Lyft is tweaking its app in a bid to make it easier for users to switch between different modes of travel - including scooters, bikes, public transit and car rentals.
The ride-share firm has added shared bikes and scooters to its app over the past year and says more people are opting for its ‘greenest ride options’.
The app displays mobility options in a city and Lyft says it helps users find the safest routes for bikes and scooters.
The app will also allow users to compare the time and cost acro
October 2, 2019
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8789 Lyft is tweaking its app in a bid to make it easier for users to switch between different modes of travel - including scooters, bikes, public transit and car rentals.
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The app displays mobility options in a city and Lyft says it helps users find the safest routes for bikes and scooters.
The app will also allow users to compare the time and cost across different modes of transport and use the map to locate nearby bikes, scooters and public transit vehicles.
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Swedish public transport company Västtrafik has devised a different advertising campaign to encourage more car drivers to take the bus. The campaign film mimics the way the car industry advertises its new car launches, using buzzwords such as electric, sustainable, delegated driving, with dramatic music, lighting and quick cuts between images. In the end, however, a bus is revealed as the ‘mobility of the future’ with the offer of a free two-week test drive.
The European Transport Conference (ETC), which takes place 4-6 October 2017 in Barcelona, is inviting abstracts for papers on:
Resilience of cities - security, safety and the effects of weather;
Equity in transport; Disruptive technologies;
Mobility as a Service;
How to get from innovative ideas to implementation in the real world - lessons to be learnt from innovation
Contributors are particularly encouraged to offer abstracts under heading including: Modelling the above; Skills and resourc
Grab Ventures has launched a three-month electric scooter pilot at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Kent Ridge campus for three months.
The subsidiary of technology firm Grab says it offers a green transportation option for NUS staff and students.
The scooters are available at eight parking locations on the campus. Grab intends to increase this number to 30 by the end of December.
Professor Yong Kwet Yew, NUS senior vice president, says the partnership provides a last-mile transportation op
The Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA) is recruiting volunteer drivers and pedestrians for the Tampa Connected Vehicle Pilot. The $21 million (£16 million) project aims to demonstrate the safety, mobility and environmental benefits of connected vehicle technology (CVP). THEA plans to equip 1,600 privately owned automobiles with this technology by mid-2018.