
Maven Gig drivers are provided access to vehicles they can use for independent gigs, such as package delivery, food or grocery delivery, and ride sharing. The program is live in San Diego and will launch in San Francisco and Los Angeles later this year.
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By working with the National Federation of the Blind, Lyft has made its app more accessible to blind passengers and is helping to educate the public on how ride hailing can improve the lives of these passengers.
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Through this pilot program, Uber drivers can rent vehicles through Getaround’s peer-to-peer carsharing platform. It’s a flat fee of $5 per hour.
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According to a University of Colorado study, about 34% of people would have taken transit, biked, or walked if they hadn’t used ride-hailing services like Uber or Lyft. Passengers in Denver, Boulder, and various nearby suburbs were surveyed for four months.
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After a two-month suspension, Uber will have to partner with licensed rental car companies in order to resume its ride-hailing services in Taipei.
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A proposed class-action lawsuit claims the ride-hailing app manipulates the navigation data that calculates the fare amount for its users as well as the amount reported and paid to its drivers.
Read More →A Hong Kong court found five Uber drivers guilty of illegally using their vehicles for commercial purposes.
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Ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing plans to add an English version to its app as early as spring this year.
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Mercury Insurance is now offering ride-hailing insurance to cover Uber, Lyft, and other Transportation Network Company (TNC) drivers in Texas and Georgia.
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As part of the ride-hailing company’s 2017 expansion, Lyft has launched in 50 new U.S. cities, including Iowa City, Bismarck, N.D., Augusta, Ga., Topeka, Kan., Flint, Mich., St. Cloud, Minn., and Columbus, Ohio.
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