Category Archives: taxis

Is Uber Safe During COVID?

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Luigi Cappel

I recently read an article in Intelligent Transport , exploring whether rideshare, such as from Uber and Lyft was a substitute or complementary to public transport. It quoted research from SMART which found that a third of ride-share trips were … Continue reading →

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On Neighbors, Earthquakes and Terrorism

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Luigi Cappel

Yesterday I read an article called What to do in a Terrorist Attack in your Neighborhood on a website called RealEstateAgent.com. I thought why would this be relevant to me? I live in a country where the only terrorism attack … Continue reading →

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Uber mocks Australian state’s stiff fines, takes away the Ubers

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

Imagine a world without Uber? Okay, now come back to 2016. Unless you are in Queensland, Australia. Sourced through Scoop.it from: mashable.com I arrived at Newark airport on my first trip to NYC at midnight. There was a sign above … Continue reading →

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Lyft to Launch Car-Rental Program, Aiming to Attract, Motivate Drivers

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

Lyft plans to start a new program in Chicago later this month aimed at expanding and motivating the ride-hailing service’s driver pool by offering the chance to rent GM cars for $99 a week, plus 20 cents a mile. Sourced … Continue reading →

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Uber CEO: If Tesla’s cars are autonomous by 2020, we’ll buy all 500,000

Posted on July 4, 2015 by Luigi Cappel

Just a minor thought, that’s 500,000 ‘taxis’ that don’t need drivers. Or 500,000 unemployed taxi drivers looking for new jobs Continue reading →

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