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Jun. 04, 2018 / Colin Stein

Searching for Scooter, Man — It’s For the Birds

From Slate, a fun take on one Santa Monica resident’s attempt to make a buck as an electric scooter charger.…
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May. 09, 2018 / Gordon Price

Quote: Money, Margins and Automation

From Bloomberg: “Who’s Winning the Self Driving Car Race?“ Goldman Sachs Group Inc. predicts that robo-taxis will help the ride-hailing…
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May. 05, 2018 / Gordon Price

Ride-Hailing: Mythology and Reality

By Laura Bliss — Pacific Standard Earlier this month, Lyft announced that all passenger rides will be carbon neutral, indefinitely.…
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Apr. 17, 2018 / Gordon Price

The Rise of the TSP: "Big Dogs for the Modern City"

More news (it comes in daily) on the emergence of Transportation Service Providers – this time a data-sharing project between…
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Apr. 16, 2018 / Gordon Price

The Rise of the TSP: A Ford Fleet in 2021

I’ve been predicting the rise of the TSP – Transportation Service Providers: potentially huge integrated companies providing consumers with transportation…
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Apr. 03, 2018 / Gordon Price

Car-sharing in China: Cheaper than bike-sharing

From South China Morning Post, via Thomas Beyer: A Chinese carmaker has launched a vehicle sharing service in Shenzhen by…
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Mar. 27, 2018 / Gordon Price

Nightmare: AVs and Advertising

From Vox, by way of Doug Clarke: (There is) a growing concern among urbanists that AVs will, by making personal-vehicle…
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Mar. 12, 2018 / Gordon Price

Ride-Hailing Contributes to Congestion and Transit Losses

From Planetizen: Multiple Studies Find Ride-Hailing Contributes to Congestion and Transit Losses Surveys on ride-hailing conducted by regional planning agencies,…
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Mar. 08, 2018 / Gordon Price

An Uber-Charge for City Streets?

This proposal for New York City isn’t likely to be passed, but it raises the question: What should be the…
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Feb. 22, 2018 / michaelkluckner

Citymapper launches bus-taxi hybrid Smart Ride in London

Further to the February 20 post about Transportation Service Providers, there is this from The Guardian: London-based transit app Citymapper…
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Feb. 21, 2018 / Gordon Price

A Mobility Decongestion Charge That Might Work: Taxing Uber

It’s likely a visible Mobility Decongestion Charge or Tax – call it what you will – isn’t going anywhere any…
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Feb. 20, 2018 / Gordon Price

The Emergence of the TSP: Uber makes it evident

Gordon: I’ve been predicting the emergence of the ‘Transportation Service Provider’ – an agent that will endeavour to acquire as…
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Feb. 16, 2018 / Gordon Price

Ride-Hailing Report – Critical Recommendation #13

Lots of coverage of the legislative committee’s report on ride-hailing: But this recommendation shouldn’t be missed: The Committee recommends to…
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Feb. 02, 2018 / Gordon Price

The TSP Pledge: Shared Mobility Principles for Livable Cities

From Curbed: Fifteen leading technology and transportation companies announced the Shared Mobility Principles for Livable Cities, a voluntary set of…

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