Will San Jose, Oakland airports join bans on Uber and Lyft pickups?
The growth of ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft has been both a boon for travelers going to and from airports, and also a bit of a bane for the airports themselves. Ride-hailing firms have made...
View ArticleLyft teams with Carvana to get drivers to ‘ditch’ their cars
Lyft is willing to give away free rides to its service users in San Francisco. All those people have to do to get the deal is sell their cars. On Thursday, Lyft announced a new partnership with online...
View ArticleCalifornia truckers file 1st suit contesting new gig economy law
By DON THOMPSON | The Associated Press SACRAMENTO — The California Trucking Association on Tuesday filed what appears to be the first lawsuit challenging a sweeping new labor law that seeks to give...
View ArticleVideo shows California Lyft driver brutally dragging woman from car over a song
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police say they’ve cited a Lyft driver for misdemeanor battery after video showed him dragging a passenger out of a car. Alessandra Ward says she suffered a black eye,...
View ArticleSan Jose’s Camino Brewing offering a Lyft with new beer
San Jose’s Camino Brewing Co. wants customers to drink its newest beer over Thanksgiving weekend, but it doesn’t want them getting behind the wheel when they do. That’s why the new limited release...
View ArticleTwenty women sue Lyft over alleged rape, sexual assaults by ride-hailing...
SAN FRANCISCO — Twenty women who say they were either raped or sexually assaulted by Lyft drivers filed a lawsuit against the company on Wednesday alleging the ride-hailing giant has failed in its...
View ArticleEditorial: Commend Uber for releasing sexual assault data
One sexual assault is too many. So Uber’s study released Thursday, showing that 3,045 sexual assaults were reported during its rides in the United States last year, was disconcerting. The market didn’t...
View ArticleBill.com, of Palo Alto, gets an early Christmas present as shares climb 61%...
Christmas came early for Palo Alto’s Bill.com, as the cloud-based payment technology company’s shares surged more than 61% in their public trading debut Thursday. Bill.com shares ended the day at...
View ArticleLyft expands rental car program in Bay Area, Los Angeles
By Ayanti Bera and Tina Bellon | Reuters Ride-hailing company Lyft Inc on Thursday said it is offering rental cars to a wider group of users in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles. Lyft...
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San Jose Lyft driver arrested on suspicion of arranging to have sex with...
SAN JOSE – Police on Monday arrested a 50-year-old Lyft driver they say arranged to have sex with an undercover San Jose police officer posing as a 13-year-old boy on the dating app Grindr. Kevin...
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Vanishing breed of taxi drivers struggle to continue serving San Jose airport
Seyum Asrat doesn’t kid himself. He knows the taxi industry is becoming extinct. Since the burgeoning of ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Lyft, taxi drivers across the nation have struggled to...
View ArticleUber, Lyft share ride-hailing tips for New Year’s Eve
With the arrival of New Year’s Eve, there will come the traditional throngs of people heading out to ring in 2020 at various crowded locales around the Bay Area. And as is the case with going out,...
View ArticleUber sues California over the gig-worker law. Now what?
A new law that’s set to take effect Wednesday is facing a lawsuit from a couple of the very workers it’s trying to protect — ride-hailing and delivery drivers — as well as the companies for which they...
View ArticleStart the ’20s with a roar: Free public transit rides for New Year’s Eve...
For many, New Year’s Eve is the biggest party night of the year. One of the few nights when, in many places, it’s fine to act more than a little wild in public, and even have a few drinks while you are...
View ArticleUber testing letting some drivers set their own ride fares
Is Uber about to let its drivers set their own fares for rides? Something like that could be possible, following reports that Uber has begun a testing program to allow some drivers to raise their ride...
View Article‘Here’s why I won’t ride BART anymore’: Roadshow
Q: I read the article asking why people take mass transit less. It said the decline is likely not driven by the quality of service. I disagree. The quality of riding on a BART train has been degrading...
View ArticleLyft takes a hit after ride-hailing company sees more losses ahead
Lyft on Wednesday saw what investors thought of its business outlook, as concerns about the ride-hailing company’s ongoing losses outweighed any enthusiasm that might have come from it surpassing $1...
View ArticleWalters: Gig workers’ battle continues
When the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, was awaiting final congressional action in 2010, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in a speech to county officials, uttered 24 words that have...
View ArticleUber, Lyft to offer paid sick leave to any coronavirus-infected driver
Uber and Lyft have said they will begin offering their drivers up to 14 days of paid sick leave if they come down with coronavirus, or are quarantined because of the illness. Andrew MacDonald, Uber’s...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Lawsuits claim Uber and Lyft endangering public
Lawsuits just filed against ride-hailing leaders Uber and Lyft allege the companies are endangering the public in California during the coronavirus outbreak by not following state law which requires...
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