Ridesharing apps have radically changed the way we get around on the ground. It’s not just that being able to order a car through an app at any time is useful, but historically I enjoyed Uber because I felt like they offered great customer service. Over the years, as...
Lyft, the second largest ride-hailing service in the U.S., once helped disrupt the taxi industry. Now, the company is working hard to avoid being disrupted itself as self-driving cars turn from sci-fi into reality.According to Taggart Matthiesen, vice president of...
A St. Petersburg, Florida man is desperate to get his puppy back after a neighbor’s surveillance cameras captured a Lyft driver allegedly stealing the 9-month old dog. Surveillance video captured the moment a St. Petersburg, Florida man believes his puppy was stolen...
Oct. 20, 2019—As a part of Lyft’s ongoing cost savings commitment to its drivers, the rideshare company recently partnered with Openbay to make available a unified platform that provides Lyft drivers with convenient access to reliable and cost efficient automotive...
What happens when you have an increase in rideshare vehicles at an airport that’s already undergoing extensive renovations? In the case of LAX, you may have a tipping point for roadway congestion that makes getting to and from terminals increasingly more difficult —...
My biggest takeaway from the process of raising money for my last software company, and eventually selling it, was this: The further up you get in the capital ladder, the more investors focus on profitability and unit economics. Angel investors were mostly interested...
A new California law threatens to upend Uber, but the Washington Post claimed the law doesn’t apply to the ride-hailing giant. This is convenient, since Post owner Jeff Bezos is not only a major Uber investor, but also founder and CEO of Amazon, which is likely to...
Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 5 into law which would limit the use of independent contracts. Newsom in a signed written statement said that the new law, “will help reduce worker misclassification — workers being wrongly classified as...
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera could soon get far more power to hold Uber and Lyft to the letter of the law. The much-anticipated, highly controversial Assembly Bill 5, authored by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), is expected to be approved by...
A woman who claims she was kidnapped at gunpoint and raped by her Lyft driver is now suing the San Francisco-based ride-hailing company for failing to keep its passengers safe. Alison Turkos said her Lyft driver held her at gunpoint in New York City in 2017, drove her...
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