U<\/span>ber<\/strong> is officially a multi-modal transportation platform. On the heels of its\u00a0acquisition of bike-share startup JUMP<\/a>, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi today announced\u00a0Uber Bike<\/a>\u2018s expansion into Washington D.C., along with two key partnerships in car rentals and public transit.<\/p>\n

The first is with instant car-booking service\u00a0Getaround,\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0which\u00a0launched at TechCrunch Disrupt NY in 2011<\/a>\u00a0to enable car owners to rent their vehicles to neighbors, tourists and other people within their city.<\/p>\n

Dubbed Uber Rent, the platform taps into Getaround\u2019s existing marketplace of cars that are available for instant rentals. Uber Rent, which will launch in San Francisco later this month, lets people book Getaround cars directly from the Uber app. Once Uber feels solid about the product market fit, it will expand the program nationally.<\/p>\n

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On the public transit front, Uber has partnered with\u00a0Masabi,\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0a mobile ticketing platform for public transit.\u00a0Masabi handles ticketing<\/a>\u00a0for 30 transportation agencies worldwide, including Los Angeles\u2019 Metrolink, New York\u2019s MTA, London\u2019s Thames Clippers and Boston\u2019s MBTA. The idea is that as people will be able to to book and use transit tickets from within the Uber app.<\/p>\n

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Whether you\u2019re using mass transit for you\u2019re morning commute, taking an e-bike for a mid-day meeting, using Pool to take a ride home or renting a car for the weekend,\u201d Khosrowshahi said at the press event in D.C. today, \u201cwe want Uber to be there with you and we want to partner with cities to be part of our solution moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under the leadership of Khosrowshahi, Uber also seems to moving into an era where the company works with governments, instead of in spite of them. Given the amount of data Uber will collect as a result of offering multiple ways of getting around town, the company plans to work with Washington D.C.\u2019s departments of transportation and Department of For-Fire vehicles, as well as SharedStreets,\u00a0a non-profit driven project<\/a>\u00a0that aims to facilitate data sharing around transportation in cities.<\/p>\n

The plan, according to Khosrowshahi, is to launch a pilot to share data on curb usage across all modes of transportation. Down the road, Uber plans to build on its learnings to support data partnerships in other cities using the SharedStreets data standards.<\/p>\n

This is quite the 180 for Uber. Before the days of Khosrowshahi, Uber was\u00a0reluctant<\/a>\u00a0to share data with cities. Now, Uber is also expanding Movement,\u00a0a platform that anonymizes and aggregates Uber data<\/a>\u00a0to map travel times, to 12 new cities across five continents. The intent is to help urban planners, local leaders and civic communities make more informed decisions.<\/p>\n

Just so we\u2019re all on the same page, Uber now offers or intends to offer the following types of transportation services:<\/p>\n

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• Ride-hailing (with and without human drivers)<\/li>\n
• Rental cars<\/li>\n
• Public transit<\/li>\n
• Bike-sharing<\/li>\n
• Flying \u201ccars\u201d (VTOLs\/UberAIR)<\/li>\n
• Trucks (Freight and self-driving trucks)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  Oh, and Khosrowshahi\u00a0mentioned to me<\/a>\u00a0the other day that he has his eyes on electric scooters. My bet is that it\u2019s just a matter of time before we see Uber Scooter.<\/p>\n

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