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Taxi Wars

Uber fights to keep its fleet in London

The Taxiwars crew- this summer, will be interviewing Black Cab Drivers as a part of our documentary.   Uber fights to keep its fleet in London Uber will have to wait until April 2018 to appeal the loss of its London licence. London’s transport regulator decided not to renew Uber’s licence to operate in the capital in […]

Fun With Barf Bags

Here’s a handy fact: you can go to Wal-Mart, and buy a whole bag of barf bags: specially designed bags that you pull out of a box, you can hand to somebody, and they can barf in them. And then afterwards, they close them up and seal them. […]

LadyJek: Motorcycle Ridesharing for Women

Here’s something new in Indonesia: LadyJek. It’s a rideshare service where women motorcycle drivers pick up women passengers only. The women in Jakarta previously felt unsafe riding with men in taxis, or any other transportation. This service is active, and is working well, and has a mobile app […]

What’s up?

Only a little over one year ago Uber added the $1.00 “Safe Ride Fee” taken off the top of every ride from the drivers pay (ouch), a giant pay decrease for short rides in the city. Uber and Lyft are pretty much up front about the cut in […]

Message in a Bottle

One thing you become very aware of when driving, especially in a place like San Francisco, is that there are very, very few bathrooms. You have to be careful not to drink much water, because when you get a client at the wrong time, and you didn’t go […]

Cyclist Doored

Drivers Get Bored, Cyclists Get Doored

“Getting doored” is the term for what happens when somebody opens the car door unexpectedly, and a cyclist rams into the door. It’s very common in San Francisco, and I’ve personally have met 2 people that have been doored. The first person was riding in a bike lane […]

Uber Delivery – My first day

I was amazed at the items people would have delivered to their home and office. Some as expected, some silly –  but one was very cool. One sandwich from the outskirts of San Jose to a cool office in the middle of nowhere with a small group of […]