Lyft

Uber Protest

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.

May 7, 2018 - Next City

California State Capital

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.

May 4, 2018 - The Sacramento Bee

Downtown Las Vegas

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.

May 4, 2018 - Traffic Technology Today

Montreal Transit

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?

April 22, 2018 - Human Transit

Transportation Network Company

Lyft Aiming for Carbon Neutrality

Lyft has announced a plan to offset carbon emissions generated by its rides.

April 20, 2018 - The Atlantic

The Mission

New Lyft Program Puts a 'Geofence' Around Busy Streets

The Lyft geofencing pilot in San Francisco will direct drivers to less busy side streets for pick ups and drop offs.

March 27, 2018 - Mission Local

School Buses

Friday Funny: Tech Genius Realizes His Invention Has Already Been Invented

The Onion burns Elon Musk in a totally fake news story (really) about a bad day for the billionaire.

March 16, 2018 - The Onion

Traffic

Road Pricing Shouldn't Stop at Ride Hailing Services

Extra charges for Uber and Lyft rides isn't enough to decrease traffic and speed public transit Joe Cortright argues in City Observatory.

March 8, 2018 - City Observatory

Baltimore Bikeshare

Lyft Enters Into Bikeshare With Baltimore Partnership

Lyft has entered into a partnership with Baltimore Bike Share, on the heels of Uber's entrance into the San Francisco bike-share market.

February 20, 2018 - Modern Cities

Ride Hailing

15 Companies Adopt 'Shared Mobility Principles for Livable Cities'

Uber, Lyft, and other major transportation technology companies have defined the role they aspire to play in the future of mobility.

February 14, 2018 - Metro Magazine

Uber Lyft Departure

Do Rideshare and Goods Delivery Need Their Own Curb Space?

On some busy blocks, Uber and Lyft drivers have nowhere safe to park. Neither do parcel delivery personnel. Shared use mobility zones could address the problem.

February 1, 2018 - Eno Center for Transportation

Transportation Network Companies

New Study Provides a Counter-Narrative for Ride-Hailing Companies

A new study finds evidence that ride-hailing trips are at least as efficient, and often more efficient, than private, personal automobile trips.

January 15, 2018 - San Francisco Chronicle

Uber Lyft Departure

An Uber-Lyft Duopoly Could Benefit Customers

As monopolies, especially local ones, loom in some other industries, Uber's predominance has been slipping. Will a duopoly between Uber and Lyft be enough to ensure quality ride-hailing?

December 23, 2017 - City Observatory

Chicago Commute

Chicago's Innovative Ride-Hailing Tax Approved

The Chicago City Council has approved a new budget that includes a new transit funding mechanism that could level the playing field for transit.

November 22, 2017 - Streetsblog Chicago

Bus Upholstery

Lyft to Take Phoenix Bus Riders Home from Bus Stops

Phoenix voters approved the city's Transportation 2050 plan, a package which includes more frequent bus service, road improvements, eventual light rail service and subsidizes Lyft rides: Lyft for public transit riders going to or coming from a stop.

November 7, 2017 - Smart Cities Dive

Uber

Op-Ed: Ride Sharing Tax Will Help Poor

Chicago's Mayor Emanuel's proposed tax would be used for the benefit of transit.

October 31, 2017 - The Washington Post

Transportation Network Companies

Lyft Now Live in All 50 States

Not even Uber can boast this kind of ubiquity.

October 19, 2017 - Smart Cities Dive

CTA

Tax Uber and Lyft to Pay for Transit? Chicago Might

The city of Chicago is already taxing rides with transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft. Now mayor Rahm Emanual wants to raise those fees and spend the extra money on transit projects.

October 18, 2017 - DNAinfo Chicago

Lyft

Next Steps in Lyft's 'Evolution': Public Partnerships, Fixed Routes, Autonomous Fleets

Lyft's Emily Castor Warren situates the company's newest initiatives within the "rapid pace of innovation" occurring in transportation.

October 1, 2017 - The Planning Report

CTA Stop

Major Ride Share Companies Accused of Taking Advantage of CTA Fatality

An apparent suicide stopped trains Tuesday morning at the Fullerton stop, which serves as a hub for Chicago's North Side transit. Prices for a ride from the area to downtown via Lyft reached triple digits.

August 17, 2017 - DNA Info

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