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La digitalización de la tarjeta de transporte público de Madrid, una realidad

CIO

Cualquier madrileño que se precie ha deseado alguna vez poder deshacerse de la tarjeta física de transporte público para evitar cargar sus bolsillos y acceder a la red del suburbano empleando su dispositivo móvil. En concreto, el Gobierno autonómico ha dado un paso adelante y ha lanzado una nueva app bautizada como Tarjeta Transporte Virtual.

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Pakistan-based BusCaro is providing safer transportation options, especially for women

TechCrunch

When Maha Shazhad was 19, she was force to drop out of university in Pakistan because she couldn’t find safe and reliable transportation. Shazhad explained to TechCrunch that 85% of working women in the country have faced sexual harassment at least once on public transport. All rights reserved.

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Sweden sides with Tesla, says transport agency must deliver plates or pay up

TechCrunch

A Swedish court ruled Monday that the country’s transport authority has to get Tesla its license plates, which are being blocked by striking postal workers, or pay up, the Aftonbladet newspaper reported. Tesla won a small battle against Swedish union workers fighting for collective bargaining rights, but the war will continue.

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Bolt raises $709M at an $8.4B valuation to expand its transportation and food delivery super app

TechCrunch

” He added that Bolt is working on partnering with more city governments to build out its services as part of their updated transportation strategies. . “The new trend of last year is that private cars are a bad thing and increasingly people want to use other forms of mobility.”

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Finding purpose at the intersection of tech and transport

CIO

Transport for New South Wales was first established in 2011, and since then, the culture of putting customers and communities at the center of everything, and partnering with operational agencies, private operators, and industry to deliver passenger focus services and projects, has been a constant.

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The Exploration Company Raises $160M As It Looks To Compete With SpaceX

Crunchbase News

That would make it a competitor to SpaceX and a few other companies specializing in such transport. Just last week, ​​Cedar Park, Texas-based Firefly Aerospace , a space transportation startup, raised a $175 million Series D led by RPM Ventures at a valuation of more than $2 billion. So far in 2024, space startups have raised $7.7

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Securing DOT Infrastructure

Palo Alto Networks

Resilient Solutions for Smarter Transportation As your city adopts Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to enhance mobility and safety, securing these interconnected networks is more critical than ever. Elevate your security strategy today to protect the future of transportation.