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Ground Transport

Your news hub for all things ground transport, including coverage of passenger trains, rental cars, ride-sharing companies, and local transit.

Business Travel

U.S. car rental companies to hike average daily rates in 2013, says Amex

Why are car rental companies getting a pass on making their rates more transparent when it is very difficult to compare them on an apples to apples basis?

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Ground Transport

How Hailo plans to succeed with New York City’s yellow cabs where Uber failed

Uber’s haste to be the first to disrupt New York’s taxi scene resulted in its quick dismissal, but it looks to have indeed succeeded in prompting the TLC to adjust regulations in time for Hailo’s arrival.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 12 years ago

How Hailo plans to succeed with New York City’s yellow cabs where Uber failed

Ground Transport

Zipcar integrates Spanish car-share company Avancar, launches multi-lingual services

Zipcar can expand quickly with new language capabilities and will likely repeat its practice from Spain of integrating a competitor to absorb its local customer base.

Skift | 12 years ago

Zipcar integrates Spanish car-share company Avancar, launches multi-lingual services

Ground Transport

London taxi-booking app Hailo enters U.S. market with Boston launch today

Uber paved the way for Hailo in Boston when city officials cleared the way for similar apps, but it will need to go it alone in New York City now that Uber has retreated from the market.

Skift | 12 years ago

London taxi-booking app Hailo enters U.S. market with Boston launch today

Ground Transport

New York City’s taxi industry deals Uber its first big defeat

Bravado has taken Uber far, but challenging the U.S.'s best taxi system proved to be too big a challenge for the San Francisco startup.

Skift | 12 years ago

Ground Transport

Find a car with myTaxi: Another smartphone taxi app launches in the U.S.

As with Uber and the other competitors, it's all about giving users a genuine reason to care about your service as well as a good reason to use it when hailing by hand isn't always a challenge.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Silvercar wants to re-invent the airport rental car experience, and it has an $11.5 million start

There's most definitely a need for a smoother airport experience, but breaking in at airports around the country will make Uber's tangle with the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission look like a sweet dream.

Skift | 12 years ago

Ground Transport

Peer-to-peer ride-sharing startup SideCar raises $10 million to fuel its momentum

In a crowded and contested market, SideCar convinced investors that it could play within city regulations and plans to use the funding for legal and operational hires for its city-by-city expansion.

Skift | 12 years ago

Peer-to-peer ride-sharing startup SideCar raises $10 million to fuel its momentum

Ground Transport

Three car-sharing services are ignoring California’s order to stop operating

The army of car-share services keep expressing surprise that not everyone is happy with how they may change the car rental, car buying, and other transport industries. It's time they figured out how to play in the big leagues.

Skift | 12 years ago

Ground Transport

Why there were more electric cars on the road in 1900 than there are today

Electric cars were easier to drive and cleaner, but bad business management drove them off the market as gasoline cars became cheaper and more accessible. There’s a lesson in here on how to leverage culture to get hybrids back on the road.

Skift | 12 years ago

Why there were more electric cars on the road in 1900 than there are today