Uber Faces Down Legal Trouble Pretty Much Everywhere
Uber, the little on-demand car service app that could, isn't catching any breaks from local regulators in cities where it's trying to grow its business. In fact, it never has.
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When you ask someone if they have a "cab story," chances are, if you're in an urban, taxi-taking environment, the answer will be yes, and will be followed by any number of harrowing tales. But those are not the only stories.
Uber, the little on-demand car service app that could, isn't catching any breaks from local regulators in cities where it's trying to grow its business. In fact, it never has.
London was so worried it would grind to a halt because of overcrowding during the Olympics that it started ringing the alarm bells early and loudly, to the point that now barely anybody's going to the city, and an immediate economic "Olympic bounce" isn't happening.
One unique bit of information we gleaned from Thursday's news of a big federal crackdown that shuttered 26 different Chinatown bus operations is that the more colorfully painted buses tend to be safer.
Following a number of FOIA requests, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) now has a list of the towns, counties, states and agencies with permission to fly drones.
The House of Representatives passed a 90-day extension funding existing transportation projects Thursday, after weeks of struggle and conservative Republican rebellion made it look like even a two-month extension couldn't pass.
Three college friends are driving around the world in a London Black Cab they've named Hannah. But it's not the first time someone's taken a cab a surprisingly non-cab-like distance.
Bus riders beware: Bolt Bus's days of dominance may be numbered.
The new campaign to end absent-minded texting
The Transportation Security Administration warns about bombs implanted in terrorists
You may be better off walking than driving in the nation's capital
The President is arriving at a fundraiser; commuters hope gridlock doesn't ensue again
Common sense, right?
The wife of Sen. Chuck Schumer is leading a heated campaign against city bikers
Transportation secretary says other, more cooperative states will get the transportation cash, thank you very much
And, just as importantly, is it politically feasible?
By everyone except state legislators, that is
The regulations aim to save travelers from languishing on the tarmac
Quite counterintuitive--to John Stossel, at least
Atrios: Bag Fees make flying terrible. Yglesias: Who cares, they're good for the environment.
Robert Samuelson wrote a column on the high-speed rail debate. What high-speed rail debate?
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