Ground Transport

The tech, data and platform changes enabling the daily travel and transport innovations we're all benefiting from now. The mobility era is the era of digital intermediation offered through digital platforms.

National parks won't disappear from summer road trip itineraries any time soon but the type of routes being planned and other pit stops travelers are planning for this summer show the local discovery trend touches drive travel too.

We are entering a new mobility era with new players emerging and disrupting travel from the “last mile” up to domestic and regional travel. Mobility providers and aggregators are starting to disrupt the industry by conquering cities, one by one, and aggregating all mode of transportations using digital platforms.

This isn't a perfect bill for Amtrak, but at this point it's better than stalling its passage for years because of partisan gridlock.

One can expect more such ride-sharing retrenchments as on-demand car services flex their apps.

To take a bigger share of the business traveler market, Uber will need to make pricing more competitive and do more to counter the negative attention it's been receiving.

Can Uber patent it's most valuable asset: A stubborn refusal to listing to critics, regulators, or consumers?

The Bandwagon app's matching system is a smart way to reduce congestion and wait times without impacting current transportation infrastructure. If it's a success, we expect the service to expand quickly.

We expect continued airport rail terminal improvements in Europe, which is already accustomed to a convenient rail to air journey.

Rail travel vacations still have their appeal with travelers as they make the journey to a destination more unique and exciting, fully encapsulating what the travel experience is all about.