Showing posts with label Lyft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lyft. Show all posts

Saturday, July 25, 2015

Uber's Victory For Common Sense

Uber's Victory For Common Sense

July 25, 2015 App-Based Companies , Common Sense 0 Comments

LAX Becomes Largest U.S. Airport To Allow Uber, Lyft Pickups

By Laura J. Nelson and Katie Shepherd,
July 16, 2015 LA Times

Los Angeles officials voted Thursday to allow ride services such as Uber and Lyft to pick up passengers at LAX, the largest U.S. city to grant full airport access to the rapidly growing app-based companies.

The move could significantly alter the way thousands of Southern Californians and tourists navigate the nation's third-busiest airport, long criticized for traffic congestion and lack of a direct connection to the region's rail system. If the companies can quickly comply with the airport's rules, Lyft and Uber services — some offering lower fares than taxis — could be available by September, officials said.

Read More: http://www.latimes.com




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Monday, February 16, 2015

Maybe Philly should just say pretty please

February 16, 2015 Lyft , Martin O'Rourke 0 Comments
Lyft, UberX Are Legal Everywhere In Pennsylvania--Except In Philly

By Michael Hinkelman, Feb. 16, 2015, Pyilly.com
YOU CAN'T BLAME the on-demand ride-hailing service Lyft for thumbing its nose at the Philadelphia Parking Authority. After all, the San Francisco-based startup operates with a different business model from traditional taxis. Its MO is to disrupt the status quo, not to kowtow to it.

Lyft (like its larger hail-by-app competitor UberX) lets customers use a smartphone app to book and pay for its service. That's not quite the way business is conducted between riders and licensed Philly taxis.The Public Utility Commission has approved two-year licenses for "experimental service" for both UberX and Lyft to operate throughout the state - but not in Philadelphia, which is under the purview of the PPA.

And the PPA says its hands are tied. Spokesman Martin O'Rourke said that the authority can only enforce existing state law and that the PPA doesn't have legal jurisdiction to license private ride-hailing companies without a change in state law.

Read more at:  www.philly.com

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