Uber's new experiment will give $1,000 to people who can ditch their cars for some time. The participants will have to record experiences using transport modes like public transit and rideshare.
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Ofcom has pushed some interesting data on loudcasting where people play music or videos on their phones in public without earbuds. Unsurprisingly, 80% of Brits find loudcasters to be rather annoying.
Ride-hailing giant Uber today announced that is has acquired Routematch, a company that provides tech solutions for transit systems. The move has been made to create more accessible public transport.
Uber has launched a new feature called 'Make My Train' which allows you to book trains on two lines and arrive there on time all from within the Uber app, which will help to lower stress levels.
Google has rolled out two new features to Google Maps which it hopes will make your journeys run according to schedule, and be more comfortable. The two features have already started rolling out.
With a wider public test on the cards, the Victorian Government will trial a new smartphone app on NFC-enabled Android devices that could eventually be rolled out across the transport network.
Citymapper and Gett have teamed up to bring customers Black Bus 1 or BB1. The fixed route black cab service will cost £3 and you can get on or off anywhere along the route during commute hours.
The company behind the Transit Elevated Bus, a vehicle that can carry 300 passengers over moving traffic, is the focus of a police investigation, in which authorities are working on recovering funds.
The UK's Rail Delivery Group has outlined plans to "harness digital technology" to expand capacity and improve the quality of travel for passengers on the country's congested national rail network.
After being unveiled as a conceptual design earlier this year, China has prototyped a bus which would eventually carry over one thousand passengers in response to growing traffic congestion.
At the opening of the Future Transport summit in Sydney, Transport Minister Andrew Constance announced that credit cards would be trialed as an alternate means of tapping on and off public transport.
Netflix has recently seen competition from Amazon Prime with its offline download availability, however the company remains firm that it will not bring its own rival feature any time soon.
A new feature added to Google Now means that the app is now able to alert you when your stop is approaching whilst travelling on public transport via a new alarm system integrated into the app.
