Transport is the second-largest cost for Brazilians after housing, overtaking food for the first time. While people are able to reduce some costs, they’re struggling to economise on essentials like commuting – leaving room for innovations in remote working or convenient and accessible transport.

How can a food delivery app reduce its costs without diminishing customer satisfaction? iFood, Brazil’s largest delivery platform, launched PraRetirar in June 2019, a takeout solution that allows its clients to order meals from their favourite restaurants with just a click of a button.

As cities across America become more congested, people are facing increasingly time-consuming trips to and from work. Bird, an electric scooter sharing start-up, is aiming to solve the ‘last mile’ problem of public transport to encourage people to leave their cars at home and avoid the gridlock.

As more city workers move to the suburbs for an affordable lifestyle, stressful multimodal commutes are becoming more common. Uber aims to ease this stress with a tool called Make My Train, which seamlessly integrates people's connections between ride-share and train.