Zusammenarbeit gegen den "drohenden Untergang" der Taxis
Aus der Taxibranche gibt es viel Kritik am Geschäftsmodell von Uber. Trotzdem kooperiert in Stuttgart die Taxizentrale seit kurzem mit dem Unternehmen - eine in Deutschland bislang einmalige Zusammenarbeit. Von Tim Kukral.
Anyone living in #Austin might want to avoid a fleet of self-driving "robotaxis" from June... https://mindsconnected.tech/index.php?showtopic=977&view=getnewpost #selfdrivingcars #vehicles #transportation #taxis #Tesla #Musk #ElonMusk #Texas #USA #tech
Wusstet ihr das?
Ab 1.1.2025 werden in #Wien nur #Taxis zugelassen, die im Betrieb emissionsfrei sind. Derzeit fahren 220 der 8200 Wiener Taxis rein elektrisch.
Damit die Umstellung rascher vorangeht, steht von der Stadt Wien ein Fördertopf in Höhe von 6,4 Millionen zum Ankauf neuer E-Fahrzeuge zur Verfügung. Auch der Ausbau von Ladeinfrastruktur für Taxis soll forciert werden.
https://oekonews.at/wien-ab-2025-fahren-neue-taxis-in-der-stadt-nur-noch-elektrisch+2400+1223049
https://www.europesays.com/1887270/ Elon Musk Will Attend Trump’s Joint Address to Congress #AI #congress #DogeLeader #ElonMusk #house #JointAddress #JointSession #Musk #NewAnnouncement #president #senator #speech #tariff #taxis #TechSupport #trump
Gothamist: #nyc yellow cab trips up 19% in first month of #congestionpricing.
My eyes did not deceive me, as I previously posted that I seemed to be noticing far more occupied #taxis than usual.
https://gothamist.com/news/ailing-nyc-taxi-industry-sees-boost-in-business-after-congestion-pricing
CBS News: LA man nearly misses flight as self-driving Waymo taxi drives around parking lot in circles. “A Los Angeles man nearly missed his flight back home last week, all because he says the self-driving Waymo taxi he was using to get to the airport wouldn’t stop driving around a parking lot in circles.”
#LLRX @psuPete Recommends Weekly highlights on cyber security issues Jan 4 2025 https://www.llrx.com/2025/01/pete-recommends-weekly-highlights-on-cyber-security-issues-january-4-2025/ 5 highlights from this week: The biggest #cybersecurity and #cyberattack stories of 2024; It’s a Risk of Driverless #Taxis That May Come as a Surprise; #Apple to pay $95 million to settle #Siri #privacy lawsuit; #ios18 #Photos app sends data to Apple without your consent; and Modern #cars have sensors, cameras, GPS for location tracking, and more, all collecting data. #surveillance #healthcare
„Nach München und Berlin führt auch Frankfurt Festpreise für #Taxis von Mittwoch an ein. Aber auch eine Abrechnung über das Taxameter bleibt möglich.
Bei dessen Berechnung dürfen die Anbieter außer der zurückzulegenden Strecke auch das zum fraglichen Zeitpunkt erwartete Verkehrsaufkommen oder eine erhöhte Nachfrage berücksichtigen. Der so errechnete Preis darf aber höchstens vier Euro je Kilometer betragen.“
Viele PKW in den Städten: Teurer Stillstand, auch im Taxi.
From View From The Wing: "Uber's Dark Descent, How abandoning innovation hurt drivers and gouges riders [...] Uber has largely given up on its ambitions" sums up why I never really bought into to the ride-hail (rideshare) concept over traditional taxis.
South Africa’s first electric minibus taxi to hit the road in Cape Town
Christened the eKamva (kamva is the Xhosa word for future), the 15-seater battery-powered minibus is supported by a cluster of dedicated “taxi-rank adjacent” charging stations to support the taxi industry’s transition to electric mobility.
Coetze ...continues
See https://gadgeteer.co.za/south-africas-first-electric-minibus-taxi-to-hit-the-road-in-cape-town/
Also ich bin ja schon sehr verwundert wieviele verdeckte #Einsatzfahrzeuge, getarnte #Taxis und 5-Personen-#Linienbusse es in #Aachen anscheinend gibt, wenn ich jeden Tag am neuen Lenkungspunkt Karlsgraben mit dem #Fahrrad durchfahre.
Oder identifizieren die sich alle als Fahrrad? Hatte jeder Aachener schon eine #Sondergenehmigung im Briefkasten, nur ich nicht? So viele Fragen...
#mdrza #verkehrswende #fahrradbubble @fedibikes @mastobikes_de
Samuel Alito accepted concert tickets from conservative German aristocrat
#Samuel #Alito, the US supreme court justice, accepted $900 concert tickets from a Catholic German aristocrat known for her unabashed conservative views and ties to rightwing activists, his latest financial disclosure form reveals.
#Princess #Gloria #von #Thurn #und #Taxis reportedly gifted the tickets to Alito and his wife to allow them to attend the Regensburg castle festival,
an annual summer music extravaganza hosted at her 500-room castle in Bavaria.
The princess, a descendant of princes of the Holy Roman empire, is noted for ties with #Steve #Bannon, a key supporter and former aide of #Donald #Trump, and connections to figures in the Catholic hierarchy opposed to Pope Francis.
Her donation to Alito is set out in the justice’s annual financial disclosure report, which he filed late after requesting an extension.
The declaration follows a series of controversies over the ethics of supreme court justices amid revelations that some, including Alito himself and Justice #Clarence #Thomas, have accepted gifts from wealthy benefactors without disclosing on mandatory forms.
Alito has been at the centre of reports that he accepted a private jet free travel gift for a luxury salmon fishing trip from a conservative billionaire who had cases pending before the supreme court.
He previously met von Thurn und Taxis along with fellow justice #Brett #Kavanaugh when she visited the supreme court in 2019 along with #Cardinal #Gerhard #Ludwig #Müller, who was dismissed from his position as head of the Catholic’s church’s doctrinal body by Pope Francis, and #Brian #Brown, a leading anti-LGBTQ+ activist.
Von Thurn und Taxis’s palatial castle in Regensburg – the venue for the concert attended by Alito and his wife – has been mooted by Bannon as a potential venue for a 
European network of finishing schools for rightwing conservatives.
After her reinvention as a conservative Catholic activist, she drew criticism in 2001 after saying on a television talkshow that the high rate of Aids in Africa was due, not to a lack of safe sex, but because
“the Blacks like to copulate a lot”.
She later tried to amend her remarks, saying Africans had a lot of sex due to the continent’s hot climate.
Old money from Regensburg, with love for conservative, radical, evangelical politically biased courts and judges.
That's where YOUR money goes when you visit events at the Regensburg castle. Don't do it.
#thurn #taxis
(Links to Samuel #Alito's record in the comments)
#regensburg #nazis #Gloria #Trump #SCOTUS @r_digital https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/gloria-von-thurn-und-taxis-schenkte-richter-am-supreme-court-konzerttickets-fuer-900-dollar-a-e47d260f-abd2-4dff-84dd-301aa0e32c2e
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How to Avoid Taxi #Scams and #Uber / #Lyft overcharges during the #DNC...
* #SurgePricing can mean you could get charged far more than you expect for #RideShare transport. Check the rates on your phone app before getting in the car.
* #Taxis in #Chicago are regulated to charging you a flat rate. This can be cheaper than a RideShare. However, if the cab driver offers to take you without the meter running, insist they start the meter. Taxis running off-meter will overcharge you.
* Taxi drivers are not allowed to swipe your card on their phone. Swipe using the meter in the back seat only.
* You can use a taxi app called #Curb to order a taxi, if none is nearby to hail, but it does charge a small fee that you would not pay by hailing one.
* To be sure that you are getting in a genuine city cab, check for:
-- A license plate ending in "TX."
-- The cab hood should have a red sticker or a metallic medallion from the city.
Warning over Uber taxis licenced 100 miles away
Spot checks of over 200 private hire vehicles found all those with faults were out-of-area Ubers
Someone has set up a livestream of a Waymo robot car parking lot outside her apartment somewhere in San Francisco She added some mellow beats on top of it, and says that around 4am they tend to make a lot of noise beeping and booping and backing up etc.
What a beautiful future.
https://www.youtube.com/live/h53xlXu_6C4
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/11/24218134/waymo-parking-lot-livestream-honking-4am-san-francisco
@kaffeeringe
Der #Überholabstand erhöht sich signifikant, wenn man einen #Fahrradanhänger voller Dinge zum #Recyclinghof fährt oder ein #Fahrrad fährt, welches den Eindruck erweckt, es hinterließe Schrammen am heiligen Bleche, wenn man es umfährt.
Als sehr wahrscheinlich hilft es auch, wenn man links außen am Lenker, gut sichtbar, einen Backstein an einer Schnur baumeln lässt. 
Es hilft nur nix gegen weiße #Lieferwagen und #Taxis.
Artist: 
12/2024 - Title: "The Coming Of Lilith" (
by Daniele Guadalupi) - 
#POCG 
