all time high. Current demand for ridesharing is exceeding the number of drivers on the road in many cities around the United States and travelers are sharing their horror stories.
…Meet "Rent to Own" and Set the Lease or Buy Dilemma Aside
To lease or to buy? To some, it’s a no-brainer, but countless rideshare and Uber drivers lose many hours of sleep contemplating whether they should lease or finance their next car because they see compromises to both options. Especially, if all they get is high-interest quotes because of a poor credit score, or don’t qualify at all.
There is, however, a third way to get your hands on a car that few people ever talk about. Meet "Rent…
Best Travel Locations: Summer 2021
Travel is ramping back up and the excitement is almost palpable. We are seeing an increase in travel and taxi searches, and from our research, here is where people are looking to travel this summer.
Europe
With many European Union countries recently opening their borders, we are anticipating a big wave of travel to move through Europe this summer both from international travelers and Europeans looking to stay within the continent. According…
Waymo Offers Fully Autonomous Rides in Phoenix
Complete autonomous rides have come to Phoenix! Waymo, the Google owned autonomous vehicle project, has opened up its Waymo One service to existing Waymo members in the Phoenix area. Over the next few weeks, Waymo will be opening up their Waymo One driverless taxi service to new members as well.
Waymo stated that these rides will be 100%
driverless! However, there will still be an option on the Waymo app that comes
with a trained…
Will Taxi Cabs make a comeback in Los Angeles?
The Department of Transportation in Los
Angeles is racing the clock to give traditional taxi cabs a fighting chance.
Last year, the Department of Transportation announced that they would be re-designing
Los Angeles’ taxi system and most importantly implementing a new app-based
hailing system to compete with Uber and Lyft.
However, as November voting draws nearer and the fate of Uber and Lyft rests on Prop. 22, the department of Transportation and taxi…
The World's First Electric Flying Taxi is Now Selling Tickets for Rides
Want to channel the Wright brothers and be the first to fly? Well maybe not the first to fly, but you could be one of the inaugural riders in the world’s first electric flying taxi!
Right now, you can reserve a ticket online to be one of the first travelers inside German startup, Volocopter’s, electric air taxi. Each ticket costs €300, though you only need to put down a 10% deposit to hold your spot. Since this…
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