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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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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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Satellite imagery analysis shows immense scale of dark fishing industry

TechCrunch

Satellite imagery and machine learning offer a new, far more detailed look at the maritime industry, specifically the number and activities of fishing and transport ships at sea. Turns out there are way more of them than publicly available data would suggest, a fact that policymakers should heed.

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CES 2024 or bust, Superpedestrian e-scooters hit the auction block and Fisker struggles to meet sales goals

TechCrunch

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Howdy readers and welcome back to The Station, your weekly newsletter on all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. I hope you enjoyed the New Year!

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Google’s Africa Investment Fund makes first investment in Uganda’s SafeBoda

TechCrunch

SafeBoda said the investment from Google’s Africa Investment Fund will help “drive its growth in Uganda and Nigeria, scaling its transportation-led app to offer new payment and financial services solutions for its expanding set of customers: passengers, drivers and merchants.”.