Sentences with phrase «by ride sharing»

Assembly Democrats want local transportation services (which could be affected by ride sharing) to get between $ 6 million and $ 12 million of that.

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In October, Lyft announced that it had replaced the ride - sharing company's old navigation software used by drivers with Google Maps.

The company distinguished itself by providing services the ride - sharing service doesn't.

• Grab, a ride - sharing company serving Southeast Asian markets, plans to raise more than $ 1.5 billion in a funding round led by SoftBank, according to Bloomberg.

Lyft, a smaller ride - sharing competitor, was also sued by both cities.

In addition to driverless cars, increased usage of ride - sharing and ride - hailing services are projected to generate $ 1 trillion in revenue for suppliers globally by 2040, latest industry figures indicate, according to SCMP.

Ride - sharing company Lyft has expanded its operations in the United States by more than 50 % in the past eight months, taking advantage of problems at rival company Uber to capture new market share.

In 2016, Uber looked to shake off its «taxi - sharing 2.0» moniker by expanding into markets outside of its core ride - sharing business.

And now Daimler is investing in Via in order to launch the ride - sharing service in London by the end of the year and other European cities to follow.

And it's possible the province will update their transportation laws since the outgoing Liberal government has pledged to legalize ride - sharing services by the end of the year.

But Honda's concept car envisions a ride - sharing service that is managed by the owners of the car.

Oil demand will be squeezed by electric vehicles, fuel efficiency and ride - sharing in the years ahead.

And city streets — which are being overcrowded by the influx of ride - hailing vehicles, according to some reports — could become less congested as a ride - sharing fleet moves commuters around en masse, rather than individuals relying on their own cars to get to work.

My family and close friends would certainly make up a large piece of it, but I hope it would also include my mentors and mentees, team colleagues, fellow board members and even strangers who were touched by my articles or speeches, shared a cross-country plane ride conversation with me or somehow crossed paths with me along the way.

Logan Green, CEO of on - demand ride - sharing company Lyft, spoke during a fireside chat at the Play Conference 2013, an event organized by students from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

Perhaps the most high - profile example of how such misconduct can destroy value is Uber, the ride - sharing company rocked by allegations of harassment and sexism early last year.

Because these modern - day apps, like Uber's ride - sharing platform for example, contain many different moving parts, require many resources, and must not easily overload under heavy use, they need to be powered by numerous computers, tethered together in what's known as distributed computing.

In spite of prices that can be a fraction of Capital Bikeshare, dock-less company LimeBike says all it needs to make its business model work is one ride per bike per day — a mark that most functioning bike - share systems fly by.

The amazing ride of Nintendo shares, fueled by the wild spread of the smartphone game Pokémon Go, appears to be over.

As we've seen with Uber, which famously blinked when challenged by local ride - sharing service Didi Chuxing, Chinese competitors shouldn't be underestimated.

If I keep up the pace of my last two months of using ride sharing apps, I'll wind up wasting over $ 1,000 by the end of December.

BMW has said it would launch a fully autonomous car by 2021, while Ford Motor has said it will introduce a vehicle with similar capabilities for ride - sharing purposes in the same year.

By 2025, Helsinki aims to have residents get around on trains, bikes, and with car - sharing rides.

«Unfortunately, the rules passed by City Council don't allow true ride - sharing to operate.»

Ford will roll out a fleet of self - driving cars as part of a ride - sharing or - hailing service by 2021.

«By committing significant financial resources to these offsets, we're building into our business a strong incentive to pursue shared rides and the displacement of gasoline - powered vehicles,» Zimmer and Green wrote.

On - demand ride - sharing apps have rocked the established taxi industry worldwide by bringing new technology to consumers that are eager for accessible, affordable alternatives.

The letter, written on Jacobs's behalf by his own lawyer, Clayton D. Halunen, describes how Uber's web scraping was used to lift competitor ride sharing companies» driver information, pricing structures and incentives.

Ford (f) also announced its intention to make self - driving cars for commercial ride - sharing or on - demand taxi services by 2021, a target the automaker says it will reach by expanding its Silicon Valley research lab, as well as investing in or buying autonomous vehicle technology startups.

This digitization is occurring at a faster rate in other industries, like the ride sharing economy, «free» internet services supported by advertising, and others.

In keeping with the idea that every company is a tech company, we'll have plenty of speakers representing other industries, including General Motors President Dan Ammann, who is trying to keep his company relevant in an era of ride sharing and self - driving cars; Charles Koch, CEO of Koch Industries, which owns oil pipelines, a lumber business, and a fertilizer producer; and Toys R Us CEO Dave Brandon, who must grapple with the shift by customers to buy online.

The fee — which accounts for about $ 1.50 to $ 3 of a each fare and is not shared with drivers — was raised by between 15 and 50 cents per ride last week, depending on the city.

The app connects folks to drivers by ordering rides through their smartphones and can pay their cab fare just like they would if riding with another ride - share company.

Since that launch, Daimler has grown the Moovel app's utility by incorporating an increasing variety of transportation options, including public transportation, ride - hailing, and car - and bike - sharing services.

The ride - sharing service pairs a rider and a driver headed in the same destination, and it costs less than the same service offered by Uber or Lyft.

Even though RIM switched advertising agencies last January — its former agency, Leo Burnett, was replaced by 72andSunny and BBDO Worldwide — the «night bikes» commercial treads on familiar territory: hip twenty - somethings make plans via instant messaging, then meet up for shared experiences like concerts, parties and bike rides.

Furthermore, a study by JPMorgan Chase looked specifically at gig economy workers working for labor platforms — such as ride - sharing companies — and capital platforms, like temporarily renting one's apartment.

The latest internal drama at the ride - sharing startup stems from a consequential decision last year by the company's board to give Kalanick control of three seats.

Uber and other ride - sharing services in China are bracing up for new draft rules issued by the nation's Ministry of Transport.

It was reported earlier this week that ride sharing major Uber Technologies Inc. is raising $ 1 billion investment led by Hillhouse Capital Group.

The commercial vehicle, which will not include a steering wheel or pedals, will be used by ride - hailing and ride - sharing companies.

The new law, effective March 21, mandates that all ride - sharing companies should conduct criminal background checks on drivers and old vehicles must be inspected by a licensed mechanic.

Uber, a «disruptive technology» that has changed peoples» lives with app - based ride sharing, keeps stirring the pot by creating new opportunities for its drivers that some...

If Tesla goes ahead with its Tesla Mobility ride sharing business, the amount of data could rise to 400 million miles per day by 2025 or 2030.

American ride - sharing company Uber is projected to gain as much as $ 10.84 billion this year and around $ 26.12 billion by the following year in global bookings, according to a recent presentation for potential investors.

According to a Bloomberg report, a consortium of investors led by SoftBank has offered to purchase Uber shares that will value the ride - hailing company at $ 48 billion.

In the United States Lyft is telling investors it «will have boosted its share of U.S. ride - hailing business some 61 percent by the end of the year, climbing to about a third of the market»; what is even more damaging is Lyft's partnership with Waymo, which made Lyft the best way to invest in Google's self - driving technology — Google apparently agreed, leading a $ 1.5 billion investment that Lyft announced this week.

Leverage data sharing agreements offered by ride - hailing services to better inform and plan regional and provincial transportation policy.

Instead, it is used by application developers as a currency for transactions on the Ethereum network, which includes a range of applications like ride - sharing, betting and investment.

The ride - sharing business uses the same freelance model as the one used by UberRUSH and generated international headlines for its reliance on on - demand workers, who aren't entitled to the same benefits as full - timers.