The Ride
Reviews of getting to your destination from airplanes and airports to trains and train stations.
San Francisco’s Public Transit System Goes High Tech
It’s about time! Technology is finally reaching the public sector: transportation, in the technology capital of the world. San Franciscans and visitors will get around the City by the Bay using their smartphones with the new MuniMobile.
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Women are ‘Born to be Wild’
In August, when the Highway Runaways roared into San Francisco on their Harley’s from Brooklyn, I suddenly started to think about Scarlett, our Ninja 500R Kawasaki, in the garage and hitting the road down the coast or up to wine country with Super G as her “back seat Betty.”
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More Turbulence Heading Toward United Airlines as Flight Attendants Take Action
United Airlines is about to experience turbulence yet again with a system-wide Day of Action on July 16th.
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) has called for the Day of Action in support of negotiations for a fair contract as the major United States airline company reports record profits this Thursday.
The airline has failed to reach a unified labor contract with its 24,000 flight attendants or complete its merger with Continental, which have been happening simultaneously since 2010, reports eTurbo News. Union contracts were supposed to be completed by the end of 2011.
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It’s Not Worth Paying Less with Payless Car Rental
If you want to maintain your sanity, have a sense of peace of mind or security, or simply to keep your relationship intact, avoid Payless Car Rental. In spite of it being dirt cheap, you “get what you pay for” which amounted to difficulty contacting the company in the first place, no communication, and agents who simply don’t care about the customer.
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Delta Air Lines Gets Employee Domestic Partner Benefits in Line for Tax Season
Just in time for filing taxes, Delta Air Lines takes over tax burdens of its LGBT employees’ married or in registered domestic partnerships health benefits package.
The new policy effective immediately is retroactive to January 1 of this year, according to an April 2 news release from the Atlanta-based Delta.
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Thanksgiving Opening for New ‘BART to OAK’ International Airport Connection
San Francisco Bay Area travelers will have a reason to rejoice and give thanks as the Bay Area Rapid Transit is set to open its latest airport connection to Oakland International Airport.
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Uber Called Out By California And AGTA
The battle between traditional transportation and young new upstarts, such as Lyft and Uber, in cities has headed to the airport and it’s no vacation.
Yesterday, July 10, Transportation Network Companies, better known as Lyft, Uber and its siblings, were given a stern warning by the Airport Ground Transportation Association. The warning follows the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California’s warning and threat to revoke UberX’s, whose parent company is Raiser, permit to operate in the state.
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Sea-Tac Minimum Wage Does Not Apply to Seattle Airport Workers
King County Superior Court Judge Andrea Darvas ruled that the city of SeaTac does not have the authority to set workplace rules within Seattle-Tacoma International Airport because the aviation hub is owned by the Port of Seattle, a separate government entity.
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The Break Up is Final: United Airlines and US Airways are No Longer
The split between United Airlines’s Star Alliance and US Airways was announced by United in a press release today, Dec. 9. As of March 30, 2014 the end of a rocky relationship will be final and US Airways will be able to know, “Why you fly” starting March 31, 2014.
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Southwest Airlines Drops Three Cities from its Route
Southwest Airlines will stop flying out of three airports: Branson Airport (BKG), Key West International Airport (EYW), and Jackson-Evers International Airport (JAN) starting June 7, 2014, announced the airline Dec. 5.
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Amtrak Rides the Rainbow Rails
American railways just became more diverse reflecting the diversity of the U.S. at least on Amtrak’s website with the launch of three microsites that chronicles the stories of its Black, bilingual English-Spanish speaking, and gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender riders.
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United Airlines Named Top Company for LGBT Equality
United Airlines was named one of the “Top Companies for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality” for 2013 by Work Life Matters magazine at an awards gala in New York City on the evening of Oct. 24.
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