Getting a cab in Sydney is a hit and miss affair – both in finding a free cab and getting a driver who doesn’t treat Ray Hadley like the messiah. That’s why we use Taxi Pro to book cabs on the odd occasion we have to jump into a cab. More »
Why I take the subway: This is what NYC traffic congestion looks like, charted by the GPS units built into cabs. The real surprise is that average travel speeds remain a crushingly slow 7mph (11km/h), even when everybody’s at work. More »
On top of using the sensors in the roads to get the latest traffic information, the guys at SUNA are now monitoring Sydney taxis to get an even better look at how traffic is flowing. Although I hope they don’t pay too much attention at changeover time… More »
The NYC “Taxi and Limousine Commission,” which apparently is a real thing, is tossing around tech ideas including iPod docking, GPS, and blocking mobile phone calls in the front seat to shut up talkative drivers.
Why go out to the strip club when the strip club can come to you? That’s right, for $US300 an hour ($US200 each additional), you can rent out a rickshaw in NYC from the entrepreneurs at PoleRider. It is your all-inclusive mobile exotic dancing solution complete with a pole and tacky lights. Ahh…pole dancing. It’s everywhere you want to be. Thanks PoleRiders—by the way, do you need any extra rickshaw operators? [PoleRiders (slightly NSFW) via CraziestGadgets]
