Uber and UberX drivers angry with how they’ve been treated formed a new association on Sunday. With the help of Teamsters Local 117, an organization that represents taxi drivers and helps unions across… Read More
While the City of Seattle figures out how to regulate app-based transportation companies like UberX, Lyft and Sidecar, King County officials are taking matters into their own hands. King County… Read More
Fed up with how they’ve been treated, angry drivers from Uber and UberX are forming an association. Hundreds of drivers working for the San Francisco-based transportation startup will gather on… Read More
In less than three weeks, Seattle may issue a cease-and-desist letter to transportation companies like Lyft, Uber and Sidecar. Representatives from the San Francisco-based startups, taxi companies and City officials are currently in… Read More
Lyft is getting luxurious. The transportation startup today unveiled Lyft Plus, a new high-end service that features custom Ford Explorers with enough room for up to six people. Lyft Plus launches… Read More
While Seattle has been trying to figure out how to regulate companies like UberX, Lyft and Sidecar for well over a year, Washington’s third-biggest city is just getting started. Just a 45-minute… Read More
In an attempt to offer more protection for drivers and passengers, Lyft today announced a new partnership with MetLife. Details are scant, but the transportation company noted today in a… Read More
If Seattle’s love for Car2go is any indication, the city’s new bike-sharing program should have no trouble attracting users. Pronto! Emerald City Cycle Share will launch this fall, placing 500… Read More
Uber’s latest marketing ploy: Leave Lyft, come work for us, and we’ll give you $500. The San Francisco-based transportation company is offering $500 to drivers from competing services like Lyft and… Read More
Uber is already battling the Seattle City Council over laws and regulations allowing the operation of its business. Now, though, it looks like the transportation company has a new opponent in… Read More
Lyft is expanding in a big way. The app-based transportation startup today launched its service in 24 cities at once, making it the biggest rides-on-demand platform in the U.S. (UberX… Read More
Seattle will issue a ceast-and-desist letter to app-based transportation startups like UberX, Lyft and Sidecar if an agreement between the companies, taxi drivers and city leaders cannot be made by the… Read More
Seattle’s ride-sharing controversy just took an unexpected turn. A coalition group has collected enough signatures to suspend a newly-passed ordinance regulating companies like UberX and Lyft, and now Mayor Ed Murray wants to work… Read More
Last month, Lyft called out Seattle’s city leaders for their decision to regulate the number of cars it could have on the road. The company even said it was ready… Read More
UberX customers, take note: Your rides are about to cost a little more. In an email sent to UberX Seattle drivers, the company notes a new “Safe Rides Fee,” that… Read More
Uber, the fast-growing San Francisco app-based transportation startup, has another problem to deal with in Seattle: Angry drivers who say they’re being treated like slaves. Former and current Uber drivers… Read More
The fate of app-based transportation companies like UberX, Lyft and Sidecar may soon be decided by the people of Seattle. A coalition group that is collecting petition signatures to suspend a newly-passed… Read More
If you use Lyft to get around town, your rides are about to cost a little less. Just one week after announcing its $250 million Series D round, Lyft said it… Read More
One of the reasons why Lyft, the app-based transportation company that’s up in arms over regulations set by the Seattle City Council, encourages its drivers to sport a pink mustache on the grill of… Read More
Lyft may be battling city governments for the right to conduct business, but that isn’t stopping investors from putting millions of dollars behind the app-based transportation company. Today Lyft announced… Read More
A new coalition group in Seattle wants to collect enough petition signatures in hopes of suspending a newly-passed ordinance that regulates app-based transportation companies like UberX, Lyft and Sidecar. The… Read More
Heads up, Tacoma taxi drivers: You’re about to have new competition. Just weeks after Lyft and Sidecar began offering their transportation service in Washington’s third-largest city, Uber announced today that… Read More
For the past several months, members of the Seattle City Council have called out companies like Uber, Lyft and Sidecar for not sharing their insurance policies, saying that they need… Read More
Even though the Seattle City Council already voted to enact laws that will regulate app-based transportation companies like UberX, Lyft and Sidecar, the California-based startups are still letting their displeasure… Read More
Taxicab drivers in Seattle are suing Uber not because they’re scared of competition. In fact, they say they welcome it. Rather, members of The Western Washington Taxi Cab Operators Association argue that… Read More
The Western Washington Taxi Cab Operators Association is suing Uber, the app-based transportation company, for operating illegally in Seattle and King County. The lawsuit, filed in King County Superior Court, claims that… Read More
An hour after Seattle City Council voted to cap the number of ride-sharing drivers on city streets, I was in a Lyft (with my two kids) that got rear ended… Read More
While the debate rages on in Seattle over the legality of app-based transportation companies like UberX, Lyft and Sidecar, it looks like Tacoma may soon have to deal with the… Read More
I have called Seattle home for more than two decades and my wife and I are raising our children here. There’s a lot to enjoy and be proud of about… Read More
Just two days after the Seattle City Council voted to regulate the new app-based transportation companies, Lyft is no longer accepting donations as payments to drivers for rides. Starting Thursday,… Read More
