Uber
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No, Uber’s Not Going to Replace Buses, But It Can Complement Them
Not a day goes by without a raft of stories about "new mobility" providers -- ride-hailing companies like Uber or car-share services like Car2Go that have tapped into recent technological advances to provide new ways to get around.
September 9, 2016
Uber and Lyft: Friend or Foe in the Battle for Livable Streets?
UberPOOL, which gives Uber customers discounts to share rides, launched about a year and a half ago in San Francisco. Uber is now rolling the service out to the East Bay.
March 7, 2016
Catching Up with the Rapidly Transforming Transportation Landscape
In the last few years, technological advances have been changing the transportation system in ways unanticipated and unprecedented. Bike-share and car-share offered alternatives heretofore nonexistent. Then, in swept Uber and Lyft and other “Transportation Network Companies,” or TNCs, and mobile apps that could completely change the ways people move around in their communities.
December 11, 2015
Guest Opinion: Uber And Lyft, A Solution To L.A.’s First/Last Mile Dilemma?
The Los Angeles City Council should be commended for its recent approval of Uber and Lyft pick-ups at LAX. By recognizing these services' enduring appeal for airport travelers, Los Angeles' city government now stands at the forefront of municipal ride-hail regulation.
September 30, 2015
Lyft and Uber Won’t Release Data to Shed Light on How They Affect Traffic
As ride-hail services like Lyft and Uber have boomed in San Francisco and other cities, proponents claim they help reduce demand for parking and road space by making it easier for people to own fewer cars. But very little data has been released by the ride-hail companies that would allow experts to assess their impact on streets and traffic.
July 1, 2015
SFMTA Bucks Uber, Bans Private Autos From Turning On to Mid-Market Street
Private auto drivers will be banned from turning on to Market Street between Third and Eighth streets after the restrictions were approved unanimously by the SFMTA Board of Directors yesterday.
June 18, 2015
Today in Bad Ideas: “Uberizing” the Public Transit System
A recent guest editorial in the Denver Post argued that "it's time to Uber our bus system" with privately operated demand-responsive service downtown.
June 1, 2015