When it comes to transportation, cities are facing a moment of reckoning. Private ride-hailing apps like Uber are threatening to cannibalize mass transit. … [Read more...] about You can hail a public bus like an Uber in this city
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Uber, Lyft and the urgency of saving money on ambulances
An ambulance ride of just a few miles can cost thousands of dollars, and a lot of it may not be covered by insurance. With ride-hailing services like Uber or Lyft far cheaper and now available within minutes in many areas, would using one instead be a good idea? Perhaps … [Read more...] about Uber, Lyft and the urgency of saving money on ambulances
The sharing economy is winning over the mainstream in urban transportation
Crowd-sourced business models, where individual vendors and consumers are connected through an app or a web platform, are not going anywhere. Last month, ride-hailing pioneer Uber accounted for 47 percent of all rides expensed by employees whose companies use Certify, the … [Read more...] about The sharing economy is winning over the mainstream in urban transportation