February 14, 2020
Ridesharing Platforms and the Long Tail of Mobility
Uber and Lyft are the poster children of digitally-enabled ride-sharing companies. But these intra-urban on-demand services are not the only ones disrupting how people move. Intercity, longer distance travel has...
January 31, 2020
Building Micromobility At A Global Scale
The electric scooter and bike race in Washington, D.C. has gotten complicated in the last few months, as the nation’s capital has moved both to expand and contract the dockless...
January 09, 2020
Cubic Teams With Moovit For Public Transit Mobile Experiences
To co-develop next-generation mobile solutions for public transit agencies, Cubic Transportation Systems and Moovit have inked a definitive agreement. The partnership will see the integration of Moovit’s Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) application...
January 07, 2020
Uber Joins Forces With Hyundai Motor For Flying Taxis
To join the burgeoning rush to roll out flying cars in large cities, Uber and South Korea’s Hyundai Motor are joining forces to create air taxis. The four-passenger, all-electric passenger...
January 06, 2020
Who Will Shape The Future Of The Connected Economy?
Ten years ago, the world of payments and commerce was in a very different place. ISOs sold terminals and card processing, mostly to brick-and-mortar merchants. Square was a white dongle...
December 31, 2019
Can Faster Shared Bikes Change US Commutes?
For some people, it can seem almost utopian: The sight of countless commuters using bikes in certain European cities, and not just for recreation or short rides to the park,...
November 26, 2019
Bank Branch Closings Take Toll On Rural Communities
More than half of the 3,114 counties in the U.S. lost bank branches between 2012 and 2017, with rural areas feeling the brunt of the closures, according to research from...
November 25, 2019
India’s Shuttl Lands $36M To Expand App-Driven Bus Service
India’s Shuttl, a startup that runs an app-based bus aggregator service, announced that it has raised $36 million in new funding. Toyota Tsusho Corporate and SPARX Group, via its Mirai...
November 20, 2019
Mastercard, Meridiam Partner To Help Cities Fund Transit Pay Innovation
Mastercard is partnering with global investor Meridiam to help upgrade transit systems by introducing smart payments and laying the groundwork for mobility-as-a-service (MaaS), Mastercard said in a press release on...