Chart of the day: The Bike Sharing World – 2014 – Year End Data
Image Courtesy: Russell Meddin bikesharephiladelphia.org via The Bike-sharing Blog
Chart of the Day – New Year’s Eve Edition – Uber’s Official Surge Pricing Chart
via Yahoo Tech
Image courtesy: Yahoo.com “Calling for an ride after midnight? We hope you saved up for it.”
The chart comes to us via Dan Tynan’s “12 Ways to Avoid Uber and Still Get Home Safely on New Year’s Eve“. If you are one of them brave souls venturing out tonight in the West Coast cities of Sacramento, San Francisco, San Diego or Seattle , I highly recommend checking out FlyWheel, who is offering a $10 flat fee rides from 8PM until 3AM. Dan Tynan has done a great job identifying the various alternatives for you to get around safely after a fun night out. One additional smartphone app that I’d like to recommend in addition to Dan’s collection is @RideScout. This mobile app will help you get from point A to point B faster and smarter. RideScout shows you real-time information about transportation options that are available right now around you, including transit, bus, bike, taxi, car share, rideshare, parking and walking directions – all in one view. Now, how cool is that!
I’d like to also use this as an opportunity to wish all my reader a SAFE & Happy New Year! Thank you for your continued support and I promise to keep you even more informed in 2015.
Mind = blown! A mountain biking video with 26 million views.. Gotta see it to believe this stunner
First, here is the video of “The Ridge”, featuring the dare devil Danny Macaskill on his mountain bike. It was the first time in one of his films Danny climbs aboard a mountain bike and returns to his native home of the Isle of Skye in Scotland to take on a death-defying ride along the notorious Cuillin Ridgeline. Danny’s ridiculous riding skills and the stunning scenery blend beautifully with the sound track, making it a great viewing experience :
And here is an interview with the film-maker where he shares how we used low-tech everyday technology to capture this breathtaking video
Post by Financial Times.
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Chart of the Day – 180,000 self-driving cars will be shipped globally by 2020
There is so much confusion and variation in the estimates/predictions when you hear the industry experts and forecasters talk about automated vehicles. Despite the challenges, there has been significant progress in the recent years and it is only getting more intense as the auto OEMs as well the tech geeks in Silicon Valley ramp up their investments and the research in the race to reach the holy grail.. Amidst all this chaos, comes this bold prediction.. 180,000 self-driving cars will be shipped globally by 2020.
Based on Frost & Sullivan estimates charted for us by BI Intelligence, there will be about 180,000 self-driving cars shipped globally by 2020. The market research firm adds that “you are likely to commute in autonomous cars” by 2025, which is a pretty bold statement considering that’s only a decade from now.
And of course the source article doesn’t clearly articulate whether it is all Level 4 autonomy (no human input needed for operation)? Do you agree with this prediction? Click here to read the article
Image Courtesy: Business Insider
On Honesty and Ethical Standards in Professions, Car Salesmen > Members of Congress, according to U.S. Public
Apparently, the American public have the least amount of trust in their political overlords. New polling from Gallup shows car salespeople actually maintain a decent-sized advantage on Congresspersons when it comes to “honesty and ethical standards.” What’s more interesting? That’s actually a slightly smaller gap in than in 2013, when it was 66-47. So, it is not all that bad, right? Click here for the full story.
Image Courtesy: Washington Post. Click the image for full story.
The best book to NOT read when riding public transportation is…
Subtlety is not his game, I guess. Poor chap gets caught reading this book on the subway, while sitting next to a lady. It makes you wonder what was his “success rate” meeting women on subways after he finished reading this book. Guys like this are one reason why you can’t help but fall in love with public transportation, right? I bet you can never catch someone reading this in a car.
In the Campaign for Net Neutrality, Google’s Buses Suffer The Slow Lane Treatment, Literally
Google gets a taste of what it is like to ride the slow lane, literally. Volunteers from the group SumOfUs put Google buses in the slow lane to demand Google support Net Neutrality, and say no to Internet slow lanes around the world! It was a gentle nudge to the internet giant to come out in support of the Net Neutrality issue. Clever campaign indeed. The group’s website says SumOfUs is a global movement of consumers, investors, and workers all around the world, standing together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable and just path for our global economy. Check out their call to action here: www.callongoogle.net
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Infograph: AAA’s Thanksgiving Travel Forecast – 46.3 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home
With gas prices falling faster than a drop of water from the sky (as we speak, the national average is well below $3 – the 1st time since Dec 22, 2010), you can expect more Americans tempted to drive instead of opting for other modes of transportation. AAA expects the travelers to spend an average of $573 over the course of their holiday travels. Click here to view the complete AAA/IHS Global Insight 2014 Thanksgiving Travel Forecast.
Image courtesy: Newsroom.AAA.com via cspnet.com
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Awesome policing.. British style – Motorcyclist gets busted by police on horse
Young motorcyclist pops a wheelie on his high-powered sports motorcycle gets caught red handed by horse-mounted policemen.. When you see the video below you can’t help but laud the way the police handled the youngin’. If you got a few minutes to spare, see the comments posted on this YouTube video..
Infograph: How self-driving cars will change our lives
Image courtesy: Automoblog
Add this to one of the million other articles you would see around the web that hypes the arrival of self-driving cars and how they are going to change our lives..
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