Tag: Lyft

Making Cities More Liveable

Lyft began as an unconventional way to improve transportation and connect communities by helping people share the ride. Since then, Lyft has become a critical part of and partner with city transportation, providing more than 1 billion rides, and helping the driver community — over 90% of whom drive on a part-time basis — with… Continue reading Making Cities More Liveable

Wheels Raises $37M in Funding

Wheels, a Los Angeles, CA-based dockless electric mobility and transportation company, raised $37m in funding. Backers included Tenaya Capital, Bullpen Capital, Crosscut Capital, 3L Capital, Naval Ravikant, and a collection of strategic investors from the entertainment and sports communities. Co-founded by brothers Jonathan Viner and Joshua Viner, Wheels is a last-mile, shared electric mobility platform,… Continue reading Wheels Raises $37M in Funding

Wag founders ditch dogs for bikes with $37 million in funding

Wag founders Jonathan and Joshua Viner are leaving dogs behind for bikes. Wheels, the Viner brothers’ new electric bike-share startup, is announcing $37 million in funding from Tenaya Capital, Bullpen Capital, Naval Ravikant and others. The Viner brothers departed dog-walking startup Wag last year to start a fund focused on consumer startups. The departures came… Continue reading Wag founders ditch dogs for bikes with $37 million in funding

Chicago: Lyft’s got your wellness needs covered

This February, Lyft is teaming up with top Chicago wellness companies to help you keep moving your body and fulfilling those New Year’s Resolutions you set in January. Don’t sweat the parking, cold, dark weather, or worry about making it to class on time — Lyft has you covered with ride credits to keep you… Continue reading Chicago: Lyft’s got your wellness needs covered

Lyft Transit Connections Launches in Boise

We’re proud to partner with the Valley Regional Transit to launch Lyft Transit Connections, a new  transportation program in Boise, Idaho designed to provide cost-effective transit connections to 14 ValleyRide bus stops. Through this partnership, Boise residents are eligible for $2 rides to or from 14 qualifying bus stops within a designated service area. The… Continue reading Lyft Transit Connections Launches in Boise

It’s Time to Ride and Recycle, New York

Lyft and H&M are teaming up to promote the importance of recycling unwanted clothing. From Jan. 22-27, 5000 Lyft riders who want to recycle their unwanted clothing can enter promo code HMRECYCLES in the Lyft app to claim a $10 ride credit to any H&M location in New York City. Riders will also receive 15%… Continue reading It’s Time to Ride and Recycle, New York

Uber is hiring robotics teams to work on bikes and scooters

Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Uber is only gradually resuming its self-driving car program, but it’s already thinking about expanding that technology to its two-wheeled services. The Telegraph has discovered that Uber is hiring for a “micromobility robotics” team that would bring “sensing and robotics technologies” to shared bikes and scooters. While the exact plans aren’t clear,… Continue reading Uber is hiring robotics teams to work on bikes and scooters

We spoke to a Waymo One customer about how robot taxis get confused by rainstorms

Last month, Waymo launched its first self-driving taxi service — Waymo One — in Phoenix, Arizona, but you would hardly know it by scrolling through your feed. No Facebook posts, no live-streaming videos, no tweets. We don’t know how many people are using the Google offshoot’s self-driving minivans (Waymo won’t say), but the ones that… Continue reading We spoke to a Waymo One customer about how robot taxis get confused by rainstorms

Lime, Bird said to raise millions in new funding at far lower valuation

January 20, 2019 Two electric scooter startups, fresh off raising hundreds of millions of dollars last year, are now raising hundreds of millions more, according to multiple people familiar with the details. But the latest hard-fought deal terms for Lime and Bird Rides Inc. both peg the companies’ worth at far less than the lofty… Continue reading Lime, Bird said to raise millions in new funding at far lower valuation