InfoHive – Transportation

Texas Mobility Coalition members: small and large businesses, local chambers of commerce, truckers, commuters and local leaders

Its goals: harness private investment and public-private partnerships

What does this sound like? 2003, 2005 Trans Texas Corridor version X.2

What benefit emerges when private investment enters transportation sector in Texas? it frees transportation funding for rural and energy portions of the state

Supports say that COVID means Texas has less transportation revenue and now is not a time to limit funding options for transportation as Texas grows.

Midland Reporter-Telegram | New coalition created to address road needs

Corpus Christi Caller | Texas Association of Business, Port of Corpus Christi launch “Keep Texas Moving” coalition

Who: Indie Campers

The benefit of launching now? Surge in driving vacations due to COVID

In addition to providing a platform for camper van owners to offer their vehicles for short term rentals, what other services will Indie Campers offer?

• Campervan will have its own camera fleet available
• 1200 campervans in over 40 locations over 17+ countries

Lonely Planet | This new service wants to help you rent out your campervan

The City: Longmont Colorado

How is Longmont proposing to limit RV parking? Prohibiting parking on most public streets

Why limit RV parking? RVs are being abandoned and leaking hazardous substances

What notification will be given to locals? 6 months notice to Longmont residents who may need to find alternative parking

Will the City help residents find parking? Yes, the city will provide alternative parking

9News | Council favors new rules to keep RVs from parking on Longmont streets

Where is this happening? Delhi, India

How does Delhi’s policy push scooters out of Delhi?

• Limits incentives to vehicles that can go 40 mph or faster
• Excludes lithium battery vehicles from receiving incentives

Press Trust of India via Business Standard | EV makers want Delhi govt to look into exclusion of lithium scooters

Tesla has a goal to deliver 2x as many vehicles in the last half of 2020.

Electrek traces Tesla retail expansion to the following markets:

• Tucson, Arizona: Tesla currently has a service location in the Old Pueblo, but it is now looking to hire sales advisors to expand its retail presence.
• El Paso, Texas: same situation as Tucson – Tesla has a service center, but it now plans to open a gallery in The Sun City.
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin: after a service center, Tesla is now looking to open a gallery in the Cream City.
• Smithtown, New York: Tesla has been gradually expanding east on Long Island and now it is looking to open a store in Smithtown, according to a new job listing.
• Laval, Québec it closed its original Quebec location when a Montreal location opened. The Laval location will be re-opened as a showroom and service center.
• Ottawa, Ontario is adding a showroom to a service center
• Global expansion include China, France, Singapore

Electrek | Tesla is working on massive sales presence expansion with new markets

Uber’s delivery service adjusted net revenue exceeds that of its ride share service.

Does that mean the ride share program disappears? No, the two exist to support each division such as in times like a global pandemic.

Tech Crunch | Uber’s delivery business is now larger than ride-hailing

Lyft has adde car rentals to its platform.

The Lyft app now offers: bikes, scooters, rideshare, transit, & car rentals

The partnership that brought car rentals to Lyft: Sixt

What does ride share bring to the car rental industry: demand algorithms & consumer-engagement expertise

What does Sixt bring: a fleet, fleet management to facilitate scaling

Why is this important in more ways than ride share, car rentals, & their respective regulation and taxation? Because it represents the future: a front facing industry based on data, algorithms, and customer engagement (new business) with a traditional business (old business) like car rentals. That partnership will be cloned repetitively in the new normal.

Auto Rental News | What the Lyft-Sixt Deal Could Mean to Car Rental and Mobility

The Texas Attorney General Opinion this week opens the door open for a transit authority to require masks for health and safety reasons.

The opinion goes to far as to say a transit authority may remove riders who can medically wear a mask and do not.

KP-0323 (2020)

If funding & ridership isn’t the challenge to high speed rail, what is? Land

What specifically is the land challenge? No designated right of way

All well and good, let’s look at examples?

• California saw costs double to acquire right of way in San Joaquin Valley
• Texas, home to privately built high speed rail, is seeing challenges in acquiring right of way in 2 ways:
  • legal battles and the use of eminent domain
  • the use of eminent domain for “gain of private interests”
• Florida, the private investors behind the brightline line, are not acquiring right of way but rather are negotiating with Florida Department of Transportation and the Central Florida Expressway Authority to lease right of way access
• California to Las Vegas, private investment managed by Virgin Group, will run along the I-15 median and has leased right of way access from the California Department of Transportation

What to know. Want a successful path to privately building high speed rail? Follow in Virgin’s footsteps in FL & CA and lease from the state your right of way access

Governing | High-Speed Rail’s True Barrier Isn’t Money. It’s Space.

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 Your Car, and Yes, It Can Still Breathe Just Fine