Category: Mobility Companies

Accessing Jobs, Healthcare, and More:Introducing Lyft’s Community Grant Winner ReEstablish Richmond

“The closest supermarket is 35 minutes on foot,” says Savitra through a Nepali interpreter. “It takes three hours by bus to take my husband to his medical appointments.” Not that Savitra has anything against walking. One of the things she loves the most about living in Richmond, Virginia, is being outside.  “It’s clean and safe.… Continue reading Accessing Jobs, Healthcare, and More:Introducing Lyft’s Community Grant Winner ReEstablish Richmond

Uber Announces Results for Third Quarter 2019

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2019. “Our results this quarter decisively demonstrate the growing profitability of our Rides segment,” said Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO. “Rides Adjusted EBITDA is up 52% year-over-year and now more than covers our corporate overhead. Revenue growth and take rates… Continue reading Uber Announces Results for Third Quarter 2019

Lyft Announces Record Third Quarter Results

Third quarter revenue grew to $956 million, up 63% year-over-yearRaising outlook for fiscal 2019 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lyft, Inc. (Nasdaq:LYFT) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2019.  “Our third quarter results demonstrated the significant progress Lyft has made on our path to profitability. Record revenue… Continue reading Lyft Announces Record Third Quarter Results

Lyft Hires New Head of Data Privacy

As Lyft continues to grow, so does our world-class executive team! We’re excited to announce that Google’s Chrissie Kawasaki has joined Lyft as Head of Data Privacy. In her new role, Chrissie will lead efforts to scale Lyft’s privacy program as the company continues its rapid growth, while ensuring that we always take excellent care… Continue reading Lyft Hires New Head of Data Privacy

Introducing Uber ATG’s Self-Driving Safety & Responsibility Board

By: Chan Lieu, Sr. Safety Program Analyst Uber ATG is pleased to announce the creation of our Self-Driving Safety and Responsibility Advisory (SARA) Board. The SARA Board is an independent panel of safety experts charged with reviewing, advising, and suggesting changes to Uber ATG’s self-driving enterprise, including inputs on organizational goals and priorities. We believe… Continue reading Introducing Uber ATG’s Self-Driving Safety & Responsibility Board

Introducing Lyft Pink: A Membership That Unlocks More

Lyft is committed to improving people’s lives with the world’s best transportation. We believe cities should be built for and around people, not cars — that means fundamentally changing the way people think about getting around their cities. We’re shifting from personal car ownership and moving society toward transportation as a service — and Lyft… Continue reading Introducing Lyft Pink: A Membership That Unlocks More

A 100x Investment (Part 2)

So I sat down to write part 2, and at first it was exactly what you’d expect. Copying and pasting the titles, “Don’t hand engineer feature spaces”, “Really, your hand engineered feature space won’t work”, “If you need a map for safety, you will fail”, “Level 4 or bust is stupid” etc. But then I… Continue reading A 100x Investment (Part 2)

Beyond the Numbers: Lyft’s 2019 Inclusion and Diversity Report

At Lyft, inclusion and diversity are at the core of Lyft’s principles, how we make decisions, how we build our teams, and how we serve our communities. Making sustained progress requires clear strategies, metrics that matter, inclusive culture, and leadership that will hold everyone accountable to do their part to retain, hire, develop, and advance… Continue reading Beyond the Numbers: Lyft’s 2019 Inclusion and Diversity Report