Monthly Archives: July 2020

Car sized masks. That’s how you adapt when you are a peer to peer rental car company, like Turo, operating in the new normal. Masks are available to Turo hosts. How else has Turo adapted to the new normal? New cleaning protocols and contactless drop-off The Drive | Turo Is Handing Out Giant Masks for […]

The Pivot, a podcast about businesses pivoting, Surprise! Has a fascinating bit about the use of Uber’s back end software as a valuable tool for transit entities. New York Magazine The Pivot Podcast | 125 Facebook’s Cultural Crisis

Where: Berkeley, CA The final ballot proposition approved for November 2020?  Rides starting in Berkeley will have a 50 cent fee  per private trip Pooled trips will be levied a 25 cents fee per pooled trip Ride-share vehicles that are wheelchair accessible are exempt The tax/fee will be paid by the service users & the […]

The city: Houston What will the new fee be? $3 at IAH and $2.75 at Hobby The revenue estimates? $11.8 million in fiscal year 2020-21 + just under $60 million over the next five years Is there a revenue source that is not COVID related that is being filled? Yes, in 2018, 897 taxicab operators […]

Where: California What: California Air Resources Board had proposed that ride share move to 80% of EV vehicles by 2030 Why the change of course to lower the 80%? Acknowledging the COVID effect on ride share, the required EV levels for ride share were lowered to 60% How does an EV requirement for ride share […]

What self driving car race? The Indy Autonomous Challenge on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in October 2021 The top prize: $1.5 million Barrons | Self-Driving Cars Will Race in Indianapolis. Tesla Can’t Take Part.

Who is touting the economic benefits to the Port of Houston due to COVID trade wars? commercial real estate firm CBRE What benefits do they see Houston, and Texas, offering? “Houston is a prime trading location, with the ability to efficiently reach all directions on the globe,” “Significant logistics capacity” Available land Lower asking rents […]

Who: Uber What is Uber’s contact tracing partnership? Quietly offering, free of charge,  local health authorities information of riders or drives who have been in contact with a COVID infected person How are the numbers of this contact tracing shaping up? 560 coronavirus-related requests from public health departments covering 29 countries Most requests are processed […]

Who: Sunrise Movement, sunrisemovement.org Where can I find the Sunrise Movement? On twitter & instagram @sunrisemvmt + its You Tube Channel What is the Sunrise Movement’s mission? “We’re building an army of young people to create millions of good jobs and stop climate change in the process.“ How does this fit with high speed rail? […]

Where: Florida What do I need to know about Florida’s new EV charger rollout? Announced in July New fast electric charging stations along Interstates 75, 4, and 95 The state is funding it with $8.5Million from the VW settlement Will cover more than 1200 miles Will increase accessibility to public fast chargers by more than […]