Cortland Advocate Connection
Cortland, NY:
A nickel for your thoughts on how to make taxis better
The fee will go into a new fund to support modernization, training, and improvement of the taxi and livery industry.
August 19, 2016
What if every airline ticket you purchased, tucked amid all of the security fees, taxes, and airport facility charges, included a small additional line item: the Ocean Liner Support Fund, to help that industry stay afloat?
Could a similar subsidy have saved cinema organists, minicomputers, or the Pony Express?
That’s the kind of experiment Massachusetts is embarking upon, with a new fee on so-called transportation network companies, or TNCs, such as Uber, Lyft, and Fasten. When Governor…
Business Travelers Are Using Ubers More Than Taxis
For the first time, according to expense software company Certify, business travelers are hailing Ubers more than they're hailing cabs.
How Uber Used a Simplified Business Model to Disrupt the Taxi Industry
By offering all three benefits of a price- and proposition-simplifier, Uber's founders were able to create a service no one knew they needed.
Taxi Safety Tips and Rules All Travelers Should Follow
Taxis have become a common mode of transport in the present day. Many travelers prefer to travel via taxis. But doing so in an unknown city or country can be a bit daunting. While traveling to a new place, there are many different places which can provide one with taxi services, these can be availed […]
How Cabs or Taxis Help During a Local or Business Trip
Several times, we find ourselves in a situation when we need to hire a taxi to travel around a new city or in our own city. There could be many instances like your car might need service or repairs...
Who’s Going To Give Air Taxi Startups The Billions They Need? Maybe Automakers.
Automakers are sinking big money into developing technologies for driverless and electric cars that could also be applicable in autonomous and electric aircraft. Some industry watchers think big announcements could be coming.
Why Politicians and Taxes Can’t Save Taxis From Extinction
Just like typewriters, horse-drawn carriages, and the telegraph before them, outmoded technologies are frequently replaced.
Digital Life: Tips for proper Uber etiquette
Uber is available in my city, and before I use it, I'd like to know if the etiquette is any different than the taxis or car services I've used before. Especially, what's the deal when it comes to tipping?
Two new studies show why Uber makes cities more productive and less congested
Two new studies show why ridesharing is crushing the taxi business. Unequivocally, the new research proves that ridesharing dramatically reduces wait times and can make cities less congested.
The race to build a flying electric taxi
More than a hundred companies are working on electric aircraft designed to zip in and out of cities.
Are flying taxis about to become a reality?
The prospect of a flying taxi that lifts you over the traffic and speeds you to your destination is an enticing one -- but are we any nearer to it becoming a reality?<br>A recent breakthrough by a UK-based company, which has built and flown a fully electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, suggests we are.
Quiz: Test Your Taxi Techniques
Moving an aircraft on the ground is a vital phase of every flight, but airplanes don’t drive like a car. Certain care must be taken while operating around the airport. Can you answer all these taxi questions correctly? Want to learn more about avoiding wake turbulence? Check out Sporty’s Learn To Fly Course for more in depth training …
Important Taxi Safety Tips For the Travelers and Passengers
It may be impossible to totally avoid getting into an accident while riding in a taxicab. You can protect yourself & your rights by remembering safety tips
How to stay safe while using digital taxis
The truth is, you need to be vigilant when using them because you can never be too careful.
Why I Still Get Shunned by Taxi Drivers
In most big cities, cabbies aren’t allowed to turn away passengers because of their race or destination—but it still happens all the time.
How the taxi industry is leading the IoT revolution in transport
How connecting technologies, such as a strong 5G network, will help many benefit from the rich source of information that taxis are currently providing.
Ask the Captain: Is there a speed limit for planes taxiing on the ground?
Some airports have speed limits but more often airplanes will have a limitation in the flight manual for maximum taxi speeds.
Hydrogen-powered air taxi? Yup, it's real
Alaka’i Technologies has unveiled the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell powered electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle.
How many people can this drone taxi concept carry?
Your Next Amazon Prime Delivery Might Arrive By... Taxi?
Forget drones, Amazon has been experimenting with a far more innovative method of providing same-day delivery to its customers. As part of a new pilot program, it turns out that one of the most efficient methods of getting packages to doorsteps are good old-fashioned yellow taxis.
Dear Abby: Stepmother wants family taxi services to go out of business
This is a constant argument between my husband and me, and I don’t know what to do about it. I love my stepdaughters, but in my opinion, they are old enough to be more self-sufficient. Advice, please. — DESPERATE IN RENO.
