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Pilot Bike and Scooter Share Program Inspires Protest in Santa Monica
Bird and Lime launched their "Day Without A Scooter" protest this week.

Ride-Hailing Companies Agree to Tax in San Francisco
Essentially, Uber and Lyft chose a tax on rides instead of a gross-receipts tax.

Uber Drivers and Taxi Drivers Agree: Cap the Number of Ride-Hailing Vehicles in New York
Uber (and Lyft, of course) drivers and taxi drivers hope a cap on the number of ride-hailing vehicles would improve wages and reduce congestion.

Lyft Will Pay You to Ditch Your Car for 30 Days
The transportation network company Lyft is pushing residents in the city of Chicago to experiment with a carless lifestyle.

New York City Council Proposes Cap on Number of Ride-Hailing Vehicles
To support the taxi industry and reduce congestion, the New York City Council could cap the number of ride-hailing vehicles operating in the city. The cap could be a first major step toward a new era of transportation regulation.

Study Finds UberPOOL Adds to City Traffic by Competing with the Subway
Past studies have shown how ride hailing services have added to congestion. A new study by Bruce Schaller suggests that even ride shares add to traffic, because they pull riders off of more efficient transit options like public transit.

There's Little ofo Left to Share
Bike share company ofo's U.S. presence shrinks to a fraction of its former self, slashing its headcount and ending service in all but three U.S. cities.

Subsidizing Bike Share for Low-Income Riders
In New York, SNAP recipients to get access to Citi Bikes at discount like DIVY riders already do in Chicago.

Lyft to Add Bike and Scooter Share Options
The transportation network company is integrating new mobility options to help fill the first-last mile gap in cities.

Big Tech's Growing Imprint on Urban Life
Examples like Elon Musk's subway plan in Chicago, app-driven electric scooters littering sidewalks, and Amazon's general preponderance may point to a tech-dominated urban future. But are localities ceding too much power to the private sector?

Lyft Finalizes Deal to Buy Motivate
The transportation network company has purchased the largest operators of bike share programs in the United States.

Scooter War Now a Scooter Competition
Three scooter companies, Lime, Bird and Spin, removed their scooters from the sidewalks of San Francisco earlier this month and applied, with nine other companies, for five permits to operate up to 2,500 scooters in a tightly regulated pilot program.

Should Ride-Hailing Vehicles Reduce Emissions?
Driving an electric ride-hailing vehicle may be good for the planet but costly for the driver who may have to limit the distance of rides and search for fast-chargers. Uber is trying to help out.

Why Scooters Succeed Where Segways Failed
Segways were invented 17 years ago, but the technology feels as if it's been dead for a while. So why are scooters continuing to attract cities and investors?

Lyft to Buy Motivate, One of America's Largest Bike Share Providers
Motivate operates Ford Gobike in the Bay Area, Citi Bike in New York and Divvy in Chicago among other bike share fleets.
Brightline Partners With Lyft for First-Last Mile Fix
Florida's Brightline train system only has one station in each of the three cities it currently serves, so it has sought out a unique solution to the first-last mile challenge.

Slowing Ride Hailing Growth in NYC
Ride hailing seems to be here to stay, but if New York's mayor gets his way it will face a major speed bump in the Big Apple.

Sacramento Debuts On-Demand Transit Service
Sacramento Regional Transit's SmaRT Ride service is an on-demand public option to compete with Uber and Lyft.

A New Fleet of AVs Operating in Las Vegas
On May 3, the public could take rides with a new fleet of self-driving cars in Las Vegas.

How Can the U.S. Grow Transit Ridership? Start by Looking North
"Canada looks a lot like much of the US, in terms of economic types, city sizes and ages, development patterns," Jarret Walker says. So why can't Americans keep pace with Canadian public transit?
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