Uber, Lyft Appeal for Deal on Driver Status as Independent Contractors June 14, 2019 By Josh Eidelson Faced with legislation in California that endangers their business model, Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. are urging a compromise...
Louisiana Senate Passes Statewide Rules for Ride-Hailing Services June 3, 2019 By Melinda Deslatte Efforts to enact statewide Louisiana regulations for ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft, aimed at expanding the services’ availability...
Report Says Many New York City Uber, Lyft Drivers Fail to Respond to Recalls May 23, 2019 By Cathy Bussewitz One out of six Uber and Lyft drivers in the New York City and Seattle areas are driving vehicles with...
Brake Complaints Cause Lyft to Replace 3,000 Electric Bikes in 3 Cities April 15, 2019 By Imani Moise Lyft Inc. is removing several thousand electric bikes from service in its bike-share program in New York, Washington and San...
Sponsor of S.C. Bill Requiring Lighted Uber Signs Say Just First Safety Step April 12, 2019 By Jeffrey Collins A lawmaker sponsoring a bill in South Carolina requiring Uber, Lyft and other ride sharing drivers to have a lighted...
IPO-Bound Lyft Tells Investors Lowering Insurance Costs Is Priority March 21, 2019 By Ross Kerber Lyft Inc. executives are focused on cutting insurance costs and will phase in self-driving vehicles on simple routes first, they...
Lyft, Uber Shift Some Risk to Captive Insurers March 4, 2019 By Katherine Chiglinsky and Max Abelson Ride-sharing giants Lyft Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. seem to have found the same solution for dealing with the risks...
Uber and Lyft Could Reach 31M Trips in Seattle This Year November 9, 2018 The two ridesharing giants provided more than 91,000 rides in the Seattle, Wash. area on an average day in the...
Ridesharing Workers of Gig Economy: What Census Numbers Show August 30, 2018 By Kristin Sandusky How big is the gig economy? The answer depends on how one defines “gig economy.” Because there is no broadly...
Hawaii to Allow Rideshare Operators at Honolulu Airport August 17, 2018 Hawaii will allow ridesharing services to operate at the Honolulu airport on a permanent basis after changes were approved to...