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- Uber, Lyft to stop offering rides in Minneapolis after driver minimum wage hike https://gizmodo.com/uber-and-lyft-to-stop-offering-rides-in-minneapolis-aft-1851339495 5 comments
- Between 2012 and 2018, bus ridership in the United States declined 15% and rail ridership declined 3%. Ride-sharing (e.g. Uber, Lyft) is the biggest contributor to transit ridership decline. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856422000945?via%3Dihub= 54 comments science
- Chicago cabbies say industry is teetering toward collapse, "becoming virtual dinosaurs in the era of ride-sharing monsters Uber and Lyft" https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/06/05/chicago-cabbies-say-industry-teetering-toward-collapse/102524634/ 18 comments technology
- Seattle Deals A Blow To Uber And Lyft By Limiting The Number Of Ride-Sharing Drivers On The Road http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/17/seattle-hates-ride-sharing/ 11 comments technology
- Ride-hailing firm Lyft slams brakes on U.S. hiring as recession fears mount https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ride-hailing-firm-lyft-freezes-us-hiring-new-york-post-2022-09-27/ 32 comments technology
- California board adopts EV mandate for ride-hailing services: Nearly all Uber, Lyft trips will have to be in an electric vehicle by 2030 https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/20/california-board-adopts-ev-mandate-for-ride-hailing-services/ 66 comments politics
- Between 2010 and 2016, traffic delays increased by 60% in San Francisco with the ride-share companies Uber and Lyft responsible for over half of the increase. Without their presence, congestion would have only increased by 22%. https://www.npr.org/2019/05/08/721139488/uber-and-lyft-caused-major-traffic-uptick-in-san-francisco-study-says 3 comments science
- Yellow Cab Cooperative Inc., San Francisco's largest taxi company, filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, the latest in string of traditional taxi companies to turn to chapter 11 amid the rapid rise of ride-hailing rivals like Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. http://www.nasdaq.com/article/biggest-san-francisco-taxi-operator-files-for-chapter-11-20160124-00026 140 comments technology
- Lyft will add 55-cent surcharge to each ride to help drivers with higher gas prices https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/16/lyft-to-add-55-cent-surcharge-to-each-ride-because-of-higher-gas-prices.html 2 comments economy
- White House to announce deal for free vaccination rides from Uber, Lyft https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/552848-white-house-to-announce-deal-for-free-vaccination-rides-from-uber 13 comments politics
- 25 FREE Lyft rides (up to $20 each) because of the pandemic https://www.lyft.com/invite/cvd19 7 comments worldnews
- Lyft earns $3.75 on average from every ride, they pay out $9.33 to drivers. https://thespring.io/tech/lyft-tesla-uber-ride-sharing-market/ 17 comments business
- Uber Joins Lyft In Giving Free Rides to the Polls on Election Day http://fortune.com/2018/10/05/uber-lyft-free-rides-polls-election-day/ 64 comments politics
- Lyft to Offer Free and Discounted Rides to Voters on Election Day http://fortune.com/2018/08/23/lyft-free-ride-discount-election-day/ 8 comments politics
- Lyft to offer rides in self-driving cars in San Francisco area https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lyft-selfdriving/lyft-to-offer-rides-in-self-driving-cars-in-san-francisco-area-iduskcn1bi1r0 7 comments technology
- Lyft is offering free rides for 2020 primary and election voters https://www.cnet.com/news/lyft-is-offering-free-rides-for-2020-primary-and-election-voters/ 225 comments politics
- Uber, Lyft & Lime Offering Free, Discounted Rides To The Polls http://www.newson6.com/story/39424045/uber-lyft-lime-offering-free-discounted-rides-to-the-polls 10 comments politics
- Uber, Lyft and more are offering discounted rides to the polls for election day — here's how to cash in https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-lyft-bike-share-discounts-and-free-rides-on-election-day-2018-11 4 comments politics
- Lyft will offer discounted rides to voters during midterm elections https://www.cnet.com/news/lyft-will-offer-discounted-rides-to-voters-during-midterm-elections/ 7 comments politics
- Lyft will offer discounted rides to voters during US midterm elections. Voters in underserved communities will get free rides. https://www.cnet.com/news/lyft-will-offer-discounted-rides-to-voters-during-midterm-elections/ 4181 comments technology
- Lyft offering free rides to those attending March for Our Lives http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/376445-lyft-offering-free-rides-to-anyone-attending-nationwide-march-for 106 comments politics
- Ride Fair Wants to Make It Easy to Compare Uber and Lyft Prices (let's hope Uber doesn't shut it down) http://fortune.com/2016/12/14/uber-lyft-ride-fair-aggregator/ 6 comments technology
- President of Lyft announces “majority” of their rides will be self driving cars by year 2021 http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/18/12944506/lyft-self-driving-car-prediction-2021-john-zimmer 5 comments technology
- The new global anti-Uber alliance: Ola, Lyft, Didi Kuaidi and GrabTaxi agree to ride together http://qz.com/564795/a-new-anti-uber-alliance-strengthens-ola-lyft-didi-kuaidi-and-grabtaxi-agree-to-ride-together/ 7 comments india
- Uber-nasty? Staff submits 5,560 fake ride requests in effort to impede Lyft drivers from serving actual customers http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/11/technology/uber-fake-ride-requests-lyft/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 3 comments business
- Lyft will give people free and discounted rides to job interviews - It'll also help folks get to work and back until they pick up their first paycheck. https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/17/lyft-jobs-access-program-free-discounted-rides/ 22 comments technology
- Tesla plans to increase it's car prices by seven-fold and will shift to becoming a ride sharing company. (WATCH OUT UBER & LYFT, THERES A NEW AUTIST IN TOWN) https://electrek.co/2019/07/08/tesla-will-stop-selling-cars-full-self-driving-elon-musk/ 15 comments wallstreetbets
- Lyft has a new All-Access subscription plan: 30 rides for $299 a month, is it worth it? https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/10/19/18000478/lyft-car-share-all-access-subscription-plan 13 comments business
- Lyft Announces Half-Price (And Free!) Rides To The Polls For Midterms https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lyft-half-price-free-rides-to-polls-midterms_us_5b7ef7a8e4b072951511137d 14 comments politics
- Lyft to offer 50 percent off on rides to polls on Election Day http://thehill.com/policy/technology/403228-lyft-to-offer-50-percent-off-on-rides-to-polls-on-election-day 50 comments politics
- Lyft driver abandons pilot in parking lot after learning he would only make $6 on ride http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2018/04/08/lyft-driver-abandons-pilot-in-parking-lot-after-learning-would-only-make-6-on-ride.html 18 comments worldnews
- Lyft Is Offering Free Rides to the “March For Our Lives” Protests https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/03/lyft-is-offering-free-rides-to-the-march-for-our-lives-protests/ 96 comments politics
- As California requires ride-sharing companies to reclassify their drivers, Lyft will suspend operations in California at midnight https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/ideoiw/as_california_requires_ridesharing_companies_to/ 119 comments investing
- Lyft removed the option to split ride fares with other passengers, but says an "easier" option is coming soon https://www.businessinsider.com/lyft-removed-ride-fare-split-friends-2018-11 4 comments technology
- Lyft is offering a 50% off promotion on rides to the polls for this year's midterms, and some are even eligible for a free ride https://www.businessinsider.com/lyft-promotion-on-rides-to-the-polls-in-november-2018-8 365 comments politics
- Uber, Lyft drivers strike over low wages, benefits ahead of IPO. The protests come ahead of Uber’s anticipated IPO (initial public offering) on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday which could put the ride-hailing firm’s valuation as high as $91.5 billion. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/08/uber-drivers-strike-over-low-wages-benefits-ahead-of-ipo.html 14 comments worldnews
- DUI arrests cut in half since ride-sharing began in Louisville - Louisville police made nearly 2,700 DUI arrests in 2013, the last full year before Uber and Lyft began operating here. But those citations began to fall the next year and have been below 1,400 each of the last two years. http://www.wdrb.com/story/39003311/sunday-edition-dui-arrests-cut-in-half-since-ride-sharing-began-in-louisville 542 comments technology
- Uber and Lyft have made traffic much worse in San Francisco. Researchers used traffic models and data from the company's apps to show that the ride sharing companies increased delays by 62 percent between 2010 and 2016. Without them, traffic would've only gotten about 22 percent worse in that time. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/05/08/ride-sharing-apps-make-traffic-worse/#.xnmwvznkhty 492 comments science
- Lyft will offer discounted rides to voters during midterm elections Getting to the polls can be an obstacle for many American voters. Thirty-five percent of youth who didn't go to college say a lack of transportation was why they didn't vote in the 2016 election, according to The Center for Informat http://www.everydaytopics.us/2018/08/lyft-will-offer-discounted-rides-to.html 5 comments technology
- New York City has set the nation’s first minimum pay rate for Uber and Lyft drivers - The move could create a precedent for other U.S. cities where ride-hail drivers are organizing to earn higher wages. https://www.recode.net/2018/12/4/18125789/uber-lyft-drivers-wage-minimum-new-york 16 comments technology