Uber pledged Wednesday to challenge a U.K. Court of Appeal decision that drivers should be classed as workers rather than self-employed employees, a verdict that has potentially wide-ranging implications for the rapidly growing ...
Business
Dec 19, 2018
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For his thesis, EPFL Ph.D. student Raphaël Lamotte studied rush-hour traffic congestion. He suggests implementing a system whereby commuters reserve time on a special traffic lane – like booking a seat on a flight – ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 10, 2018
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An EU project will deploy 10 new light electric vehicles in smart city Trikala to show citizens the benefits of driving three- and four-wheel electric vehicles in urban areas.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 6, 2018
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On one of the busiest traveling holidays of the year, drivers may be focusing on getting to grandma's house for Thanksgiving dinner, not on what smart car technologies are saving them in fuel costs. But in the first study ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 20, 2018
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Annually updated research from the Accessibility Observatory at the University of Minnesota estimates the impact of traffic congestion on access to jobs for the 50 largest (by population) metropolitan areas in the United ...
Social Sciences
Oct 25, 2018
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Uber will have to navigate around a new regulatory pothole in New York on an already bumpy road to its initial public offering of stock next year.
Business
Aug 9, 2018
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The Cupertino City Council on Tuesday night put the brakes on a controversial plan to impose an employee "head tax" on Apple and other businesses.
Business
Aug 2, 2018
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Voters in Google's Silicon Valley hometown will decide whether the search engine leader and other tech companies should help pay for the traffic congestion and other headaches resulting from mushrooming workforces.
Business
Jun 28, 2018
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New York is the latest city to contemplate congestion pricing as a way to deal with traffic problems. This strategy, which requires motorists to pay fees for driving into city centers during busy periods, is a rarity in urban ...
Environment
Feb 7, 2018
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Slavery and racism played their roles in planting beliefs about race and racial difference, but so did medicine, says the author of a new book.
Social Sciences
Feb 7, 2018
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