Ground Transport

This is the first subway takeover ever created by the Scottsdale tourism board, but the high visibility of such a campaign could more than cover the costs it took to position itself at the busiest intersection in New York.

Deem Ground doesn't represent your arriving car's location by a red pin on a map, but it is still an improvement over merely using your phone -- the voice-calling part -- or a website to book or change your transportation. Nothing moves fast in managed business travel, but this looks like a step forward.

Rental car companies admit prices are increasing, mostly due to heavier city taxes, but the flexibility and independence they afford travelers continues to drive business despite higher costs.

Offering a creative spin on the standard transportation gives high-end hotels an opportunity to differentiate themselves from the competition and introduce their brands before guests even arrive.

Unlike its more high-profile competitor Uber, Hailo has taken a totally opposite tack that involves getting locals on board before it bulldozes into a new market. Fingers crossed this nice-guys-finish-first model wins.

Statistics are one of the only ways we can really comprehend the masses of New Yorkers and visitors that have buzzed around the terminal day in and day out for the past 100 years.

Google's effort to get hard-to-reach places such as trails in the Grand Canyon into Google Maps is a beautiful thing.

Uber is so used to being the edgy antagonist that they may not know what to do with themselves now that California has made them semi-legit. Fingers crossed CEO Travis Kalanick will turn his aggression to building a better Uber rather than towards some poor neighborhood barista.

Regulators are in the process of creating laws that address Lyft and the other ride-sharing startups, which will either give them the validity to blossom or clamp down on their nascent growth.

Singapore is lucky to be elected the first Asian country to be bestowed with the gift of Uber, or so its founder Travis Kalanick will say when it undoubtedly runs into its first regulatory debacle.