Ground Transport

When drivers for SideCar get busted in Austin, they'll be the ones stuck with the fines, not the VC-backed startup. How's that for sharing?

Ford could be manufacturing the start of some stiff competition for companies such as ZipCar, Hertz and other car-sharing startups. Ford and other car companies presumably would have a cost advantage in producing a fleet, but that's only the beginning of the challenge.

This could be a very valuable service for any company that can really accomplish its goals. With ground transportation, in particular, being so fragmented, $4 million can lay the groundwork, but GoEuro will have to be in it for the long haul.

The strip would be stripped of these cabs if the strike goes through, with tourists using them having to find alternative ways in a very busy season.

When your product smells like old flip flops and stale french fries and your promised internet connection and power outlets don't work, you do tend to perform lower than your parent company would like.

It won't be hard to say goodbye to this Dick Tracy-inspired monstrosity that had blind spots that were even more frightening than the car's exterior design.

The map's original designer was one of the first to realize that transit maps need to tell a different story than other maps and made choices that others have copied for eight decades.

The early adopters in tours and activities could be too early, and to paraphrase a baseball scholar: It is going to get late early for a lot of the startups.

Amtrak is need of a rebranding as badly as the U.S. is need of high-speed rail, but the two will likely come in tandem and when they do, have the potential to significantly shake up the way we choose to travel.

Despite its size, Estonia has pushed hard to be perceived as one of the more forward-thinking nations and this latest feat only improves the country's position far ahead of most rivals.