Sentences with phrase «hailing companies»

But the Independent Drivers Guild, which represents 60,000 drivers for Uber, Lyft and other ride - hailing companies, said surcharges could be «devastating» if drivers are forced to absorb the higher costs instead of passing them to passengers.

One measure unlikely to be accomplished is the legalization of ride - hailing companies like Uber and Lyft north of New York City.

Ride - hailing proponents later turned their attention to a bill that would only regulate the business outside of New York City, but lawmakers could not come to agreements on insurance terms that made ride - hailing companies happy, nor did the Assembly bill win many friends within the transit insurance world, either.

The ride - hailing companies prefer a statewide solution, but some lawmakers want each locality to be able to set up its own rules for drivers.

Cuomo signed a Senate bill that prohibits low - level sex offenders from becoming drivers for ride - hailing companies Uber and Lyft.

It overrides local laws passed by cities like Austin to govern ride hailing companies.

Governor Greg Abbott on Monday signed House Bill 100 which provides statewide regulation of popular ride - hailing companies.

It also adds another wrinkle to the complicated relationship of ride - hailing companies worldwide.

Google is back investing in ride - hailing companies.

Uber and Lyft, the ride hailing companies, that rode off into the sunset a year ago when they couldn't reach agreement with local officials, have announced plans to return to Austin on Monday.

Texas HB 100 would regulate all transportation network companies, also known as ride hailing companies, operating in Texas and require them -LSB-...]

Just as the wedding season starts in the country, cab - hailing companies Ola and Uber have introduced new services to cater to...

The core innovation of ride - hailing companies like Uber and Lyft was using non-professional drivers in their own cars to avoid these regulations — a throwback to the era, nearly a century ago, before all those rules were imposed in the first place.

The company, itself a merger of Chinese ride - hailing companies Didi and Kuaidi, is part of a global ride - hailing alliance with Lyft, Southeast Asia's Grab, and India's Ola.

Get Me also largely stayed out of the Prop 1 fight because the essence of the fight was over ride - hailing companies» ability to effectively set their own rules over what local governments may prefer, which isn't how the firm's leadership believes that relationship should work.

The regulations include mandatory driver criminal background checks for ride - hailing companies, mandatory vehicles inspections, and a prohibition on street hails.10

«Ride - hailing companies hold out the promise of creating a whole new industry, but it's tough to make judgments based on their fundamentals,» said Masahiko Ishino, an analyst at Tokai Tokyo Securities.

SoftBank, which is heavily invested in other ride - hailing companies around the globe, could help Uber strike more partnership deals, especially in Asia.

No sooner than last week, China published its official rules about ride - hailing companies, and at a first glance they are less restrictive than most feared.

After raising a $ 100 billion fund, it's invested in ride - hailing companies that rival Uber, and now Uber itself.

SoftBank also has a stake in most of these ride - hailing companies, positioning it to broker truces and alliances between regional players, like Uber's recent sale of its Southeast Asia operations to Grab.

Tech Style NYC (it's supposed to sound like «textile») highlights companies like Nuzzle, a sleek GPS tracker for dogs; Earin, a small, wireless headphone; Maven, bottled wine and liquor cocktails; and Fair Fare, an app that let's you compare surge pricing of different ride - hailing companies.

Ride - hailing companies throughout Asia have relied on discounts and promotions to attract both riders and drivers in the fast - growing market, driving down profit margins.

Officials in Portland, Oregon, where Uber continued to operate despite regulations banning ride - hailing companies, have called for an investigation of the program.

Austin's city council approved a controversial new program on Thursday that highlights the often tense relationship between local officials and ride hailing companies like Uber and Lyft over safety.

Instead, they'll be put into service with ride - hailing companies like Uber Technologies and Lyft: They'll be automated taxis, limited (at least at first) to well - mapped cities.

However, both ride - hailing companies would have to shell out quite a bit more in benefits and pay for their new employees, and these drivers would gain additional legal protections.

As automakers grow their mobility services, those services will come into more direct competition with those ride - hailing companies, which have millions of monthly active users.

But ride - hailing companies argue that the fingerprinting is redundant because they already do their own background checks on drivers.

The committee held public hearings and invited 67 expert witnesses, including representatives from ride - hailing companies, Uber and Lyft.

That is certainly an attractive incentive for ride - hailing companies like Uber and Lyft, which have been kicked out of promising markets before (Uber's license to operate in London was revoked just a few months ago).

Austin voters have decided that drivers for ride - hailing companies, including Uber and Lyft, must pass fingerprint screenings — a more intensive background check than the companies typically require of their contractors — by February 1, 2017.

Critics swiftly accused the ridesharing company of attempting to undermine or profit from a work stoppage by taxi drivers that had been called by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, an AFL - CIO affiliate that represents many immigrants, and whose work has been largely focused on stopping the encroachment of ride - hailing companies like Uber.

But ride - hailing companies aren't the only ones trying to retain their part - time workers.

The ride - hailing companies are fighting restrictions in other cities across the country, including Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and Atlanta.

Ride - hailing companies like Uber and Lyft quickly got into hot water after debuting over whether they were providing adequate liability insurance for drivers and passengers.

The company's plans had previously been limited to financial commitments to ride - hailing companies in other countries and a research lab in Silicon Valley that opened last year.

However, Ammann told Fortune that the company doesn't plan to team up with other ride - hailing companies when it comes to its driverless car ambitions.

The company's ranks include numerous employees who got their start at the ride - hailing companies Uber and Lyft.

Uber drivers, as well as drivers for Lyft and other ride - hailing companies, are increasingly turning to alternative measures in the hopes of making more money on the job.

It's put billions of dollars to work in ride - hailing companies across the globe, including Uber and China's Didi Chuxing, and hundreds of millions into start - ups in many other categories, including dog - walking company Wag (it invested $ 300 million), food delivery provider DoorDash (it led a $ 535 million round), and virtual reality infrastructure provider Improbable (it led a $ 502 million round).

In October 2012, the California Public Utilities Commission sent Lyft, along with several other ride - sharing and car - hailing companies, cease and desist letters.

U.S. regulators said on Tuesday that Uber Technologies agreed to do more to protect the privacy of customer and driver data in settling allegations that the ride - hailing company had made deceptive privacy and data security claims.

The Japanese giant is looking to invest approximately $ 1 billion in Chinese truck - hailing company Manbang Group, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The ride - hailing company says it will accept an investment from Japanese tech investor SoftBank.

The ride - hailing company had a rocky year after multiple controversies plagued the company.

Co-founder Travis Kalanick stepped down as CEO of the loss - making ride - hailing company after a workplace culture investigation found more than 200 claims of misconduct.

Volkswagen and Chinese ride - hailing company Didi Chuxing have struck a more substantive deal, agreeing to work together on self - driving cars.

Uber Technologies Inc.'s third quarter loss widened to $ 1.46 billion, coinciding with a SoftBank - led consortium's bid to buy a large block of the ride - hailing company's stock.

When Khosrowshahi takes the top job at the ride - hailing company, he might have to divest his shares in Convoy.