Sentences with phrase «lyft executive»

«The current Council proposal limits growth for all players to such small percentages of their current size that it would prevent any material shift in the proportionate market share of each company,» Lyft executive Diana Dellamere, said in her testimony.

Now, Bird, the company founded by former Uber and Lyft executive Travis VanderZanden, is pushing legislation that would sidestep those concerns by making it legal to ride electric scooters on sidewalks.

Starting early next month, Lyft drivers also will be able to transfer their fare earnings directly into their bank accounts, rather than wait for payday, Lyft executive Tali Rapaport said at a media event.

SAN FRANCISCO — An electric - scooter rental startup led by a former Uber and Lyft executive that has sparked a legal battle in Santa Monica, California, has landed $ 15 million in funding to expand across the US.

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Meanwhile, a key federal advisory board focused on driverless - car technology — a committee comprised of top executives from Apple, Ford, GM, Lyft and other tech and auto giants — has fallen entirely inactive, four sources told Recode.

«The end of car ownership is real, serious, and going to change your world,» Lyft co-founder and president John Zimmer told auto - industry executives at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November.

The day after the #DeleteUber fiasco, Lyft co-founders John Zimmer and Logan Green sent out an email and made a statement on Twitter denouncing Trump's executive order.

The idea of speaking out about political issues via social media isn't restricted to Uber, Lyft and Trump's executive order on immigration.

The company's chief executive has spent two years developing the idea, which could grow to eventually allow individuals to sell all sorts of services and ultimately even put it in competition with other sharing economy services, such as Uber or Lyft.

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GM and Lyft said they will work together to develop a network of self - driving cars that riders can call up on - demand, a vision of the future shared by the likes of Uber Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick and Google - parent Alphabet Inc..

Fontinalis Partners LLC, the venture firm funded by Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford, has previously invested in Lyft.

Startups including Bird, founded by former Lyft - then - Uber executive Travis VanderZanden, LimeBike, and Spin, have been dumping internet - connected scooters on city streets over the last year, ostensibly in an effort to fill the gaps in municipal transit.

In the main tent we will hear from executives including Toni Reid, Amazon's VP of Alexa Experiences & Echo Devices; Stripe COO Claire Hughes Johnson and Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse; and John Zimmer, co-founder and president of Lyft.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- The White House said Thursday that President Donald Trump plans to nominate a Lyft Inc executive as under secretary of transportation for policy.

For months, speculation has swirled that SoftBank and its hyper - aggressive chief executive, Masayoshi Son, are pursuing as much as a $ 10 billion investment in Uber — and could just as easily take that cash to Uber's chief rival in the United States, Lyft.

Another, Andrew Staples, said he already preferred Lyft because of Uber executive Emil Michael's comments about digging up dirt on Pando editor Sarah Lacy, who has been a vocal critic of the ride - hail company.

Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino announces voluntary enhanced background check for Uber and Lyft drivers.

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino announced a compromise between county lawmakers and ride - sharing companies like Uber and Lyft.

Ride - sharing services like Uber and Lyft are set to begin operating legally in Suffolk County on June 29 after County Executive Steve Bellone declined Tuesday to fast - track a bill to block the companies.

Lyft and Uber said they will encourage their drivers in Westchester to participate in the program and thanked County Executive Astorino and his team for bringing ride - sharing to Westchester.

It is also clear that the residents of Westchester County want to have Uber and Lyft operating in Westchester and the County Executive's plan to place decals on the cars of drivers who have submitted to and passed criminal background checks with fingerprinting is in my opinion the best scenario that could be reached with Uber and Lyft at this time.»

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — Joined by executives from Lyft and Uber, County Executive Robert P. Astorino today announced an innovative solution to allow ride - sharing companies to operate in Westchester while increasing rider safety by creating a voluntary pool of fingerprinted drivers from which companies like Lyft, Uber and others could hire.

Previously, Uber was found out to have been tracking drivers of competitor Lyft, as well as tracking iPhones after the user had deleted the app, which led to Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook threatening to kick them off the AppStore.

Uber had a convenient alternative in Lyft, a near - identical product with a better ethical track record and fewer problematic executives.