Sentences with phrase «other ride share»

Even with the explosive growth of Uber and Lyft and other ride share companies in recent years, taxis are still widely present in Boston.

This year, in the budget debate, the three men are also agreeing to rules for Uber, Lyft, and other ride sharing upstate; raising the age at which people are considered an adult for criminal trials; and a plan for making the SUNY system tuition free for many.

The governor said the rules for Uber and other ride sharing services would also apply to New York City, where Mayor Bill deBlasio attempted to limit Uber's expansion.

Senators appear open to allowing Uber, Lyft, and other ride sharing services to operate in New York state, as long as they can come up with the right rules.

Uber and other ride sharing services are gearing up to win permission from the state legislature to operate in areas outside New York City.

Senators appear open to allowing Uber, Lyft, and other ride sharing services to operate in New York State, as long as they can come up with the right rules.

Erie County Legislature Majority Leader Joseph Lorigo would like to see Buffalo at the center of discussions that are taking place to bring Uber and other ride sharing services to Upstate New York.

The governor says the rules for Uber and other ride sharing services would also apply to New York City, where Mayor Bill de Blasio attempted to limit Uber's expansion.

Not exact matches

But drivers for ride - hailing apps increasingly hope for and even expect to receive tips, and workers in other areas of the sharing and on - demand economies are also hopeful that you might add a little bit to their fare.

For the past few months, Google Maps has quietly been offering special features designed to aid ride - sharing, delivery and gaming companies among others.

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

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.

Other automakers are exploring self - driving, ride - sharing services, but not so much the prospect of letting owners elect when it is used in a fleet setting or not.

Operating between 6:30 am and 9 pm, wait time averages five minutes for a ride you share with other passengers headed the same way.

It's amazing how many proposals I see that are «me too» with only slight or abstract differentiation from other social media sites, ride sharing, or collaboration tools.

In Uber terms, it's less like an UberX ride that just transports one person and more like UberPool, the version of the ride - sharing service that lets commuters offer to drive other people to work with them.

With the rise of Uber, Lyft, and other ride - sharing companies, traditional car and insurance companies will need to do something drastically different if they want to survive.

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.

Now, with Uber Pool, users are able to share these rides, splitting the cost with other riders who are going in a similar direction, thus lowering the cost for all 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.

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

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.

Didi previously invested massively in ride - sharing companies from other markets, such as Ola, Lyft and Grabtaxi.

Whether the company partners with automakers, ride - sharing firms or other companies remains to be seen.

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.

First, changes in the value of shares it owns in other companies, among which is ride - hailing app Uber, will be reflected as profit or loss on the income statement.

Some users said the ride - sharing app showed minimum prices as high as $ 65, or more than two times the regular price, but others said the minimum price quadrupled to as much as $ 100.

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.

She felt her life experience gave her a different perspective on being a first - time mom and wanted to learn and share from others riding the same wave.

While we can not organize car pool groups, we will provide a list of other parents from your session looking to ride share.

The ride - sharing app Uber has recently shifted its focus to the city's other boroughs, leading it to a milestone: More people are using it than the city's fabled yellow cabs.

A host of other special interests — ranging from upstate mayors and county executives to Mothers Against Drunk Driving to the NAACP — all lauded Cuomo's plan, pointing to everything from ride - sharing that gets drunks off the road to transit efforts that will help inner - city workers get to jobs.

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.

«When I was an elected official, I believed in transparency, so I think it's a good thing to have,» said Johnson, who reported being paid $ 1,000 earlier this year to meet with county officials about its new Taxi and Limousine Commission, which has mulled regulating Uber and other ride - sharing services.

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

State lawmakers are considering changes in state insurance laws that would allow ride - sharing services like Uber and Lyft in upstate and other parts of the state they are currently prohibited.

Josh Mohrer, general manager of Uber, surrounded by state lawmakers and other supporters in 2015, unsuccessfully advocated for the ride sharing service beyond New York City.

As for why a statewide push is happening, Breslin pointed to national efforts to allow Uber and other ride - share apps.

He says the drivers for ride sharing vehicles, must provide their own car and did not receive any health care or other benefits.

Other issues seemed increasingly likely to be pushed to next year, such as ride - sharing — its backers were pessimistic they would get a deal to allow an upstate expansion — and the tax break and development program known as 421 - a, which was the subject of some last - minute negotiations with little progress.

«Like we've shown across the country, we will do whatever it takes to make sure that New Yorkers have access to ride - sharing like other people across the world,» said Josh Gold, a former union operative who is now on Uber's policy team.

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.

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 Assembly plan would also impose a $ 1 fee on Uber, Lyft and other ride - sharing trips throughout the rest of the city and state — an idea that was quickly slammed by Uber.

Panelists include: George Bliss, biker and owner of Hudson Urban Bicycles (HUB0 and an advocate for safer bikes; Steve Vaccaro, biker and lawyer dealing with the legal aspects of bike - riding in the city; Caroline Samponaro of Transportation Alternatives and the Bike Share Program; Council Speaker Christine Quinn's office with pending legislation dealing with electric bikes and other relevant issues.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's recent comments that New York State should create a statewide system for regulating Uber and other digital ride - sharing companies is driving speculation that Uber could return to East Hampton Town — a prospect that doesn't sit well with the locals.

All other NFL cities have ride sharing.

Advocates say it's so limited that almost no doctors have signed up to administer the drug, and making it legal for the ride sharing service Uber and others to operate outside of New York City.

«We fully expect the Legislature to pass, and the governor to sign, ride - sharing legislation in early 2017 and join the 47 other states in the country where residents can get an affordable, reliable ride at the touch of a button,» said company spokeswoman Alix Anfang.