Articles tagged “lyft”

Ground Transport

Lyft Agrees to Delay NYC Launch After City Takes Legal Action

Lyft's launch was unsustainable in light of the TLC's vow to start seizing drivers' cars and to levy heavy fines. Now the two sides will have to see if they can work out a compromise that would bring Lyft to the streets of New York.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Ground Transport

Lyft Is Defiant in Face of NYC Opposition to Its Launch

Lyft has quite a few bucks to bankroll penalized drivers in NYC for awhile, but this confrontation with the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission is going to heat up and is headed for the courts.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Ground Transport

Ride-Sharing App Lyft Closes In on $150 Million in New Funding

Lyft's competition with Uber is definitely great for the category, and soon they both will have a few hundred million dollars at their disposal for market expansion.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Online Travel

Uber Gets Into the Ride-Sharing Game in Paris

Uber will first introduce ride-sharing services in cities where its losing customers due to too-high fares or regulations. Its further expansion will likely depend on how consumer pickup in the early markets.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Online Travel

The Top 31 Most Heavily Venture-Funded Startups In Travel

The global travel industry is going through a lot of disruption, and the biggest sectors include the sharing economy and ground transportation, as well as one large potential winner in the hotel booking sector.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 10 years ago

Ground Transport

New Skift Trends Report: What the Sharing Economy Means to the Future of Travel

Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago

Ground Transport

Skift Asks: Do You Need a Taxi Hailing App?

Car-hailing apps are the hot thing in ground transportation, but they'll need a big market to succeed. We see a few glimpses of that here, as well as a few things that could be speedbumps for the services.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 11 years ago

Ground Transport

California Becomes First U.S. State to Regulate Ride-Sharing Services

The decision will provide startups, their users, and regulators with a clear uniform set of policies as well as set the stage for future regulation in other U.S. markets.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

San Francisco’s efforts to make Airbnb, FlightCar and the sharing economy legit

The Mayor's Office, Airbnb, and SFO all talk about an ongoing "dialogue" and "conversation," but any timelines are vague and the city’s own neighborhood associations, let alone its residents, aren't yet part of the discussion. The sharing economy will one day be regulated in San Francisco, but there's still much work to be done.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

San Francisco Airport tells six ride-sharing services to stay away

What's the difference between an unlicensed driver picking up passengers at an airport using who's found his passenger with an app and one who finds the passenger by carefully approaching passengers at the departure gate? One we call "disruptive," the other we find distasteful.

Skift | 11 years ago