New York State Senator Jim Tedisco (R,C,I,REF - Glenville) and his Senate colleagues today took a major step forward in helping grow Upstate New York's economy by passing new legislation to bring
popular ride sharing services such as Uber and Lyft to the 49th Senate District and across Upstate New York.
Not exact matches
Many of its investments have been with American firms, including Amazon rival Shoprunner,
ride -
sharing service Lyft and Tango, a
popular messaging app.
Ride - and car -
share services are becoming more
popular with millennials, yet a new study finds the group is finally warming up to ownership.
His four most
popular proposals are creating a $ 2 billion clean water infrastructure fund, giving preference in state purchases to American - made goods, allowing
ride -
sharing services like Uber and Lyft to operate across the state, and extending the millionaire's tax, which even has the support of 61 percent of Republicans.
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.
Those most
popular proposals include creating a $ 2 billion clean water infrastructure fund, giving preference to American - made goods in state purchases, allowing
ride -
sharing services such as Uber and Lyft to operate across the state, and extending a tax on millionaires.
«Uber, your ratings are a complete joke,» complained a driver recently on UberPeople, an online forum for workers using the
popular ride -
sharing service.
Lyft, the
ride -
sharing service, gathered its customers» most
popular destinations in the Miami area for Valentine's Day from 2017.
In sorting data by destination, Certify determined that
sharing services are most
popular among business travelers to the epicenter of the
sharing economy, San Francisco, where Uber accounted for 79 percent of spending on local
rides, and spending on AirBnB was highest in the country at an average of $ 558 per stay.
Bike lanes, pedestrian - friendly planning and
ride -
sharing services are all becoming more
popular in many cities.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2017: Uber, the
ride -
share service, is more
popular than ever.
The change followed news that drivers for Lyft, the second most
popular ride -
sharing service, had earned $ 200 million in tips in 2017, as well as a threat from the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, which regulates one of Uber's biggest markets, to require tipping.
That reliance is changing as consumers buy new cars less often, and self - driving cars and
ride -
sharing services such as Lyft become more
popular.