Hustle Newsletters | Transportation

Road painting is dangerous, but this robot can do it

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/20/25
The third-party apps Uber and Lyft are trying to kill

Singdhi Sokpo
Updated 7/27/25
Is Uber’s new ‘bus’ doing more harm than good?

Singdhi Sokpo
Updated 6/19/25
What will self-driving cars be like inside?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/12/25
How did Waymos become the ethical tech trend?

Sam Barsanti
Updated 3/27/25
The hum of a hundred helicopters

Sam Barsanti
Updated 3/24/25
C’mon and ride the train

Sam Barsanti
Updated 1/7/25
Meet the new Jag, nothing like the old Jag

Sam Barsanti
Updated 11/21/24
Should we walk or hail an air taxi?

Sam Barsanti
Updated 11/7/24
Travelers would pay more for better, beautiful bus stops

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 8/7/24
The ultra-wealthy’s private jets are under scrutiny

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 2/9/24
Federal traffic control updates are getting the green light

Sara Friedman
Updated 1/11/24
Electrified roads could be the tipping point for EV adoption

Sara Friedman
Updated 12/4/23
It’s not a great time to be GM’s Cruise

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 11/10/23
Tesla is struggling, and the outlook for improvement isn’t thrilling anyone either

Ben Berkley
Updated 10/24/23
If an auto industry exec tells you their job doesn’t suck, don’t believe them

Ben Berkley
Updated 9/13/23
Just because you can easily fly this new helicopter doesn’t mean you should

Ben Berkley
Updated 9/6/23
Where there’s smoke, there’s an autonomous vehicle blocking a fire

Ben Berkley
Updated 8/25/23
$750m reasons we’re getting ever closer to flying cars becoming a reality

Ben Berkley
Updated 8/8/23
Can’t Airbnb the house? How ’bout the car, its roof, its headrest, your parking spot…

Jacob Cohen
Updated 8/1/23
Your next driverless car trip may, aptly, be quite trippy

Ben Berkley
Updated 7/11/23
What’s Sergey Brin been up to? Look up and you’ll soon find out

Ben Berkley
Updated 6/13/23
NYC gets closer to its toll goals

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/13/23
Stretch limos are going, going, going, gone

Ben Berkley
Updated 5/4/23
A scooter company is… profitable?

Mark Dent
Updated 4/11/23
San Francisco has some thoughts on its robotaxi takeover

Jacob Cohen
Updated 4/11/23
Walmart is rolling out a new commute

Sara Friedman
Updated 4/11/23
Could airlines band together to ground unruly passengers?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 4/4/23
The e-bike industry is hot… No, literally

Jacob Cohen
Updated 3/7/23
Uber pulls ahead in the rideshare wars

Jacob Cohen
Updated 2/13/23
Fox crosses the goal line on Super Bowl ads

Jacob Cohen
Updated 2/10/23
How America’s pickups are changing

Jacob Cohen
Updated 2/2/23
Digits: FT-Ex, Prime Air, and more

Jacob Cohen
Updated 11/14/22
Young people want EVs… but their wallets don’t

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 11/14/22
What happened to Carvana?

Rob Litterst
Updated 11/8/22
Uber: Serving up rides, chow, and… ads

Jacob Cohen
Updated 10/20/22
The Hertz fleet is buzzing

Rob Litterst
Updated 9/26/22
Porsche plans to go public

Jacob Cohen
Updated 9/7/22
Digits: Solar sheep, a PornHub ban, and more

Jacob Cohen
Updated 9/6/22
The ups and downs of NYC’s taxi medallion

Rob Litterst
Updated 9/6/22
United Airlines just made a down payment on flying taxis

Jacob Cohen
Updated 8/11/22
Automakers are falling in love with subscriptions

Rob Litterst
Updated 7/14/22
Digits: Hummers, dog hotels, and $1T gift cards

Jacob Cohen
Updated 7/5/22
The news around gas prices, explained

Jacob Cohen
Updated 6/23/22
Is scooter-sharing back?

Rob Litterst
Updated 6/1/22
Funding is coming for green school buses

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 5/24/22
Luxury car washes, explained

Rob Litterst
Updated 4/27/22
The future of traffic lights

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 4/25/22
Flight execs are ready for mask mandates to end

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 4/13/22
To BEV or not to BEV, that is the question

Jacob Cohen
Updated 4/12/22
Digits: Sunken lambos, taxes, bad dates, and more

Jacob Cohen
Updated 4/11/22
Can Uber become a travel superapp?

Rob Litterst
Updated 4/7/22
What the heck is auto geofencing?

Mia Sullivan
Updated 4/5/22
Uber returned from the dead. What’s next?

Jacob Cohen
Updated 3/8/22
Uber’s latest feature: Your rating

Jacob Cohen
Updated 2/22/22
Digits: Super Bowl bonuses, wasabi, and used cars

Jacob Cohen
Updated 2/14/22
Do cars have a weight problem?

Jacob Cohen
Updated 2/10/22
Digits: EV ads, a close call, and a Staten Island ferry

Jacob Cohen
Updated 1/24/22
Ford’s EV progress pushes the carmaker past $100B

Trung T. Phan
Updated 1/14/22
Intel is spinning off its self-driving unit for $50B — why?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 12/9/21
Cities are still struggling to manage scooters (and the people who ride them)

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 11/23/21
What is universal basic mobility?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 11/15/21
How Rivian customers score on its IPO

Trung T. Phan
Updated 11/12/21
By the numbers: New York sand, slow chargers, and irritating $300m chipmunks

Jacob Cohen
Updated 11/8/21
Driverless trains may be the future of freight

Rob Litterst
Updated 10/13/21
RVs are flying off the shelves

Jacob Cohen
Updated 9/14/21
Digits: Amazon in the sky, billions of parking spots, and $135m jewels

Jacob Cohen
Updated 9/7/21
What’s the deal with electric school buses?

Jacob Cohen
Updated 9/2/21
Tesla’s autopilot technology is under the microscope

Rob Litterst
Updated 8/18/21
Lacuna’s digital twin technology is a game-changer for city transportation

Rob Litterst
Updated 7/27/21
AI is here for car appraisals (finally)

Trung T. Phan
Updated 6/18/21
So, are we getting flying cars or what?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/17/21
China’s Uber, DiDi, files its US IPO

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/16/21
Is the future of parking digital?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/8/21
7-Eleven is adding 500 new places to charge your car

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/3/21
Can a new bike turn around Harley-Davidson’s fortunes?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 6/2/21
Time to take jetpacks seriously? Just ask the British Royal Navy

Jacob Cohen
Updated 5/6/21
Hot lidar startup Luminar teams up with Airbus to make helicopters safer

Kolby Hatch
Updated 4/29/21
Helbiz is scootin’ onto the NASDAQ

Trung T. Phan
Updated 2/12/21
Apple has a plan to disrupt the $10T auto industry… that no one knows much about

Jacob Cohen
Updated 2/12/21
Can tech companies make bike commutes safer?

Michael Waters
Updated 11/24/20
The next frontier in Amazon’s empire

Trung T. Phan
Updated 11/12/20
This “toaster on wheels” is valued at $5B

Trung T. Phan
Updated 11/12/20
Buskreig Bop: German bus company Flixbus to take on Greyhound and Megabus in the US

Lindsey Quinn
Updated 9/23/20
Qatar pays to keep DC’s Metro running an hour later for the Capitals hockey game

Lindsey Quinn
Updated 9/23/20
GE sells off its rail unit for $11B as it looks to fund a revamp

Wes Schlagenhauf
Updated 9/23/20
Self-Driving Car Employees Are Worth About $10m… Each

The Hustle
Updated 9/21/20
Dyson is getting into the electric car game

Wes Schlagenhauf
Updated 9/21/20
JetSmarter wants to be the “Uber of private jets”

The Hustle
Updated 9/21/20
Uber wants employees to be “perf”

The Hustle
Updated 9/21/20
Tesla’s mind-blowing stock rally (and the EV landscape), explained

Trung T. Phan
Updated 8/22/20
The hottest thing in real estate is cold storage

Michael Waters
Updated 7/27/20
The big business of owning an international bridge

Michael Waters
Updated 7/16/20
Amazon’s latest acquisition could shake up the future of driverless vehicles

Caroline Dohack
Updated 6/29/20
Public transit is getting the Uber Pool treatment

Michael Waters
Updated 6/22/20
How Willie Franklin, a one-man entrepreneur, revamped marijuana packaging

Michael Waters
Updated 6/15/20
Amazon’s drone fleet is late to deliver

Michael Waters
Updated 6/10/20
What to expect as New York City begins to reopen

Nick DeSantis
Updated 6/8/20
The training wheels are off: Americans want to cycle to work now

Michael Waters
Updated 5/25/20
The car wax industry is losing its sheen

Michael Waters
Updated 5/25/20
Owning Elon Musk’s old phone number is a real headache

Michael Waters
Updated 5/25/20