Getaround is launching its car-sharing platform in the US city of Atlanta, allowing residents to earn money by making their car available to rent.
The company says the platform utilises cars already on the road and will therefore help to reduce traffic and congestion.
Each car is equipped with Getaround Connect, a proprietary technology that allows renters to locate and unlock the car using the company’s app, removing the need to meet the owner in-person for a manual key exchange. Getaround’s safety
April 8, 2019
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8262 Getaround is launching its car-sharing platform in the US city of Atlanta, allowing residents to earn money by making their car available to rent.
The company says the platform utilises cars already on the road and will therefore help to reduce traffic and congestion.
Each car is equipped with Getaround Connect, a proprietary technology that allows renters to locate and unlock the car using the company’s app, removing the need to meet the owner in-person for a manual key exchange. Getaround’s safety features include insurance and 24/7 roadside assistance.
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Getaround is not the only company making inroads in Atlanta. Last year, European technology company Muving made its electric scooters %$Linker: 2External<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary />000link-external availablefalsehttp://www.itsinternational.com/categories/utc/news/muvings-e-scooter-business-enters-atlanta/falsefalse%> in areas such as Ponce City Market, Piedmont Park, the King Center and Tech Square.
US companies Kritek and Skyline Products have formed a strategic partnership which will see Kritek’s Klover software-as-a-service (SaaS) smart transportation platform integrated with Skyline’s NTCIP-compliant dynamic message signs, with the aim of offering new turnkey smart city solutions. Klover-enabled signs are securely accessible from the cloud, so they can be easily integrated into Klover’s workflows and managed from anywhere at any time.
Ertico-ITS Europe has announced the date of its eCall Way Forward, PSAP Workshop. This workshop will address the technical and operational issues surrounding the upgrade of Member State Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) to effectively deal with all forms of eCall.
The event is for Ertico Partners only (and special guests) and will be held at the ERTICO premises in Brussels on 3 September 2014 from 1000 to 1630.
To register, please click on the following link
The new FDA600-POS rugged handheld PDA with integrated EFTPOS now also features fiscal memory and biometric signature capture and is a fully fledged mPOS solution which sits in the palm of the hand.
Mobile operators can track deliveries by scanning and geotagging barcodes or RFID tags, capturing recipients’ biometric signatures, take photos, print receipts, and accept electronic Chip & Pin payments.
Several built-in FDA600-POS options extend the scope of the potential applications to door-to-door sales,
The European Solutions project on innovative and green urban transport solutions is calling for cities from Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Mediterranean to become involved in the project's innovation activities as leading, take-up or training city. The main focus of the Solutions project will be on the exchange between cities from Europe, Latin America and the Mediterranean. Solutions brings together some of the leading experts and city networks from these regions, aiming to foster knowledge exchange a
