David Zipper April 19, 2025 2024, The Verge Surge pricing, the scourge of ridehailing, is evolving for the robotaxi era David Zipper April 19, 2025 2024, The Verge Robotaxi surge pricing is not like ridehail surge pricing
David Zipper March 19, 2024 2024, Slate TikTok Is Taking a Page From the Uber Playbook David Zipper March 19, 2024 2024, Slate How Uber inspired TikTok’s lobbying strategy.
David Zipper November 15, 2023 2023, The Verge Uber failed to help cities go green — will robotaxis, too? David Zipper November 15, 2023 2023, The Verge Like ridehail, robotaxis are more likely to damage the environment than repair it.
David Zipper August 15, 2023 2023, CityLab How Bad Has Ride-Hailing Been for Cities? David Zipper August 15, 2023 2023, CityLab Critics say Uber has been a disaster for cities. Is that fair?
David Zipper March 18, 2021 2021, CityLab Can Shared Mobility Survive the Pandemic? David Zipper March 18, 2021 2021, CityLab People don't like sharing "luxury" transportation services with strangers. That's been the case with ridehail, and it's likely to be true for autonomous vehicles as well.
David Zipper January 26, 2021 2021, CityLab Can Uber Help Save Public Transit? David Zipper January 26, 2021 2021, CityLab Can Uber's growing Transit division help public transportation agencies rebound from COVID stronger than ever?
David Zipper August 5, 2020 2020, CityLab The Problem With Mobility-as-a-Service David Zipper August 5, 2020 2020, CityLab Mobility-as-a-Service attracts a lot of hype, but can companies pursuing it actually make money?
David Zipper December 19, 2019 2019, CityLab Did Uber Enable Discrimination by Destination? David Zipper December 19, 2019 2019, CityLab A small update in Uber's driver app could limit mobility for certain users.
David Zipper October 8, 2019 2019, CityLab Walled Gardens vs Open Mobility: The Battle Begins David Zipper October 8, 2019 2019, CityLab Lyft and Transit app are in a fight over New York's CitiBike, with grave implications.
David Zipper May 19, 2019 2019, Pacific Standard, Other How Cities Can Ensure Fair, Affordable Transit Amid A Glut Of Emerging Transportation Technologies (With David A. King) David Zipper May 19, 2019 2019, Pacific Standard, Other How cities can manage streets in an era of rapidly-changing technology.
David Zipper May 17, 2019 2019, CityLab The California Legislature Is Getting Played By Micromobility Companies David Zipper May 17, 2019 2019, CityLab Why Uber is trying to preempt local authority to regulate e-scooters.
David Zipper April 2, 2019 2019, Slate Cities Can See Where You’re Taking That Scooter David Zipper April 2, 2019 2019, Slate Investigating the Mobility Data Specification, a controversial new way to monitor urban transportation.
David Zipper February 4, 2019 2019, Slate What It’s Like Living In A City Without Uber Or Lyft? Ask Vancouver. David Zipper February 4, 2019 2019, Slate Vancouver is the last major North American city without ride hail. It's doing just fine.
David Zipper January 25, 2019 2019, CityLab Uber Rewards Is A Bad Deal For Cities Concerned About Congestion David Zipper January 25, 2019 2019, CityLab Is Uber's new rewards program discouraging riders from sharing trips?
David Zipper November 30, 2018 2018, CityLab Bikeshare, Scooters, Cars, Trains, Bridges: One Agency To Rule Them All David Zipper November 30, 2018 2018, CityLab Letting one agency oversee all urban modes would improve city transportation decisions.
David Zipper November 2, 2018 2018, Fast Company Why Uber And Lyft Want To Create Walled Gardens–and Why It’s Bad For Urban Mobility David Zipper November 2, 2018 2018, Fast Company Uber and Lyft want to be "the Amazon of urban mobility." Watch out.
David Zipper January 7, 2018 2018, CityLab Who Owns Urban Mobility Data? David Zipper January 7, 2018 2018, CityLab On the growing arguments about whether local government should manage mobility data.
David Zipper July 2, 2017 2017, CityLab Private Mobility Services Need To Share Their Data. Here's How. David Zipper July 2, 2017 2017, CityLab Why Uber and Lyft should share their trip data with public authorities.
