Johana Bhuiyan
Senior Editor, Transportation
Johana Bhuiyan is a New York-based reporter who covers the future of transportation, the companies that are leading that charge, as well as those that are left behind. She has been writing about the future of transportation since 2014, most recently for BuzzFeed News. Before that, she was a media reporter covering the business of digital media companies at Politico New York.
Johana, a born and bred New Yorker, attended Lehigh University, where she studied journalism as well as global and religion studies. For three semesters, she served on the editorial board of Lehigh’s twice-weekly publication, The Brown and White. Shortly after graduating with a B.A. in journalism in 2013, Johana interned at the World Policy Institute’s flagship publication, The World Policy Journal.
Ethics Statement
Here’s a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It’s more than most of you are likely to want to know, but in the age of suspicion of the media, I’m laying it all out. (Also, it’s good to be a skeptical reader.)
I have investments in a 401K and an IRA, both of which are managed as typical blind trusts over which I make no investment decisions. I’m not directly invested in any technology or media funds.
I don’t accept any gifts from the companies I edit or write about, nor do I accept paid consulting work from such companies or industry groups. Inevitably, I will use the services of the company I cover and may test its devices when necessary for reporting, but I will return the products and have my own company-paid cell phone and broadband services
Occasionally I will do speaking engagements, but have never been paid for them.
My father, Abdul Aziz Bhuiyan, is an active member of the Muslim community in New York and as such is a board member of several organizations throughout the city and Long Island. Occasionally, he will meet with local and national politicians as a result of his work with these organizations. Keith Ellison, for example, once sent him a bamboo plant. My brother, Yunus Bhuiyan, is currently an enterprise account manager at software company Oracle. Nonetheless, neither their employment nor their community involvement will influence coverage in any way and I will disclose any potential conflicts immediately and post a direct link to this disclosure.
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My posts have total editorial independence from these investors, even when they touch on products and services these companies produce, compete with, or invest in. The same goes for all content on Recode and at our conferences. No one in this group has influence on or access to the posts we publish. We will also add a direct link to this disclosure when we write directly about the companies.
A self-driving Uber car has killed a pedestrian in Arizona
The car was operating in autonomous mode when it crashed into a woman.
Former Uber exec Aaron Schildkrout is joining the board of bike-sharing startup Jump
Jump is also looking to raise a new round of funding.
Ride-hail apps like Uber and Lyft generated 65 percent more rides than taxis did in New York in 2017
Ride-hail drivers now pick up more passengers in a month than taxi drivers ever have in a month.
Alphabet’s Waymo is entering the self-driving trucks race with its first test in Atlanta
Waymo is shipping cargo for Google.
Bird, the dockless scooter-sharing startup, is looking for $100 million just a month after raising money
The company said it raised $15 million last month.
