Wilshire Transportation

05/26/2026

04/29/2026

𝗗𝗼𝗱𝗮𝗶 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 $𝟭𝟯 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘-𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗮

Dodai raised $13 million to scale its electric motorbike fleet and battery-swapping network.

The Series A round blends $8 million in equity with $5 million in debt, attracting a mix of international backers, including British International Investment, alongside investors such as the Value Chain Innovation Fund, UTokyo Innovation Platform, Nagase & Co., Persistent ACV Fund, For Seasons, CBC Co., and Inclusion Japan.

The Addis Ababa-based company has already rolled out more than 2,000 locally assembled bikes. Dodai aims to grow its footprint to 3,000 active users and 30 swapping stations within a year.

Over the longer term, the company is targeting 30,000 users and 1,000 stations in the capital, with plans to expand into other African cities, including Abidjan, Kinshasa, and Accra.

04/24/2026

03/31/2026

Agreement with Blacklane reinforces Uber’s continued investment in premium travel and marks the next phase in Blacklane’s growth story Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) and Blacklane today announced an agreement for Uber to acquire Blacklane, as Uber continues its expansion into luxury and ex...

03/25/2026

L.A. is one step closer to seeing speed cameras installed throughout the city. The Los Angeles City Council today unanimously adopted two reports from the Department of Transportation, which decided where those cameras will go.

A 2023 state law allows some cities, like Los Angeles, to pilot cameras that detect speeding drivers and help generate citations. L.A. is authorized to install these cameras in 125 locations.

Find out where at the link in the comments.

✍️ Destiny Torres
📸 LADOT

01/27/2026

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill, once said: "I took taxi one day to the BBC office for an interview.
When I arrived, I asked the driver to wait for me for forty minutes until I got back, but the driver apologized and said, "I can't, because I have to go home to listen to Winston Churchill's speech".
I was amazed and delighted with the man's desire to listen to my speech! So I took out ten pounds and gave it to the taxi driver without telling him who I was. When the driver collected the money, he said: "I'll wait for hours until you come back sir! And let Churchill go to hell !".
You can see how principles have been modified against money; nations sold for money; honour for money; families split for money; friends separated for money; people killed for money; and people being made slaves to money.

09/25/2025

07/07/2025

The blue Bus

06/09/2025