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Travel editor relives past trips by scrolling old Uber rides

Matador Network editor Tim Wenger says he scrolls old Uber rides, TripIt itineraries and Google Maps pins to relive trips; the blue dot stopped moving years ago.

On air: Gloria Vance and Kenji Moonfield on BBN Overnight
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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA travel editor at Matador Network has confessed a habit he thinks might seem creepy to most travelers: he relives past trips by scrolling through his old Uber rides.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHe also pulls up old TripIt itineraries and Google Maps pins, and he describes it as staring longingly at a blue dot that stopped moving years ago.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA blue dot. That stopped moving. He's visiting a tiny grave for a car.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe essay argues ride-hailing made getting around a foreign place less stressful in the twenty-tens.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHe says he won't queue at a rental car counter unless he's heading into the wilderness.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWilderness, with an expedition duffel.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI'd suggest going back to one of those places in person, Kenji. Just once.

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBold, from the woman with her own blue dot in every embassy. Rosa, what's on the Crime Watch desk tonight?

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