Sentences with phrase «expanding ride sharing»

Expanding the ride sharing services is tied to a number of other items that Cuomo and lawmakers hope to address, if a special session is held.

The Republican - led Senate and Democratic - controlled Assembly this year considered competing versions of a bill that would accomplish the same goal; expanding ride sharing or ride hailing outside New York City.

Still, the fight over expanding ride sharing could be a contentious one, and reignite the feud between Cuomo and de Blasio.

The measure, Senate bill S. 4159, which is prime sponsored by Senator James L. Seward (R,C,I - REF - Oneonta) expands ride sharing outside of New York City and into all regions of Upstate New York.

«There are also a number of items that have fallen off the table including a bill that would have expanded ride sharing apps like Uber and Lyft to upstate New York.

The governor and legislature failed to agree to expand ride sharing services, including Uber and Lyft, beyond New York City.

Not exact matches

Until now, it has always focused on the United States while Uber has expanded globally, often facing opposition from local ride - sharing services.

Ride - sharing app Lyft, which has seen its market share surge in the last year as rival Uber has struggled, is expanding outside of the U.S. for the first time with plans to launch in Toronto.

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.

Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba invested in the San Francisco - based ride - sharing company, which plans to expand internationally.

It's been expanding into a dizzying array of fields, including cloud computing, messaging, mobile, mapping, TV, ride - sharing, taxi services, media and crowd - funding.

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.

Lyft has expanded its on - demand ride - hailing service to 54 new U.S. cities Thursday as it tries to push deeper into the Midwest, East, and Southern states and take market share away from rival Uber.

Uber, for instance, has exploited loopholes in laws written long before the digital era to ruthlessly expand both its ride - sharing and taxi services and its autonomous driving program.

written long before the digital era to ruthlessly expand both its ride - sharing and taxi services and its autonomous driving program.

Ride - sharing apps have taken off among Vietnam's rapidly expanding middle class as they provide four - wheeled comfort in a country better known for chaotic swarms of scooters and Southeast Asia's most expensive taxi fares.

Uber, the ride - sharing app that has been pushing for legislative action to allow it to expand its operations outside New York City, is launching an online campaign today to highlight the benefits it says it will bring to upstate.

Uber Technologies Inc., which unsuccessfully sought to expand ride - sharing services in upstate New York, spent $ 752,974, the report found.

His idea to expand Uber and Lyft to upstate — where they have never been approved by the Legislature — would end Buffalo's distinction as the nation's largest city without ride - sharing services.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the legislature failed to agree to expand ride - sharing services, including Uber and Lyft, beyond New York City.

That means that details remain elusive on the status of, among other things, expanding ride - hailing outside of New York City, offering free tuition to SUNY and CUNY schools for middle - class students, and requiring local governments to come up with shared services plans.

Expanding the ride - sharing services is tied to other items that Cuomo and lawmakers hope to address if a special session is held.

One day after Uber launched a lobbying effort to expand to upstate New York and Long Island, Cuomo said he's driving a proposal for a statewide system to allow the ride sharing services to bypass local licensing procedures.

Ride - sharing apps Uber and Lyft are finding some resistance to expanding upstate, including labor concerns in Assembly, opposition from taxi companies.

The ride - share company Uber on Monday announced it had expanded its roster of upstate mayors supportive of allowing the app and similar services to operate outside of New York City

With legislators set to return to the Capitol on Monday, Uber is planning a post-budget push to have car - hailing apps expand into upstate, pledging to do «whatever it takes» to make sure everyone in New York has access to the ride - sharing app.

As Uber looks to expand its operations upstate, a number of disability - rights groups are set to join a coalition today pushing legislation allowing the ride - sharing application to operate legally here.

ALBANY — Having secured a victory in the streets of New York City and over its mayor, the ride - sharing company Uber announced a legislative and public relations push on Tuesday to expand its business to taxi - and job - challenged cities like Buffalo, Rochester and Albany.

Josh Mohrer, the general manager of Uber NY, spoke at the state Capitol on Tuesday in favor of expanding the ride - sharing service into the Albany area.

Ride sharing services have stepped up their lobbying and ad campaigns, in hopes of winning approval to expand into upstate and on Long Island by the end of the year, including a $ 1 million campaign by Uber.

Although authorization to expand ride - sharing services in Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester was granted in the state budget passed earlier this month, a provision added during closed - door negotiations allows large suburban counties to opt out.

Legislative fights to allow ride - sharing companies like Uber, to expand outside New York City and greater access to medical marijuana, were shelved.

In addition, Murphy wants to expand the base of the sales tax to include ride - sharing services and Airbnb stays to generate $ 67 million.

Talks to hold a special legislative session to approve a pay raise for legislators and expand ride - sharing services, including Uber and Lyft, upstate ended late - Friday night

Maven aims to create a foothold in the rapidly expanding dash toward personal mobility, which starts with ride - sharing and ultimately is anticipated to encompass autonomous, or driverless, vehicles.

Traditional licensed taxi drivers in major cities have been the most vocal opponents of expanded operating rights for the ride - sharing companies, and now they could benefit from new technology that will put them on more even competitive footing.

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The reason these ride sharing services are expanding so rapidly is because they offer lower cost, more convenient alternatives to your traditional taxi or yellow cab.

Ride - sharing insurance is currently available in Ontario only, but it will probably be expanded into other provinces soon.

When it expands across the country, Ofo will find itself going up against the likes of ride - hailing giant Ola, as well as self - drive car rental firm Zoomcar, and Yulu, which was launched last November by InMobi co-founder Amit Gupta — all of which are experimenting with small - scale trials of bike - sharing services there.

Beyond the variety of use cases Concierge offers, the expanded service represents another means for Lyft to compete its battle with other ride - sharing services, like Uber.

Sampson also suggests that this could expand into music tastes, with the car learning what type of music each passenger prefers, and if multiple passengers are sharing a ride, it will play music of common interest with no input necessary.

And if ownership didn't suit their lifestyle, fine; the company was eager to expand into ride - sharing and autonomous fleet services.