Mobility’s latest news #4
Here’s the latest weekly news about the carpool industry — July 21th to July 27th.
Parking Has Eaten American Cities
First, it costs America’s cities an extraordinary amount of money. Then, instead of paving some open fields, why not reducing the number of cars on the roads in order to avoid this kind of problems that are expensive to local authorities and are not good for the environment?
(Read more about it by clicking on the title)
Uber and Cabify pause services in Barcelona after taxi strike turns violent
“A two-day taxi driver strike in Barcelona this week, called to protest against the number of ride-hailing vehicles on the streets and failure to enforce national regulations that are supposed to cap private hire vehicle numbers, turned violent yesterday with protestors attacking cars and local media reporting attacks on drivers too.”
To know more about it, check out the article, by TechCrunch.
General Motors wants its customers to rent their cars to other people
Another great article from this week that highlights how car-ownership is slowly shifting to a sharing business model. Indeed, General Motors, a big name in the car industry wants its customers to rent their cars when they don’t use it with the help of a platform named Maven.
Zify has recently discussed the end of car-ownership in favor of car sharing. Have a look here.
What is toxic air pollution and how is it caused?
The heatwave in Europe is damaging the air quality, but what are the risks for our health? The Sun responded all these questions for you, check out the article.
Someone is going around taking secret pictures of you during your commute
A less serious article but still funny to check out : a photographer is going through the Tube in London and is taking pictures of commuters :) From the party look to the tired faces, every commuter is different in their own way.
And you, how do you look like when you are commuting? Share your carpool pictures with us and show us the new friends you met along the way!
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