At the Live Ride Share conference earlier this year, Los Angeles Taxicab Commission President Eric Spiegelman surprised a few people with his magnanimous outlook on the ride-for-hire ecosystem. “When people…
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Each year, Austin’s SXSW festival brings together the nation’s leading trendsetters to discuss the latest in tech and innovation. Meanwhile, companies stage elaborate promotions – ranging from Tinder pranks to…
By Eric Goldwyn Cab-sharing has arrived in a serious way with UberPool and Lyft Line. After a decade of false starts, smartphone-enabled cab-sharing has finally arrived. In an ongoing quest…
By Catherine Clifford In major U.S. cities à la New York and San Francisco, services such as Uber that connect people with nearby taxi drivers via smartphone, are really catching…
By Eric M. Johnson California Governor Jerry Brown signed new insurance requirements on ridesharing companies into law on Wednesday, but the regulations come at a far lower cost to the industry…
By Carolyn Said – This article was originally published in the SFGate. To read the full article, click here. California regulators told Uber, Lyft and Sidecar that their new carpool options…
By Carolyn Said For San Francisco riders, on-demand services Uber, Lyft and Sidecar consistently arrive much more quickly than taxis, according to a new study from UC Berkeley researchers. That single…
By Ben Knight The online car-sharing service Uber has vowed to continue operating across Germany after its mobile app was banned by a Frankfurt regional court. The ruling that the…
By Eric Jaffe It’s become a given that ride services like Uber et al are disrupting city mobility, but for all the digital ink spilled over that trend, we don’t…
By Farhad Manjoo Today, like every weekday, about three-quarters of the nation’s adult workers — more than 100 million Americans — drove to work alone. It was ever thus: Americans, it seems,…
Commuting patterns have changed for the foreseeable future, and remote working has set an interesting precedent for…