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Super Dispatch streamlines daily operations for the trucking industry
In 2013 Bek Abdullayev began researching trucking culture by riding with truck drivers across the country. In hopes of building a business in the transportation space, Abdullayev started to learn about the trucker lifestyle, the equipment involved and how the industry operates. He also began to notice the mass amounts of paperwork that every driver…
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Bungii is your Uber for a quick pickup truck
In 2015 Ben Jackson was a business student at Kansas State University, when he ran into a problem. “I drove a ’99 Ford Ranger. It’s a tiny little vehicle I would hardly consider a truck,” said Jackson. He was inundated with requests from friends for he and his truck to help move things across town. Although he enjoyed…
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Quik Byke offers solar-powered electric bikes for the tourist crowd
Electric vehicle evangelist and Omaha resident Bill Moore thinks electric bikes have the power to change the world. Moore first got excited about electric vehicles in 1997 when he saw an ad for an electric bike in an issue of Businessweek. At the time, he was a web site designer at the dawn of the World…
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AMP’d Cycles wants to give bicycles the same safety features as cars
Bicycles are subject to many of the same rules of the road as cars but without the same protections. You can upgrade a bike with lights and mirrors, but many cars come equipped with things like backup cameras and collision avoidance systems. In 2013 there were an estimated 494,000 emergency department visits due to bicycle-related…
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After Techstars Mobility, Drive Spotter finds its place in the self-driving revolution
The transportation startup returned from Techstars Mobility with a fresh vision of their future. In June Drive Spotter announced their acceptance into the 2016 class at Techstars Mobility in Detroit, Michigan. The announcement followed the news earlier this year that they had raised $750,000 in their seed round, led by by Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance. Founded in 2015 by…
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How Ulytic solves urban traffic problems in real time
Several years ago, the Ulytic team met each other at a mobile app competition that Microsoft was hosting at the University of Missouri. Since then, the team has rolled out an app and a platform. They have been concentrating on their current platform Ulytic for the last year. How Ulytic works Ulytic is an urban…
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Meet Liberty, the Uber-like service built for rural America
Many rural residents across the U.S. rely on public transportation for medical appointments, shopping and other necessities. But distance and a limited number of providers can make this challenging. A startup in the NMotion Accelerator is changing that. Liberty, a spinoff from Integrated Global Dimensions (IGD), is filling the gap through an Uber-like application that…
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Drive Spotter joins Techstars Mobility in Detroit [Updated]
Transportation analytics startup Drive Spotter will join the 2016 class of Techstars Mobility in Detriot, Michigan. The announcement follows Drive Spotter’s close of a $750,000 seed round in March. Founded in the 2015, Drive Spotter offers a real-time video search engine for commerical fleet managers, vehicle manufacturers and insurance companies. According to their press release, their…
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Drive Spotter secures $750,000 in seed round
Video analytics startup Drive Spotter has announced the completion of a $750,000 seed round, led by Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance. Drive Spotter was founded in 2015 by Chris Augeri and Andrew Prystai. Their platform allows commercial fleet managers to query dash cams and telemetry to prevent accidents. The company is positioning itself to ultimately take advantage…
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What happened to Nightlife Transit?
Nightlife Transit (NT) is a late-night shuttle service that combines GPS, mobile applications and eco-friendly biofuels to keep drunk drivers off the road and increase alternative transportation. The Omaha-based startup hit the streets in June and was only in the market for about two months before getting tied up in litigation issues with local cab…