Hot start-ups Uber and Lyft have contributed substantially to the growth of the sharing economy that connects freelancers with available work projects. Now s...
Drivers of ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft may have to be treated as employees rather than independent contractors, a federal judge in San Francisco said Friday.
Logan Green, co-founder and CEO of Lyfthas a vision to fill the 80 percent of empty seats on the road and ultimately transform the face of transportation around the world. Long fascinated by innovation in transportation, Green grew up in Southern California and spent a lot of his time stuck in traffic. Fast forward a few years to 2007 Lyft was born. Not as Lyft but as Zimride.
A week after New Year’s Eve, I called up a rideshare driver named Harry Campbell to see how business had gone. He told me it was lackluster. No one made much extra money. In fact, around 6 p.m.
Whether they're driving around with your late night snack or with you in the back seat, we caught up with the folks working in Boston's service startups.
As we celebrate Labor Day, the annual holiday dedicated to the American labor movement, it's worth considering how the sharing economy is changing the workforce and rebranding capitalism.
Glossy gadget blog The Verge obtained and published the handbook Uber contractors allegedly follow to woo Lyft drivers, under something called Operation SLOG. Whether this is legal or not – it surely is – it’s quite revealing. Before we get to the reveal, though, let’s take a step back for a moment and have a look at what each business really is about.
Hot start-ups Uber and Lyft have contributed substantially to the growth of the sharing economy that connects freelancers with available work projects. Now s...
Thousands of San Franciscans drive for hire through Lyft, Uber, Sidecar, Postmates, Flywheel, Sprig, Wingz and a host of other on-demand services. A new driver clubhouse called Groove aims to be their pit stop, offering a lounge South of Market where drivers can take breaks, get free coffee, use Wi-Fi and visit the restroom 24/7, as well as buy food-truck fusion cuisine from the likes of Bacon Bacon, Firetrail Pizza, Lil Burma and Dusty Buns. [...] more importantly, Groove hopes to help foster
Daily Record Uber and Lyft pushing out Morris drivers Daily Record Three limousine drivers, Gary Davis, Louis Cinque, and Eugene Greenlief, who work with Safe Rides, say they have lost between 40 to 60 percent of their business since ride sharing...
The message said the Kansas City Council passed a resolution earlier in October which requires the City Manager and City Attorney's offices to conduct an analysis of the city's transportation regulations. That resolution gives the city until Dec. 19 to complete its analysis regarding the operations of for-hire transportation companies.
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
People now use the internet to “share” their car, their home, their boat, their airplane, etc., and the complexities for insurance agents and companies are growing.
They are a growing corner of the broader sharing economy, in which people rent out rooms in their homes on Airbnb or drive people in their cars with Uber or Lyft.
Prior to creating Lyft as part of a hack-day project, the twenty-something, first-time entrepreneurs had spent five years building Zimride, a carpooling service designed to help university students share rides back home during the holidays.
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