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The e-hail concept is facing heated opposition from taxi drivers who say they’re being cheated out of fares and city officials worried about regulations and safety. So what’s the big deal? We test drive one such app - Uber - in San Francisco.

Russia is ranked 143 out of 183 countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index. Not a great result. But a new mobile app is trying to do something about that by allowing users to anonymously report bribes they have had to pay. More in our latest post. 

London’s popular cycle hire scheme means docks can often be empty. But there’s an app that can help you with that.

英國倫敦單車租賃方案頗受歡迎，故租借處常無車可用，不過有項手機應用程式能避免這個窘境。

The London Underground can be complicated to use and the map is geographically inaccurate. These 2 apps get around those problems.

英國倫敦地鐵使用有時很複雜，地圖也無法如實反映地理位置，不過有兩種手機應用程式可克服這些問題。

Don’t want to see your London bus fly by? There’s an app for that. And we’ve shared 4 of our favourites.

各位是否不想再錯過公車？英國倫敦有相關手機應用程式，喔不，其實有好幾個。

Want a healthy and sustainable urban lifestyle? These 5 apps could help.

想追求健康永續的都會生活嗎？五項應用程式都能幫忙。

Our post last week featured 5 apps for a healthy and sustainable urban lifestyle. What apps do you use to interact with your city?

我們上星期刊登文章，介紹五種有助健康及永續都市生活的應用程式，各位與城市互動時，使用哪些應用程式？

Maps in watercolor. // 水彩地圖。

An app to explore and experience cities in a different way.

藉由手機應用程式，以另一種方式探索與體驗城市。

Indoor Google Map help you navigate in 18 airports in the United States and subway stations in Japan. 

Google室內地圖幫你暢行美國18座機場及日本地鐵站。

Mark Noad redesigns London Tubemap, reflecting accessibility, journey time, and walking links. He also offers an iPhone app.

Mark Noad重新設計英國倫敦地鐵圖，標明無障礙設施車站、車行間距、步行通路等，另提供iPhone應用程式

(found via Co.Design)

A new smartphone app that helps you separate work and personal life on one phone, IF YOU WANT TO.

新的手機應用程式，幫助各位在同一部手機上切割工作與個人生活（不過前提是你想切割…）。

Open data + innovative app developers = better public transport

zhthisbigcity:

想像一下，大眾運輸資訊只需彈指即可得，這就是美國波特蘭的TriMet系統，將班次、路線等資料完全公布於網路上自由取用，這幾年以來，人們已因此開發出數十種App應用程式，一切都是為了讓民眾轉乘更輕鬆、更方便。

還有一點值得讚美，TriMet網站除英文版，還備有西班牙文、越南文、中文、俄文、韓文資訊。