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MOIA America Teams with Beep to Grow US Footprint

Through the strategic partnership, MOIA America will provide MOIA’s turnkey autonomous mobility solution. This includes purpose-built, autonomous-ready ID. Buzz vehicles equipped with the self-driving system developed by Mobileye, as well as operator training and enablement.

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ArticlesApril 4, 2016

Providing Diverse Mobility Options Key Challenge for Universities

As representatives of their communities, universities share an important responsibility in providing multimodal forms of transportation that are both safe and sustainable.

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Newsby StaffMarch 30, 2016

Cincinnati's SORTA, Uber launch partnership to expand bus ridership

As part of the exclusive partnership, customers will begin seeing interior transit cards on buses advertising a unique code for a free ride on Uber for first-time users.

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Newsby StaffMarch 28, 2016

Md. County officials oppose D.C. Metro partnership with Uber, Lyft

In a letter to Metro GM Paul J.Wiedefeld, the council members said the app-based transportation companies have a history of not providing accessible service and Metro shouldn’t reward them with a contract.

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Newsby StaffMarch 28, 2016

APTA: Public transportation users save $9,234 annually

The savings are based on the cost of commuting by public transportation compared to the cost of owning and driving a vehicle, which includes the March 23, 2016 average national gas price and the national unreserved monthly parking rate numbers.  

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Newsby StaffMarch 23, 2016

L.A. Metro's Washington unveils $120B plan to transform transportation

The potential ballot measure would ask voters to increase the countywide sales tax by a half-cent for 40 years and to continue an existing tax (Measure R) for an extra 18 years, meaning both would potentially run through 2057.

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Newsby StaffMarch 22, 2016

Transloc Rider with Uber app launches pilot in Memphis

Transit app aims to solve the first-mile last-mile problem.

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Videosby StaffMarch 21, 2016

Driverless Shuttle Demos on Sacramento St. U. Campus

During a two-day demonstration in mid-March, Sacramento State students, faculty, and staff got to ride an electric, self-driving shuttle between certain points on campus.

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Newsby StaffMarch 15, 2016

Uber and Lyft users more likely to use public transit frequently, study says

This is a gateway to a car-lite lifestyle, with users owning fewer cars in a household, researchers say.

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Newsby StaffMarch 10, 2016

Fla. city to be first to subsidize Uber rides

Beginning March 21, the City of Altamonte Springs will pay for 20% of all Uber trips that begin and end within city limits. In addition, to encourage SunRail use, the city will subsidize 25% of all trips starting or ending at the Altamonte Springs SunRail station.

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NewsMarch 9, 2016

Rebuilding London’s rail terminals for the latest transport challenges

London is in the midst of a boom not seen since Victorian times. Both population and employment are rising fast. Former industrial areas are being reclaimed, while the urban area is constrained by an historic “green belt” put in place since the late 1940’s.

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