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A woman checks her phone while riding on the back of a motorbike.

This app is disrupting motorbike taxis in Bangkok. Some are disrupting right back.

Technology

On every major corner in Bangkok, there’s a motorbike taxi crew that will zip you to your destination by any means necessary. But their dominance is now threatened by an app called Grab.

A man holds a sign reading "Uber=Illega" over a woman's head

Protesters in Argentina say Uber is ‘illegal’ — but a bigger problem is unemployment

Two women founded Safe Drivers, a collective of women drivers, with two friends in 2017. The collective provides family and friends with a safe alternative to public transportation in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, the capital of Chiapas, Mexico.

Mexican women drivers’ collective aims to eliminate risks to drivers, passengers

Business
The horn usage meter called Oren, developed by Indian economist Jayraj Salgaonkar.

If you want to honk in India, you may have to pay

Technology
A woman hails a cab outside the Empire State Building in New York City.

Taxi sharing in NYC could be a godsend — but would New Yorkers go for it?

Technology
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A man attends an Europe-wide protest of licensed taxi drivers against ride hailing apps, like Uber, they fear will allow unregulated, private drivers into the market, in front of the Olympic stadium in Berlin, June 11, 2014.

Taxi drivers across Europe create gridlock over Uber app

Business, Economics and Jobs

Commuters faced traffic chaos in London, Berlin, Paris and Madrid Wednesday as taxi drivers staged protests against controversial US ride-sharing app Uber.

A man attends an Europe-wide protest of licensed taxi drivers against ride hailing apps, like Uber, they fear will allow unregulated, private drivers into the market, in front of the Olympic stadium in Berlin, June 11, 2014.

Taxi drivers across Europe create gridlock over Uber app

Business, Economics and Jobs

Commuters faced traffic chaos in London, Berlin, Paris and Madrid Wednesday as taxi drivers staged protests against controversial US ride-sharing app Uber.

Taxi-hailing apps offer unexpected benefit to minority riders

Environment

A group of taxi-hailing apps have taken off in cities with notoriously poor taxi services, but not in New York. Despite the slow start, minorities in New York have found unexpected success hailing cabs that may have previously driven by them out of fear and discrimination.

Environmental sensors in mobile phones

Business, Economics and Jobs

Imagine if in addition to making calls and snapping photos, cell phones could measure air pollution or pollen levels.

Immigrant Taxi Drivers Pay the Price for Corrupt Practices

Global Politics

The Boston Globe’s new series “Driven to the Edge” examines corruption in the taxi industry in Boston. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Globe reporter Marcella Bombardieri about the challenges facing immigrant cab drivers.

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