Uber slapped with fine by French courts over illegal service June 9, 2016 Uber has been slapped with a fine by French authorities over its UberPop service, which the country's government deems illegal. The court in Paris fined the billion dollar startup €800,000 (£626,000), only half of which is payable, but avoided a payment of as much as €1.5m Read more: Porsche on-demand? VW boss reveals Gett plans Two Uber France [...]
Ryanair makes its latest pitch to customers by launching Ryanair Rooms June 9, 2016 Budget airline Ryanair will launch an accommodation service, offering customers a choice of hotels, hostels and more at the lowest prices. The low price accommodation service, Ryanair Rooms, will launch from 1 October, in a bid to expand its offering to its 116m customers in a challenge to the likes of Airbnb. The service will [...]
Now you can get Twitter alerts directly when your Tube line is delayed June 9, 2016 Want to know when there's delays on your Tube line before you head to work? Now you can get simple direct updates on delays and any other issues with services direct to your phone via Twitter, making the faff of searching and checking updates obsolete. Transport for London (TfL) has teamed up with Twitter to deliver [...]
Here’s how much it actually cost TfL to rebrand Crossrail as The Elizabeth Line June 9, 2016 When Transport for London (TfL) announced back in February that it was rebranding Crossrail as The Elizabeth Line, eyes across the capital were rolled. Another lame corporate rebrand, probably costing hundreds of thousands of pounds, right? Wrong, apparently. City Metric, an arm of the New Statesman, submitted a Freedom of Information (FoI) request to find [...]
Change to Addison Lee driver contracts boosts earnings June 8, 2016 A new contract for Addison Lee drivers has resulted in a seven per cent boost to earnings. The new deal has been road tested by a small number of the private car hire company’s drivers, who have reported an increase in the amount they are taking home compared with this time last year. The deal [...]
This Jetsons car-style drone will soon carry people over Vegas June 8, 2016 Remember the crazy people-carrying drone, reminiscent of the Jetsons' flying car? Revealed earlier this year, the Ehang 184 is a drone large enough to carry people that is more like a flying driverless car. Now, the Chinese firm behind the potentially stomach-churning (but equally revolutionary) vehicle has partnered with the state of Nevada to begin testing the technology in [...]
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says first savings found to fund his fares freeze, but some tickets will be excluded June 8, 2016 A major efficiency savings programme to enable fares on Transport for London services to be frozen until 2020 has been announced by the Mayor of London, but not all travel costs are set to be included. Sadiq Khan and London’s transport commissioner, Mike Brown, announced the plans which will allow the freeze to come into force without hitting [...]
Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin hints that diesel taxes could rise to cut air pollution June 8, 2016 Diesel car owners could face a tax hike in order to tackle the rising problem of air pollution, the transport secretary has indicated. Patrick McLoughlin said that it had been a mistake for former Labour chancellor – and Prime Minister – Gordon Brown to cut taxes on diesel. In an interview with the Evening Standard, McLoughlin said: "We [...]
Uber reveals London ride-sharing figures for UberPool June 7, 2016 Uber's ride-sharing service UberPool has hit a milestone in London, with more than a million people making journeys via the service in the six months since launch. The billion dollar startup which recently landed billions more in funding from Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, claims more than 700,000 driving miles have been saved by UberPool in the capital since [...]
Easyjet blames French strikes and bad weather for flight cancellations in May June 6, 2016 Budget airline Easyjet said French strikes and poor weather conditions were the main factors behind flight cancellations in May. The company reported a 5.7 per cent increase in earned seats flown – this is the number of seats that were flown during the month, regardless of whether or not the passenger turns up. Easyjet flew [...]