FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Estonian start-up Taxify is to go head to head with Uber [UBER.UL] in London’s highly competitive taxi-hailing market, and also has Paris in its sights. Taxify said it will launch services across London on Tuesday after signing up 3,000 private hire taxi drivers, who have been vetted to
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TAXIFY LAUNCHES IN LONDON ON THE 5TH OF SEPTEMBER
Taxify, Europe’s fastest-growing ride-sharing platform, launches tomorrow morning in London with thousands of drivers signed up to the platform and ready to accept rides anywhere in the Capital from 10.00am on Tuesday 5 September. Moov LogisticsNews gathered that to celebrate, Taxify has suspended any surge pricing and is offering a huge 50% discount to riders during
Lagos flags off reconstruction of 10-Lane Oshodi-Int’l Airport Road
Lagos State government on Monday flagged off the reconstruction of the Oshodi-International Airport Road, pledging to complete the project within the next 15 months. The project is specifically to include the reconstruction and expansion of the existing carriage to three-lane Expressway on both directions, construction of two-lane Service Road in both directions, construction
UN prescribes collective efforts in tackling road safety problems
Achieving success in the campaign against the of use of a phone while driving and drunk-driving, as well as the promotion of the use of crash helmets by motorcyclists, can only be achieved through the collective efforts of stakeholders. This call was made by the United Nations Secretary General’s Envoy
UK electric car plan could cause huge infrastructure costs efforts to steer clear of power shortages
....With the number of electric cars set to balloon ahead of the diesel ban, drivers must be persuaded to recharge them overnight to keep infrastructure costs down Britain must plough billions of pounds into new power plants, grid networks and electric vehicle charging points if it is to avoid local power shortages when a
Traveling To Europe? Prepare For ‘Devastating’ Delays And Missed Connections
Travellers passing through Europe have been advised by airports and various airlines, among them British Airways, EasyJet and Ryanair, to arrive at least three hours early to avoid chaos at passport control. The weekends have been especially difficult at hub airports as tourists returning from their summer holidays join the 1.7 million daily passengers
Nigeria’s junior oil minister predicts fall in pump price of petrol
Approximately 100 dogs airlifted out of Texas amid Harvey’s catastrophic flooding
Toyota Invests In Grab, Which Is Beating Uber In Southeast Asia
Add Toyota Motor (TM) to the list of investors in ride-hailing service Grab, the startup that is looking to knock out Uber in Southeast Asia. Grab (formerly known as GrabTaxi) is a technology company that offers a wide range of ride-hailing and logistics services through its app in Malaysia and neighbouring Southeast Asian nations such as Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand. As of
Uber officially welcomes Expedia’s Dara Khosrowshahi as CEO
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc officially welcomed its new Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi, who has led online travel business Expedia Inc for 12 years, in a note sent to employees of the world's biggest ride-services company late on Tuesday. The board had already selected Khosrowshahi as Uber's next CEO