In an open letter to the city’s mayor Ed Lee, entrepreneur Justin Keller said he is ‘outraged’ that wealthy workers have to see people in pain and despair
Shop ▾ More than any other company, Airbnb has come to personify the sharing economy ethos. As one of the movement’s most successful and recognizable faces,
SFMTA Transportation planner Chris Pangilinan likes to think of a public transit agency as a manufacturer that sells a product, and that product is access.
Until early October action by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, any owner renting out an Airbnb property was officially in violation of a city ban on under 30-day rentals.
San Francisco's board of supervisors voted to officially legalize Airbnb in the city after wrangling over details and amendments for two years. The 7-4 vote approving the law is the culmination of a hard fight by Airbnb and president of the board of supervisors David Chiu, who led the push for the law. The final version of the law represents a lot of compromise on the part of the city and Airbnb, aptly shown by the many proposed amendments, some of which did not make it into the final form of the bill.
Drivers for the peer-to-peer car service are increasingly being hit with pay cuts and raised costs, according to an Uber notification posted to Reddit.
The San Francisco-based startup, which is operating out of Logan Airport, plans to use the funds to expand. (Is airport car sharing the sharing economy's next big thing?
San Francisco’s largest taxi firm, Yellow Cab Co-operative, has filed for bankruptcy. The independently owned co-op began operations in 1977, formed after
A San Francisco taxicab driver discusses ride shares and their effect on taxpayers and the new sharing economy. He discusses LYFT, and UBER and San ...
Would you hop into a stranger’s car? Live in a stranger’s spare bedroom? Dine in a stranger’s house? Ask anyone 10 years ago, and they would have stared at you incredulously.
Though it's not common knowledge today, there used to be a waterway that burbled through the heart of downtown San Francisco. This was Hayes Creek, asince-culverted gully that stretches under Hayes Valley and just south of City Hall.
In 1958, three years before her masterpiece, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs wrote an article called “Downtown Is for People.” In it she noted:
Uber rolled out its Anchorage service Sept. 17 despite warnings from the municipality that it could be violating local tax ordinances. Ever since, the company and its supporters and detractors have been embroiled in the same debate that has played out across the U.S. and around the world -- how to reconcile local laws with ride-sharing services, a relatively new business model Uber has used since launching about five years ago in San Francisco.
Nearly every US city currently bans short-term rentals in residential areas. Some see the San Francisco ‘Airbnb law’ as a practical shift, while others see it as further hurting neighborhoods.
July 14, 2014 - Lyft driver Geoffrey Frisch, 36, enters his vehicle before heading to the Memphis International Airport Monday afternoon, July 14, 2014. Memphis has issued a cease-and-desist order against the ride-share service, which has been in service in the city since April, until they meet the same regulatory requirements as taxis and other vehicles for hire. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Yolanda M. James) Photo: Yalonda M. James, Associated Press
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