Articles tagged “lyft”

Business travelers in the U.S. are now taking more rides in Ubers than rental cars. This is huge progress for Uber and represents a major problem for traditional car rental companies.

Lyft will be giving up significant control to raise this billion — much more than its main rival does for the same amount of money.

Uber has made no secret of its dreams to one day replace human drivers with self-driving cars and the contempt it and its peers hold for the human factor shouldn't be discounted.

The rise of the sharing economy is a trend in business travel that won't get put easily back in the bottle, although it isn't for everyone. On the other hand, it is possible that Lufthansa's battle with the business travel community could get recorked and disposed with.

For first time Uber is now more popular among business travelers than taxis as a percent of all rides, a seminal moment if there ever was one for the business traveler transport economy.

Giving travelers a peek at what happens behind the scenes by sharing their staff's personal take is one way to build brand affinity.

Uber is the ultimate business travel app: Tell it to serve you right now, and it does.

While we do see the promise in Lyft and its peers, we think investing legends in Silicon Valley aren't always looking to solve the same problems every day humans have.

If there's one combined lesson travel companies can take from Uber it's this: Make the experience seamless.

Lyft is hungry to get into New York City and it's wisely playing by the city's rules, but we're interested to see how this newly adjusted business model will pan out in a city where private and public transportation are readily available.