Transport

Discussion: India’s Curious Electric Vehicles Push

History has a particular way of treating naysayers. They were the experts of that era that did “not see it coming”; they were the intellectuals who were humbled by the doers. A bit of schadenfreude, after all, makes for interesting reading.

Wanted: Pedestrian Maps

This may come as a surprise to you, but before we had bullock carts, cycles, motorcycles, cars and buses, people used…

There Was an Uber in 1914 — but the Trolley Monopoly Shut it Down

By Siddharth Singh, 17th February, 2016

Travis Kalanick, the CEO of Uber brought to light an interesting fact. Back in 1914, someone started a ridesharing service that closely resembles Uber…

Some Guy Bought 8000 Horses Before the Car Was Invented and Lost

By Siddharth Singh, 6th November, 2015

Markets do not care. Newer ways of doing things frequently create markets that end up consuming or displacing existing ones. This leads to both displaced…

Lesson from 1945: Striking Taxi and Tube Drivers and the Threat of Automation

By Siddharth Singh, 1st August 2015

An interesting anecdote about automated elevators from the 1940s provides an insight into how disruptive technologies go mainstream…

Spillover benefits of adopting self-driving cars: a reduction in emissions

By Siddharth Singh, 13th July, 2015

One key advantage of adopting self-driving cars (as and when they are road-ready) is a possible reduction in accidents — and fatalities that…