It sends texts with last-minute requests for extra shifts and won’t consider requests for a raise. Yes, the software that manages drivers for Uber has a few things in common with unpopular human bosses.
Researchers say the company’s automated management system, and that of its competitor Lyft, creates new dynamics between workers and their paymasters that should be scrutinized. A paper presented last week by Data & Society, a nonprofit research institute in New York City, recounts ways that Uber’s system steers its drivers’ behavior and suggests that regulators may need to consider them.
Tras casi un año de suspensión en España, Uber ha cambiado de estrategia y busca la profesionalización de sus conductores para lograr encajar dentro de la legislación española, al tiempo que se ha ofrecido a negociar con las administraciones públicas.
En concreto, la compañía ha lanzado un manifiesto en el que propone "crear una regulación única, en la que no existan limitaciones en el acceso a la actividad y que se base en una serie de principios que podría adaptarse con éxito al contexto español" al tiempo que podría "ayudar a mejorar la movilidad en las ciudades e incrementar el empleo en el corto plazo".
To reach carbon-neutrality and zero local emissions, deployment of electric powertrains is required. Seeking alternatives to diesel buses is crucial for realising the emissions reduction agenda as they are hazardous to the environment: A EURO VI diesel bus emits approximately 120 kg of CO2 per 100 km. They cause local air and noise pollution as well as vibrations that are harmful to health and impact the quality of living in our cities. Whereas significant improvements have been reached with the introduction of the EURO VI standard, further emissions reduction potential is limited.
EU plans to digitise transport infrastructure to vehicle communication aim at a broad transformation of road, rail, air and maritime transit. But disagreement over data sharing is keeping the commercial shipping industry from warming up to the European Commission's ambitions for the emerging technology. The European Commission wants to step up intelligent transport systems (ITS) around the EU, essentially adding digital communication between vehicles and public authorities, as well as from vehicle to vehicle, in order to improve information sharing on traffic and vehicle conditions.
In the UK, every year, around 19,000 cyclists are killed or injured in road accidents. We have already seen innovative safety wearables such as the Skull Cap and Hovding looking to reduce this figure — acting as alternative headgear that could encourage more riders to protect themselves. Now, multinational car manufacturer Volvo is doing its bit too, with Volvo LifePaint — a highly reflective temporary spray which is invisible in the daytime but becomes illuminous at night, by reflecting the light from headlights.
Trucker Path is a mobile app that helps truckers find truck stops, parking spots, rest areas, scales, DOT weigh stations, truck washes and more. At first, this may sound pretty banal, but the company has bigger plans that go far beyond these kinds of map-centric tools. To do so (and to enter the growing Chinese market) Trucker Path has raised $1.5 million from Chinese holding company and social network Renren.
L'entreprise Siemens a récemment développé un système de voie de circulation entièrement électrique. Baptisé "eHighway", le système nécessite le déploiement de caténaires pour alimenter des camions électriques sur des itinéraires autoroutiers très fréquentés. Les camions sont alors alimentés de la même manière qu'un omnibus.
Anyone who’s driven around Boston quickly confronts its twisting, colliding, narrow streets, an unapologetically old-world system that somehow embodies the city’s charmingly abrasive style. How people got around before GPS, I’ll never know.
Transportation startup Bridj is hoping to tap into this generation’s biggest technology platform—mobile smartphone networks—to make commutes in the region a bit easier.
Eltis facilita el intercambio de información, conocimientos y experiencias en el ámbito de la movilidad urbana sostenible en Europa. Está dirigido a cuantos individuos trabajen en el área del transporte y en otras relacionados, como el desarrollo urbano y regional, la salud, la energía y las ciencias medioambientales. Creado hace más de 10 años, Eltis se ha convertido ya en el principal observatorio europeo sobre la movilidad urbana. Su financiación corre a cargo de la Unión Europea en el marco del programa Energía Inteligente – Europa (EIE).
El evento, que contará con intervenciones sobre áreas de gran actualidad como los biocarburantes, el vehículo eléctrico o el mercado del gas natural, también incluirá ponencias sobre tecnologías como la transformación de vehículos, la propulsión por gas o el hidrógeno como combustible.
