All the headlines from our Sharing Economy Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 7 2014 // Virginia is allowing ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft to operate under a temporary agreement between the companies and the state, officials said Wednesday.The move follows letters from state officials in June telling...
Aug 7 2014 // The city council in Houston gave the green light to smartphone-enabled car ride services on, removing legal uncertainty around popular services including Uber and Lyft.Separately, the city council in Dallas reviewed rules...
Aug 1 2014 // State regulators have rejected a motion by ride-sharing service Lyft for a stay on a pending cease and desist order against the company.The Albuquerque Journal reported that the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission...
Jul 30 2014 // The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has set separate two-day hearings next month to consider permanent licenses for ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft.The PUC last week gave the San Francisco-based firms temporary...
Jul 25 2014 // New York State officials announced today rideshare firm Lyft has agreed to operate in New York City in full compliance with existing laws and regulations. The announcement comes two weeks after the state’s attorney...
Jul 25 2014 // Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission approved emergency permits Thursday for two ride-sharing companies to operate in the Pittsburgh area.The PUC had previously obtained cease-and-desist orders — which the...
Jul 17 2014 // Ridesharing services are becoming increasingly popular among consumers looking for a more convenient alternative to taxis or other forms of public transportation, and new ridesharing companies have been cropping up...
Jul 16 2014 // A St. Louis, Mo., judge extended a temporary restraining order that bans the ride-sharing service Lyft from operating in the city or St. Louis County.St. Louis Circuit Judge Joan Moriarty said this week that Lyft cannot...
Jul 16 2014 // The city of Annapolis wants ridesharing company Uber to stop operating in Maryland’s capital until it registers as a cab service.Riders connect with drivers using Uber’s smartphone app. The company has been...
Jul 15 2014 // Lyft Inc., the car-sharing business vying with Uber Technologies Inc. for customers hailing rides with smartphones, agreed to further postpone its start in New York City and avoided a court-ordered shutdown sought by the...
Jul 14 2014 // Even as it faces new regulatory headaches in New York, transportation network company Lyft is making news this week with a major announcement today that should quiet at least some of its vocal critics: the company has...
Jul 14 2014 // The ride-sharing service Uber has started in four South Carolina cities.Service began last week in Charleston, Columbia, Greenville and Myrtle Beach. Those needing ride use an app on a smartphone and the service connects...
Jul 14 2014 // The on-demand ride-sharing app Lyft postponed its scheduled launch in New York City last Friday while a New York state judge will wait to consider whether its planned operations violate state and local laws.The state...
Jul 14 2014 // Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. are racing to recruit drivers to spur the growth of their ride- sharing businesses. Stefanie Leifer recently found herself caught in the middle.Leifer has worked for San Francisco-based...
Jul 10 2014 // Jonathan Danial is a concierge, making sure guests have bottled water, crisp linens and the signature house banana bread — in his home.David Pavel has been a classic limo driver, chatting up his passengers as he gets...
Jul 10 2014 // Lyft Inc. isn’t authorized to offer ride sharing in New York, according to the city’s taxi regulator, just days before it was due to start service.The service hasn’t complied with safety requirements and...
Jul 9 2014 // Uber Technologies says it is temporarily cutting its prices in New York City with the aim of making its service cheaper than an average taxi ride, the car service app announced Monday.The San Francisco start-up said it is...
Jul 7 2014 // The share-and-share-alike attitude considered a virtue by some has become fighting words between ridesharing companies and the insurance industry.“We try not to make it a battle,” says Robert Passmore, senior...
Jul 7 2014 // Ridesharing services are becoming increasingly popular among consumers looking for a more convenient alternative to taxis or other forms of public transportation, and startup ridesharing companies have been cropping up...
Jul 7 2014 // Lodging sharing service Airbnb has taken a bite out of San Francisco’s already limited stock of rental housing as some landlords and housing activists contend, a newspaper reported.The San Francisco Chronicle...