Sentences with phrase «on ride sharing services»

If you want to avoid insurance on a secondary or primary vehicle, then you may be able to sell your vehicle and rely on ride sharing services.

The lightning round focuses on ride sharing services like Uber and Lyft.

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You know the drill: Amazon for your groceries, Netflix for date night, Handy for that light bulb you just can't reach and even on - demand car services to care for the car you hardly ever drive because you ride - share everywhere.

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

Google will launch a ride - sharing service in San Francisco, an unnamed source told The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.

Uber's latest investment in Brazil comes just weeks after Didi Chuxing, China's largest ride - hailing company, announced it was investing more than $ 100 million in Brazilian company 99, an on - demand taxi and ride sharing service.

He has famously said he missed the boat (or car) on the ride - sharing service Uber, but recently identified what he calls «the greatest startup ever.»

Thanks to the rise of on - demand ride - sharing services like Uber and Lyft, the need to have a car (and a parking space) is lessening even for daily commuters.

On the topic of temptation, Green said he learned a big lesson from the early days of his first company, Zimride, a ride - sharing service for college students and employees of local companies.

(Reuters)-- Ride - sharing service Lyft has hired investment bank Qatalyst Partners, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The ride - sharing service has been offering a game called Code on the Road to its riders in certain geographic areas.

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.

From early stage consumer infotainment features, to ride sharing and on - demand mobility services, to fully autonomous vehicles in the future, connectivity in the car has been the driving force behind recent automotive technology advancements.

The ride - sharing service is built on easy self - service via mobile, anticipates users» needs with always - available rides and meets consumers where they're engaged.

If a consumer is using a transit app on the watch to monitor delays, for example, an advertiser could insert a marketing offer that would light up on the watch face for a ride - sharing service or a deal at a coffee shop nearby, Kumar said.

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.

Ride - sharing service Uber's app is mocking New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's push of reducing on - demand for - hire vehicles in the city in a bid to reduce traffic snarls.

Sidecar officially announced that it is shutting down its ride - sharing and delivery service on Dec. 31, preparing to start fresh with new endeavors in 2016.

Chariot for Women, a new ride - sharing service set to debut on April 19, will feature women - only drivers for women and children passengers.

Someone requesting Uber's carpool service on a route where there are unlikely to be other passengers to share the ride, for instance, will be quoted a higher price so the company does not have to eat the cost, said the executive, who asked not to be named.

Other technology firms that made it to the list are Nvidia at no. 28, which produces chips for futuristic technologies such as deep learning and driverless cars, Facebook at no. 29 for investing in Messenger and for hosting news articles on its platform, Japanese messaging app maker Line at no. 37, Coinbase at no. 40 for enabling Bitcoin payments in PayPal and Expedia, IBM at no. 46 for its work with Watson, Snapchat at no. 47 for its innovative new format, and Uber at no. 50 for its ride - sharing services and driver deliveries.

A driver with the ride - sharing service Lyft waits for a customer on a street in Santa Monica, California October 17, 2013.

Didi is China's biggest ride - hailing company, cementing its dominance when it bought out Uber's operations in the country in 2016, and is preparing to launch car - sharing and other on - demand transport services.

Uber launched in Nevada on Oct. 24, adding Las Vegas and Carson City to its growing list of American metropolitan areas that have access to the company's ride - sharing services.

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The Philippine transport regulator said on August 25 that a one - month suspension ordered earlier this month on ride - sharing service Uber in the Philippines would only be lifted if a penalty of 190 million pesos ($ 3.7 million) would be paid.

Alphabet's Waymo has previously hinted at working on its own ride - sharing service.

For 2017, the company expects to continue its focus on travel policy compliance and officially incorporate ride share service Uber into Amgen's travel program.

You can drive for a ride share service, use an app to walk dogs or sell stuff on line.

First, the company may pump the same ads into self - driving cars that appear on Google's search engine, and second, it may be able to profit through licensing arrangements that let traditional automakers participate in its ride - sharing and other self - driving services, he said.

As he left the meeting with his young son, McKelvey was thinking about how he'd wanted to tell the commission that barring Uber from operating its ride - sharing services in his hometown is creating «a significant drag on the city.»

A report released last week revealed that ride - sharing apps like Lyft and Uber were largely responsible for the increase in traffic congestion in the city in the last few years, and Cuomo's plan will consider adding a surcharge on these services, funds from which will directly go toward subway improvements.

Despite the mutual State of the State boycott between Cuomo and state lawmakers, they will all have to work together eventually on issues like passing the budget, which is expected to have a deficit, and perhaps implementing new laws — to make college tuition free for more students, and allowing ride - sharing services like Uber and Lyft in more places in New York.

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.

Afterward, Cuomo joked that Zemsky had stolen his thunder, when he was asked whether he would propose a measure to legalize the ride - sharing services in upstate and on Long Island.

But despite the mutual State of the State boycott between Cuomo and state lawmakers, they will all have to work together eventually on issues like passing the budget, which is expected to have a deficit, and perhaps implementing new laws — to make college tuition free for more students, and allowing ride - sharing services like Uber and Lyft in more places in New York.

The ride - share app Uber formally launched an effort on Tuesday to bring its service outside of New York City, an expansion push that comes after the company successfully beat back an effort that some saw as limiting its growth in the five boroughs.

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

Also at 11 a.m., the Assembly hosts the first in a series of roundtable discussions on ride - share and car - share services, 250 Broadway, 19th Floor, Hearing Room 23, Manhattan.

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.

A separate bill pending before the county Legislature would put a six - month moratorium on ride - sharing services in Suffolk County.

Laura Ahearn, president of Parents for Megan's Law, said Tuesday night she was still «deeply concerned» that the county hadn't paused on accepting the ride - sharing service, but said she was assured Bellone would call a special meeting if the state legislation fails.

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.

Uber and the NAACP issued a joint report Monday that calls on state lawmakers to approve ride - hailing service - or ride - sharing - across Upstate.

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.

Afterward, Cuomo joked that Zemsky had stolen his thunder, when he was asked whether he would propose a measure to legalize the ride sharing services in upstate and on Long Island.

The poll also found that most New Yorkers want the state to permit ride - sharing services like Uber and Lyft to operate outside of New York City, but they are not in favor of a proposal to legalize daily fantasy sports gambling, including games offered on popular websites like FanDuel or DraftKings.

But, despite the mutual State of the State boycott between Cuomo and state lawmakers, they will all have to work together eventually on issues like passing the budget, which is expected to have a deficit, and perhaps implementing new laws - to make college tuition free for more students, and allowing ride sharing services like Uber and Lyft in more places in New York.

But, despite the mutual State of the State boycott between Cuomo and state lawmakers, they will all have to work together eventually on issues like passing the budget, which is expected to have a deficit, and perhaps implementing new laws to make college tuition free for more students, and allowing ride sharing services like Uber and Lyft in more places in New York.

Cuomo said he believes the ride - sharing services could create thousands of jobs, cut down on drunken driving and even boost tourism and attract more business and gatherings to upstate New York.