Transportation Alternatives

Lyft's app now lets you request a tow truck and schedule maintenance

You can get your car fixed, not just hail a ride

Lyft, Motional to launch robotaxi service in Los Angeles

Motional uses autonomous Hyundai Ioniq 5 EVs for its service

Electric air taxi company Archer plans $118M Georgia factory

It will reveal a production model on Wednesday, and the Air Force has shown interest

Electric school bus fleet grows in California, but some say not fast enough

Government funding boosts supply of EV buses for California schools

Lyft's app now lets you reserve and pay for a parking spot

It teamed with SpotHero to let you find the closest parking available

How bicycles conquered Amsterdam

A decades-long campaign designed streets around the needs of cyclists, not drivers

Prototype electric airplane takes first flight

It could become the first all-electric commercial plane

Uber now offers EV rides in 25 cities

Comfort Electric has expanded to Boston, Dallas, Miami and Vancouver, B.C.

QuietKat Jeep E-Bike Review: Go almost anywhere on two wheels

The best one-wheel drive Jeep we’ve ever tested

Waze to cut its carpooling services

The company's carpool service is not as popular as its cop-detecting app and navigation tools

U.S. grant awards $1.66 billion for low-emissions buses

Buses accounted for about half of the 10 billion U.S. transit trips Americans took in 2019

Uber's Travis Kalanick reportedly saw violence against taxi drivers as a tool for growth

And the company ran a 'kill switch' to wipe its computers and thwart regulators

NHTSA investigating Cruise crash in California

Incident resulted in minor injuries

Harley-Davidson made an electric mountain bike without front or rear suspension

It's basically a '90s mountain bike

Joby receives FAA nod to start air taxi services commercially

Still regulatory hurdles before it can legally fly passengers

Judge strikes down mask mandate for transportation services

Many airlines, Uber and Lyft no longer require a mask

Uber app will soon summon NYC yellow taxi cabs, too

A truce in the long-running war between rideshares and the city's 13,600 cabbies?

Energy agency: 10 steps would save 2.7M barrels of oil a day

IEA's tips include adopting EVs, reducing speed limits, working from home

Uber revamps driver pay algorithm in U.S. pilot to attract drivers

Fares paid by consumers are not affected

Virgin Hyperloop abandons passenger transport, lays off workers

A dream goes down the tubes as the focus turns to cargo