Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Lyft

KOMANOFF: De Blasio’s Medallion ‘Bailout’ Plan Ignores True Cause Of Taxi Driver Distress

By Charles Komanoff | Mar 10, 2021 | No Comments

It is going to be up to the next mayor to follow up with explicit policies addressing the unjust competition between yellow cab drivers and those of Uber and Lyft — policies such as those our columnist outlines here.

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Study: Taking An App Taxi More than Doubles Your Roadway Impact

By Kea Wilson | Jan 24, 2021 | No Comments

The average Uber or Lyft customer is responsible for adding more than twice as many car miles to his city's roads as he was before he started using app-taxis to get around.

REPORT: Council Seeks Per-Minute ‘Empty Charge’ for Uber, Lyft

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 12, 2021 | No Comments

The proposal comes after a judge threw out a Taxi and Limousine Commission proposal to reduce the percentage of time that app-based cabs could be cruising from 41 percent to 31 percent. The report argues that a fee will work better.

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Study: E-Taxis Increase Private Car Ownership in Many Cities

By Kea Wilson | Jan 10, 2021 | No Comments

"Ride-hailing" apps once lauded for their potential to help end private car ownership are actually increasing it in many cities, a new study finds.

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California’s Prop 22 Is a Massive Handout To Unsustainable Transportation — And It’s Coming Here, Soon

By Kea Wilson | Nov 5, 2020 | No Comments

The controversial California bill is poised to be replicated across the nation — unless we stop it.