Tag: Lyft

JUMP, Lime, Scoot and Spin receive permits to operate scooters in SF

Electric scooter providers JUMP, Lime, Scoot and Spin have just been granted permits to operate their respective services in San Francisco beginning Oct. 15, 2020. This is part of the city’s longer-term permitting program for electric scooters. Each scooter provider will initially be able to deploy 1,000 scooters, with the potential to deploy up to… Continue reading JUMP, Lime, Scoot and Spin receive permits to operate scooters in SF

Waymo’s robotaxi pilot surpassed 6,200 riders in its first month in California

Waymo transported 6,266 passengers in self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans in its first month participating in a robotaxi pilot program in California, according to a quarterly report the company filed with the California Public Utilities Commission. In all, the company completed 4,678 passenger trips in July — plus another 12 trips for educational purposes. It’s a… Continue reading Waymo’s robotaxi pilot surpassed 6,200 riders in its first month in California

DriveItAway’s Dealer Subscription Program to Serve Business Fleets

DriveItAway Inc., with a car dealer focus on shared mobility, has introduced a new turnkey vehicle subscription and monthly rental program for its dealer partners. The existing DriveItAway platform was created for car dealers who are looking to provide shared mobility options to facilitate temporary rental vehicles for ride share, “gig” drivers. It now includes… Continue reading DriveItAway’s Dealer Subscription Program to Serve Business Fleets

JUMP pulled its bikes from a number of markets in the last few months

Uber-owned JUMP pulled its bikes and scooters from a handful of markets over the last few months. The latest city affected is San Diego, where JUMP’s bikes and scooters will no longer be available as of September 19, with the exception of two naval bases in the city. “We understand this may have a huge… Continue reading JUMP pulled its bikes from a number of markets in the last few months

Lyft Level 5 Self-Driving Dataset Competition Now Open

By: Vinay Shet, Director, Product Management The Lyft Level 5 team recently released a self-driving dataset with several tens of thousands of human-labeled 3D annotated frames and a semantic map, along with associated lidar frames and camera imagery. Today, we’re thrilled to launch a Kaggle competition with this dataset on 3D object detection over a… Continue reading Lyft Level 5 Self-Driving Dataset Competition Now Open

Uber plans to keep defending independent contractor model for drivers

In light of gig worker protections bill AB-5 passing in the California State Senate last night, and amendments to AB-5 passing in the Assembly this morning, Uber has made it clear it plans to do whatever it takes to keep its drivers independent contractors. “We will continue to advocate for a compromise agreement,” Uber Chief… Continue reading Uber plans to keep defending independent contractor model for drivers

Uber lays off 435 people across engineering and product teams

Uber has laid off 435 employees across its product and engineering teams, the company announced today. Combined, the layoffs represent about 8% of the organization, with 170 people leaving the product team and 265 people leaving the engineering team. The layoffs had no effect on Eats, which is one of Uber’s top-performing products, and Freight,… Continue reading Uber lays off 435 people across engineering and product teams

Reinforcing our commitment to safety

Today, Lyft is expanding our Community Safety Program to bring riders and drivers greater protection and peace of mind By John Zimmer, Lyft president and co-founder Safety is the cornerstone of all healthy communities, and it’s one of the key values Lyft was founded on. We don’t take lightly any instances where someone’s safety is… Continue reading Reinforcing our commitment to safety

Lyft faces sexual assault lawsuit

Fourteen women today filed a lawsuit against Lyft alleging the company has not addressed complaints pertaining to sexual assault, including rape. The suit, filed today in the Superior Court of San Francisco, seeks special, general and punitive damages, among other types of relief. In one case, a woman describes a Lyft driver who ended the… Continue reading Lyft faces sexual assault lawsuit