The Best Public Transportation Advertisement Ever? – CityLab 2015-02-07 The Copenhagen Post reports that 2014 set records for the number of cars on Danish roads. Maybe Blondie here (not to mention his friend Miss Paraguay) will change some minds—though hopefully not via Molotov cocktails. via The Best Public Transportation Advertisement Ever? – CityLab. I don’t know what they’re saying, but this is awesome.

Uber and CMU Announce Strategic Partnership and Advanced Technologies Center | Uber Blog 2015-02-04 Uber and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) are announcing today a strategic partnership that includes the creation of the Uber Advanced Technologies Center in Pittsburgh, near the CMU campus.  The center will focus on the development of key long-term technologies that advance Uber’s mission of bringing safe, reliable transportation to everyone, everywhere. The partnership will provide a ...

Exclusive: Google and Uber Are Going to War Over Taxis – Bloomberg Business 2015-02-04 Google is preparing to offer its own ride-hailing service, most likely in conjunction with its long-in-development driverless car project. Drummond has informed Uber’s board of this possibility, according to a person close to the Uber board, and Uber executives have seen screenshots of what appears to be a Google ride-sharing app that is currently being ...

Google’s Self-Driving Car Pals Revealed – IEEE Spectrum 2015-01-25 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, project director Chris Urmson named Continental, Roush, Bosch, ZFLS, RCO, FRIMO, Prefix, and LG as companies that had helped to build the pod-like vehicle. via Google's Self-Driving Car Pals Revealed – IEEE Spectrum. Specs: plug-in electric Roush Enterprises: from Detroit, design integration and final assembly of 100 units LG: battery ...

$2.25 Lyft Line Rides. That’s Right. — Lyft Blog 2015-01-24 Limited time only … Starting today, Lyft Line rides in San Francisco are only $2.25. … before time runs out! via $2.25 Lyft Line Rides. That’s Right. — Lyft Blog. Code: MATCHMUNI New strategy appears to be to not say when the promotion ends.

A New Partnership With Europe | Uber Blog 2015-01-18 This year, in close partnership with European cities, we can take 400,000 cars off the road, expand UberPOOL and reduce emissions, all while creating 50,000 new jobs across the continent. As with our recent initiative with the city of Boston, Uber can share smart data with partner cities to help them manage growth, reduce congestion and ...

Uber’s legal battles and robocars | Brad Ideas 2015-01-16 the Online Ride drivers make the very common mistake of acting as though the depreciation on their car costs them nothing because they have already bought the car. In talking to drivers, I have found that most do not account for the true cost of operating their car (around 50 cents/mile or about $20/hour) and ...