Former Transportation Secretary joins Lyft
Former Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx is joining the ride-sharing company Lyft. Fox announced on his blog his new job as Lyft’s chief policy officer…
NYC cap on for-hire vehicle licenses gets mixed reaction
By Shandra Martinez
New York has become the first major U.S. city to temporarily cap the number of new licenses to for-hire vehicles such as…
Study shows benefits to combining transit and ridesharing
Motorcoach ridesharing startup may be acquired
Uber and motorcoach operators have often been at odds, but they may be joining forces in a potential merger, several media sources have reported. Uber…
Uber and Lyft now licensed to operate in upstate N.Y.
ALBANY, N.Y. — Ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft have finally made it to one of the last holdouts in the country — upstate New York.
Thousands of Uber, Lyft drivers fail background checks
BOSTON — More than 8,000 drivers for ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft have failed a new Massachusetts background check, the Boston Globe reports.
The background…