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Rides-For-Donation Services Under Scrutiny
by Zusha Elinson, The Bay Citizen Tired of waiting for taxis, thousands of San Franciscans have begun paying to hop into complete strangers’ cars to get around town. Two startups, Lyft and Sidecar,...
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This Week in Tech: From Google Gobbling, #Hashtag-Following and Ride...
Waze App/Waze.com It was a busy week for Bay Area tech companies, big and small. Here are a few of the headliner developments. Google-Waze On Tuesday, Google announced it had bought the social traffic...
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How the CPUC's New Rules Will Affect Ride-sharing Startups
Ride-share companies like Lyft, which attaches pink mustaches to its drivers' cars, are subject to new proposed regulations by the CPUC. (Photo courtesy of Lyft) When the California Public Utilities...
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Ride-Share Companies Hit With Lawsuits From Their Drivers
Ride-share company Lyft is the subject of a class-action complaint. (Photo courtesy of Lyft) Pink-mustachioed ride-share firm Lyft is facing a federal class-action lawsuit from drivers who say they're...
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Lyft, Uber, Sidecar Get Official Go-Ahead to Operate in California
The California Public Utilities Commission has approved regulations governing “transportation network companies,” formerly and informally known as the “ride-sharing” business. The vote was unanimous. A...
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Will ‘Ride Sharing’ Kill San Francisco’s Taxi Industry?
A protester mocks ride service Lyft and its signature pink mustaches at a July cab driver rally outside San Francisco City Hall. (Alex Emslie/KQED) With the rise of what some call the “sharing...
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Tip or Bribe? Taxi Drivers Say Illegal Payments to Dispatchers Are Routine
Brad Newsham, 62, a San Francisco cab driver since 1985, says “all the recent turmoil drove me out of the industry.” In May, he sold his taxicab medallion, and left a job “I loved from day one.”...
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Taxi Drivers Want San Francisco to Crack Down on ‘Ride Share’ Insurance
A memorial at the intersection of Polk and Ellis streets in San Francisco, where a 6-year-old girl was struck by a car and killed on New Year’s Eve. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED) We told you last week about...
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San Francisco District Attorney Threatens Action Against Uber, Lyft, Sidecar
A car with a Lyft mustache in San Francisco.(Deborah Svoboda/KQED) Update, 4 p.m. Friday: Lyft has issued a response to the injunction threat from the San Francisco and L.A. DAs: Ridesharing has been...
View ArticleSidecar to Operate at San Francisco Airport
Sidecar will be the first transportation network company allowed to operate legally at a California airport when it begins operations at San Francisco International Airport in the next 30 days, SFO...
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Rides-For-Donation Services Under Scrutiny
by Zusha Elinson, The Bay Citizen Tired of waiting for taxis, thousands of San Franciscans have begun paying to hop into complete strangers’ cars to get around town. Two startups, Lyft and Sidecar,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Week in Tech: From Google Gobbling, #Hashtag-Following and Ride...
Waze App/Waze.com It was a busy week for Bay Area tech companies, big and small. Here are a few of the headliner developments. Google-Waze On Tuesday, Google announced it had bought the social traffic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How the CPUC’s New Rules Will Affect Ride-sharing Startups
Ride-share companies like Lyft, which attaches pink mustaches to its drivers’ cars, are subject to new proposed regulations by the CPUC. (Photo courtesy of Lyft) When the California Public Utilities...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ride-Share Companies Hit With Lawsuits From Their Drivers
Ride-share company Lyft is the subject of a class-action complaint. (Photo courtesy of Lyft) Pink-mustachioed ride-share firm Lyft is facing a federal class-action lawsuit from drivers who say they’re...
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Lyft, Uber, Sidecar Get Official Go-Ahead to Operate in California
The California Public Utilities Commission has approved regulations governing “transportation network companies,” formerly and informally known as the “ride-sharing” business. The vote was unanimous. A...
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Will ‘Ride Sharing’ Kill San Francisco’s Taxi Industry?
With the rise of what some call the “sharing economy” — or shared access to goods, services, data and talent — many industries are facing disruption. One of those is the taxi industry, where app-based...
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Tip or Bribe? Taxi Drivers Say Illegal Payments to Dispatchers Are Routine
Brad Newsham drove a cab in San Francisco for nearly three decades and says he loved nearly everything about the job from the first day he got behind the wheel: the people, the city’s beauty, the...
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Taxi Drivers Want San Francisco to Crack Down on ‘Ride Share’ Insurance
A memorial at the intersection of Polk and Ellis streets in San Francisco, where a 6-year-old girl was struck by a car and killed on New Year’s Eve. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED) We told you last week about...
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San Francisco District Attorney Threatens Action Against Uber, Lyft, Sidecar
A car with a Lyft mustache in San Francisco.(Deborah Svoboda/KQED) Update, 4 p.m. Friday: Lyft has issued a response to the injunction threat from the San Francisco and L.A. DAs: Ridesharing has been...
View ArticleSidecar, Onetime Uber Competitor, to Shut Down New Year’s Eve
It’s the end of the road for Sidecar. The ride-service company’s co-founders announced today it would cease operations on New Year’s Eve. At one point, Sidecar — along with Uber and Lyft — was one of...
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