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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Nova Bus has delivered 55 hybrid electric buses to the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) in Canada in a bid to reduce emissions.
The deployment is part of a larger order of 325 buses which was made last year.
Nova says the buses feature electric motors from BAE Systems which reduce maintenance costs and emissions. The heating, ventilation and air conditioning are fully electrified along with the doors and power steering.
Adam Vaughan, member of parliament for Spadina-Fort York, in Toronto, says: “
The latest agenda for the FIA Region 1 conference, Driving Change, Connecting Mobility, which takes place in Brussels on 20 October, is now available on the conference website. Participants can hear from keynote speaker Pascal Smet, Minister for Mobility and Public Works in the Brussels Region and join in two debates with mobility experts, moderated by Jack Short, the former Secretary General of the International Transport Forum.
DERMALOG’s LF10 Fingerprint Scanner for rolled fingerprints now features a software module which enables the scanner to record signatures as well as fingerprints. These are recorded on the same scanning window – other than a pen, no additional hardware is required. Optimum use of the LF10 is guaranteed by an integrated switching function so that both applications can be used in quick succession.
All-electronic tolling, managed lanes and the drive to interoperability are already changing the face of highway transportation. This IBTTA Summit AET, Managed Lanes & Interoperability on 20-22 July in San Diego, California, discusses the latest technologies driving the transition, as well as the customer service and communication challenges that shape implementation.
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