Category: Commuting

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Don’t cry for me, Ubertina

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Spread the loveTweet Uber has been in trouble for a while. The company was built on a bro-tastic, anything goes attitude that goes way back to God View and the…


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Bradley Tusk, business, car sharing, Commuting, economy, Lyft, New York, New York City, TC, transport, tusk, Uber

Uber’s New York manager, Josh Mohrer, joins Tusk Ventures as managing director

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Spread the loveTweet Tusk Ventures has hailed the former general manager of Uber’s New York operations, Josh Mohrer, as its new managing director. Mohrer’s departure comes at a tough time…


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Bicycles and Bicycling, Commuting

A Newbie’s Guide to Saddling Up and Pedaling Off to Work

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Spread the loveTweet Be Safe Photo The two-wheelers’ commute on Market Street in San Francisco. Credit Jason Henry for The New York Times Ditch the Sidewalks: In many places, biking…


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Anthony Levandowski, Automotive, autonomous car, business, car sharing, Commuting, technology, transport, Uber, waymo

Waymo’s claims of trade secret theft could result in criminal case

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Spread the loveTweet When Waymo sued Uber earlier this year, claiming that its former employee stole 14,000 documents containing trade secrets about its self-driving car project and took the documents…


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Anthony Levandowski, arbitration, Automotive, business, car sharing, Commuting, economy, transport, Uber, waymo

Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber is going to trial, judge rules

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Spread the loveTweet Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber, its competitor in the automated vehicle business, is going to trial. Judge William Alsup ruled that Uber could not force the lawsuit over…


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Asia, car sharing, Collaborative Consumption, Commuting, economy, Myanmar, transport, Uber, War

Uber enters Myanmar with a licensed taxi service

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Spread the loveTweet Uber has launched its service in Myanmar, the Southeast Asian country formerly known as Burma, over a month after going public with its expansion plan. With a…


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Amtrak, Commuting, Delays (Transportation), New Jersey, New Jersey Transit, New York Waterway, Pennsylvania Station (Manhattan, NY), Politics and Government, Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH), Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Railroads, Santoro, Steven H, State Legislatures, Transit Systems

Collecting Fares Is Latest Problem for New Jersey Transit

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Spread the loveTweet In recent weeks, New Jersey Transit commuters have grown furious over near-constant delays traveling to Penn Station. More pain is expected this summer, when Amtrak plans to…


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U.S. Department of Justice is reportedly investigating Uber’s controversial ‘Greyball’ program

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Spread the loveTweet It looks like there’s more trouble round the corner for Uber. Reuters is reporting that the U.S. Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into the…


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Key to Improving Subway Service in New York? Modern Signals

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Spread the loveTweetA More Modern Tube Then there is London. A close look at how it is attacking the same problems could provide something of a blueprint for New York.…


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Amtrak, Commuting, Cuomo, Andrew M, Farley, James A, General Post Office (Manhattan, NY), Hudson River, Infrastructure (Public Works), Long Island (NY), Long Island Rail Road Co, Madison Square Garden, Manhattan (NYC), Pennsylvania Station (Manhattan, NY), Politics and Government, Railroads, Real Estate (Commercial), Transit Systems, Vornado Realty Trust

Critic’s Notebook: Cuomo Has the Opportunity to Fix Penn Station, but Will He?

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Spread the loveTweetAbout 650,000 daily passengers, a number equivalent to the entire population of Boston (and steadily rising), use the station entombed below Madison Square Garden in Manhattan. They ride…


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