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Sydney Travel Gets Classy As Uber Launches In Australia
There are a swathe of apps you can use around the country to order a cab to wherever you want to go. The problem with those is that once you get in, it’s still the same, old taxi experience. Transport start-up, Uber, launched the US last year, and the concept is perfect: order a private, luxury car to where you are via an app, relax on your journey, and get out knowing that the journey has already been charged to your credit card. Sounds awesome, right? Well the good news here is that Uber has just opened for business in Australia.
Video: SkyTrains In Sydney North West Rail Plans
First high-speed rail, now sky trains! Well, sort of. Expanded plans for Sydney’s $8 billion rail link from Epping to the North West now include a 4km elevated section at Bella Vista. Pylons will run alongside Windsor Road to Rouse Hill, and though they won’t go over homes, the track will reportedly be close to some back yards.
Android Appalooza Travel: Tripview
Tripview gives you an easy way to work out if you should run to the train station to get that train, or simply wait in the pub another fifteen minutes.
Ryno Bike: Half Segway, Half Unicycle
I still can’t quite decide whether this single wheeled electric Ryno bike is cool, or stupidly dangerous. Then again, I can’t ride a unicycle, so what hope would I have on what amounts to an electric unicycle?
Shanghai’s Maglev Train: Astonishingly Fast
Maglev vehicles are undeniably cool. I’d assumed that Gizmodo would already have a writeup of Shanghai’s expensive but slightly pointless Maglev airport train, but I was wrong. So while I was in Shanghai last week, I took a little train trip.
The EuroPallet Turns 50 Today
