Event space rental company Peerspace recently hired a new CEO to lead the company into 2018. Peerspace's Founder and Chief Product Officer Rony Chammas, and new CEO Eric Shoup join to explain how this start-up compares to Airbnb.
"It's a similar model to Airbnb, but the difference is that we specialize in daytime activities such as meetings, events, and even film and photography productions, " says Chammas.
Shoup explains that Peerspace is reinventing the traditional meeting space. "It's bringing to light a whole breadth of spaces to choose from."
U.S. states could face some hurdles as they experiment with road usage charging programs aimed at one day replacing motor fuel taxes, which are generating less each year, in part due to fuel efficiency and the rise of electric cars.
The U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding almost $1.7 billion in grants for buying zero- and low-emission buses, with the money going to transit projects in 46 states and territories.
