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TREND: Ride Share Gets New Ally in Empire State + 1 Counter punch

The brewing industry joins law enforcement supporting a push to extend ride share statewide in New York.

Brewers support ride share because:

  • boost the local economy
  • promote safety
  • help minimize downtown parking concerns

The counter punch from an association representing the taxi industry:

“Calling an Uber shouldn’t be the same as calling a criminal,” said John Tomassi, president of the Upstate Transportation Association. 

WHAM ABC 13 Rochester | Brewing industry joins push for…

2 Reasons a Judge Questions Whether Taxis are Harmed in Ride Share Regulations.

The lawsuit: Federal lawsuit over whether California regulations on ride share unfairly disadvantage taxis

The issues raised by a Judge questioning whether ride share regulations harm taxi cabs:

  • “In economic regulation groups are favored all the time. It’s always about favoring one over the other. Animus is the purpose of harming a group, not favoring a group.”
  • favoritism toward Uber and Lyft does not equal the sort of hostility toward taxi drivers

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Business Trend: Ride Share for Big Trucks. Bonjour Regulatory Fight.

Which company is looking at a ride share for trucking? Amazon

Business goal for trucking:  global freight broker

How would ride share for rucking work?

  • App based 
  • Capable of matching available trucks to shipments
  • Could move cargo from a seaport hub to a distribution center or move cargo from a warehouse to a parcel-delivery facility.

What other transportation moves has Amazon made in 2016?

  • Leases on 40 cargo jets
  • Registered to arrange ocean cargo
  • Build out of its last mile…

Ride Share + Health Care. 3 Bytes Intel on this Nascent Partnership.

Business Partnership trend: Uber and MedStar are partnering to bring patients to appointments

How does this partnership stack up against using taxis to get to appointments?

  • Taxis are more expensive
  • Taxis are operationally more difficult to include in health care transportation
  • taxi drivers are said not to go the extra mile for patients

How does the partnership address low income patients without a smart phone? Healthcare providers request & manage rides on behalf of their patients

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The Conservative Arguments to Support High Speed Rail in Texas.

Texas Central Rail lays out the conservative reasons to support the proposed high speed rail between Dallas and Houston.

Witout further adieu, the conservative reasons to support high speed rail:

  • A Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute report found eminent domain objections “misguided”
  • Texas law “provides property owners with ample protections, ensuring they will be treated fairly and compensated properly”
  • its a “market-led approach backed by private investors”
  • “full…

Wolverines Move Ride Share Legislation to Governor. The Crucial Elements.

Michigan legislators pushed for equal footing for ride share and taxis, ending up with this:

  • Both taxis and ride share would be regualted by the state
    • Annual registration
    • per vehicle fee
  • Drivers register through the companies, and not the state
  • Companies would have to:
    • conduct background checks
    • inspect vehicles

The details everyone wants to know- the background checks. Here’s the key requirements:

  • Annual background checks
  • 3rd party background checks permissible
  • must use a…

New rules. Regulations to Require Cars to Talk to each other?

The future is here. U.S. Department of Transportation is proposing new rules to require new cars to talk to each other.

What will cars be saying to each other? Cars will be required to broadcast data to one another about:

  • speed
  • location
  • direction

What’s an example? To ward off collisions, cars would be able to:

  • Use wireless technology to detect if another vehicle around the corner & 100s of yards away was going too fast in its direction & if they were headed for a…

Trendspotting. Ride Share for Seniors & Visually Impaired.

The business model:

  • Non-profit 
  • Ride share for people who are 60 and over & any adult with a visual impairment
  • Riders create a membership and fund a personal transportation account
  • Drivers earn credits that can be used later for rides

Lexington Herald Leader |  It’s like Uber for seniors — complete with ‘arm-through-arm’ walk to the door