Ojo wants to be the electric scooter for commuters, but it’s not there yet

Published August 23, 2017

Commuting in a busy city like San Francisco can be annoying — between all the cars, bikes, Boosted Boards and other electric gizmos zipping and weaving through lanes. The Ojo Electric scooter, while it might help with your personal traffic woes, won’t do much to help reduce the overall annoyance commuters experience. Read More

Scoop gets Bay Area cities to pick up the tab for carpooling to alleviate traffic jams

Published October 4, 2016

In a June 28, 2011 photo, a Toyota Prius hybrid auto bearing a California DMV decal on its left front bumper are seen in carpool lanes on Interstate 405 in Los Angeles. The program that allowed single occupants of hybrids to use carpool lanes expires at the end of June. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) A startup that matches riders with drivers for paid and pre-scheduled carpooling, Scoop, has inked a deal with two big towns in the increasingly congested commuter hubs in the San Francisco Bay Area, Foster City and San Mateo. With this deal, each city is subsidizing carpoolers’ rides so that passengers only have to pay $2 each way, and will ostensibly refrain from driving solo or… Read More