Sustainable transport
Hyperloop Or Hyperbole? Musk Promises NY-DC Run In 29 Mins
US entrepreneur Elon Musk said Thursday he'd received tentative approval from the government to build a conceptual...
Hyperloop Startup Moves Closer To Near-Supersonic Rail
US startup Hyperloop One on Wednesday announced the first successful full-systems test of its near-supersonic rail...
Uber Releases Sharing Guidelines For African Countries
The ride-sharing service, Uber, has released updated community guidelines for seven countries in Africa, including...
France Plans Ban On Petrol Cars By 2040
France is set to ban the sale of any car that uses petrol or diesel fuel by 2040, in what the ecology minister called a...
Aayalolo Making Losses After 8 Months of Operation
Managers of the Quality Bus System (QBS) in Accra, have revealed that the programme is still operating at a loss, about...
Aayalolo Making Losses After 8 Months of Operation
Managers of the Quality Bus System (QBS) in Accra, have revealed that the programme is still operating at a loss, about...
STC Eyes ‘Aayalolo’ Buses To Bolster Fleet
The State Transport Company is looking to acquire some buses idling under the Quality Bus System (QBS) system,...
Waymo Teams With Avis To Keep Self-Driving Cars Going
US car rental giant Avis Budget on Monday announced it will team up with Waymo on the self-driving cars being tested on...
Lyft To Bring Autonomous Rides To Boston With Partnership
Uber rival Lyft said Tuesday it would begin testing autonomous ridesharing in Boston under a partnership with the...
Lyft Partners With Alphabet’s Waymo To Launch Self-Driving Cars
Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Google parent Alphabet, has reached an agreement with ridesharer Lyft to test...
Lyft, Waymo To Cooperate On Self-Driving Cars
Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Google parent Alphabet, has reached an agreement with ridesharer Lyft to test...
Bike-Sharing Launched In Congested Beirut
Lebanon launched a bike-sharing programme in its capital Beirut on Sunday, hoping to cut down on the congested city's...
Free Rides Offered By Alphabet’s Waymo Autonomous Cars
Alphabet's self-driving car unit Waymo is offering free rides to residents in Arizona as part of its testing of...
Cycling To Work Can Cut Cancer and Heart Disease, Says Study
Want to live longer? Reduce your risk of cancer? And heart disease? Then cycle to work, say scientists. The biggest...
Cycling Can Cut Cancer, Heart Disease, Says Study
Want to live longer? Reduce your risk of cancer? And heart disease? Then cycle to work, say scientists. The biggest...
Automakers See Promise In China Car-Sharing
Unable to afford a car, Shanghai university student Long Yi faces a lengthy, expensive commute across his vast city but...
Uber Reboots In Taiwan With Scaled-Back Ride-Hailing Service
Uber relaunched in Taiwan with a limited version of its ride-hailing service Thursday, as the scandal-hit firm...
Double-Decker Tram Overturns In Central Hong Kong Leaving 14 Injured
Surveillance footage has emerged showing the heart-stopping moment when a double-decker tram toppled over in central...
Driver Arrested After HK Tram Flips Over, Injuring 14
The driver of a double-decker tram that tipped over in Hong Kong injuring 14 people was arrested Thursday on suspicion...