Any business, no matter the vertical, must strive to be flexible, must pivot to where the demand is, so to speak, in order to get the maximum top line momentum possible. For airlines — and, really, pick your carrier — the pivot has been, at...
Tens of thousands of people in and around San Francisco are on the waiting list for a Waymo robotaxi ride, the Alphabet Inc.-owned company’s co-chief executive said Friday (Dec. 3) at the Reuters Next conference. Hundreds of area residents have taken rides in the company’s...
Paytm Payments Bank Ltd. (PPBL) is launching an all-in-one transit card that Indians can use to pay for buses, trains, tolls, parking and other transit and travel expenses. The initial rollout is in conjunction with Hyderabad Metro Rail, Ahmedabad Metro and the Delhi Airport Express...
With ride-hailing prices on the rise during the COVID pandemic, customers in some of America’s big cities have rediscovered taxicabs. As MarketWatch reported on Tuesday (Nov. 23), cab ride volume has risen in cities such as New York, Chicago and San Francisco over the past...
Investment bank Morgan Stanley says Apple’s anticipated car will be the “ultimate EV bear case,” impacting stocks in other auto companies, according to published reports. But according to the bank’s auto analyst Adam Jonas, it won’t be a car that most people own. “We believe a...
When commercial drivers are on the job, many use mobile tech services not just for their phones, but also as part of a fleet management solution that helps coordinate everything from fuel and maintenance to scheduling, appointments, payments and more. With the help and speed of its...
Critics are raising privacy concerns over the amount of data being collected by shared scooter services and the cities in which they operate. That’s according to a new report from Bloomberg Business Week, which examined the issue through the lens of cases involving Uber and...
Plans for autonomous trains and the connected artificial intelligence (AI) systems to operate them are getting ready to leave the station — if they haven’t already — as governments and the private sector move to improve aging railway systems amid the current supply chain crisis....
A continuing debate between government agencies and industry groups over 5G technology’s potential impact on airline safety is entering a new stage. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is planning to warn pilots and airlines that a new 5G technology may interfere with certain automated features on...
