Local TREND. 3 Examples of strict local Scooter Ordinances

City: Tampa, FL

What 3 local scooter requirements are being labeled strict?

  • Companies required to collect and keep thescooters coralled
  • Only on the dies walk
  • 6 mph speed cap set internally in the scooter

What else do I need to know about this local ordinance?

  • temporary pilot program
  • includes 4 companies ( Lime, Spin, Jump and Bird)
  • 18 years or older
  • driver’s license
  • Each company must offer a 24 hour liaison and 1-800 hotline
  • It could be preempted by statewide scooter legislation that…

Lege TREND. CAR Sharing Legislation. Its the NEW Ride Sharing Legislation.

State: Colorado

Legislation:  Peer-to-peer Motor Vehicle Sharing Program SB 19- 090 (2019 | CO) 

Insurance liability? Yes, insurance from the owner, driver, OR program. Butm if the program (app) holds the insurance the coverage has to be 3times.

What about insruance comapnies, can they deny to offer this coverage? Yes.

Denver Business Journal | New car-sharing regulations OK’d by Colorado legislators

Business TREND,. Sharing Economy + Trucking Industry. 3 Key points.

Who is the new kid on the blcok offering trucking services on a sharing economy? KeepTruckin Inc.,

What start up facts do I need to know?

  • 6 year old company from San Francisco
  • startup a valuation of $1.2 billion
  • it is the latest freight technology venture to surpass the $1 billion mark

The employees and locations:

  •  1,000 employees
  • 7offices in the U.S., Canada, Taiwan and Pakistan
  • customer base is:
    • operators with more than 250,000 trucks
    • equipped with KeepTruckin ELDs
    • 50,000-plus…

TX Lege. Landgraf 3 points on Transportation.

 

  • “For every $1.00 Texas sends to the federal government’s Highway Trust Fund, we only get $0.95 back to help build our public highways”
    • Texas is the only donor state in the nation
  • Concurrent Resolution 147 by Landgraff talks about this
  • The inequitable forumla from the Feds and Texas rapid growth means the time to fix this is now

Odessa American | Landgraf: Fighting for Texas roads

Lege TREND. Loophole in the Safety for Ride Share Bills.

Refresher, a person was murdered who was looking for their ride share driver, and in response states are acting to pass legislation & Uber and Lyft have implemented reforms.

One of the state legislative moves: requiring lighted ride share signs in vehicles

The loophole: anyone can buy these lights which doesn’t improve safety

WF My News 2 | Loophole in NC Plan To Make Uber, Lyft Safer

TREND. Largest Deployment of EV Fast Charging Stations. What you need to know:

Who: EV Go

How many fast charging stations: 14 battery storage systems at 11 fast charging stations
 

2 Industry reasons EVGo offers for their charging deploymnt:

  • cahrging stations will offer load balancing
  • charging stations will mitigate distribution grid upgrade costs,

Utility Dive | EVgo adding 14 battery storage systems to spur EV fast charger deployment

Legislation TREND begets Business TREND. Rideshare Adopts Safety Measures

In light of the influx of recent safety bills after a student was killed when she mistook a car for a ride share driver’s car, ride share companies are adopting safety measures.

What safety measures are ride sahre companies adopting in response?

  •  Uber is launching the Campus Safety Initiative
    • This reminds riders to check the license plate, make and model of the car, as well as the driver’s name and picture, before ever entering into a vehicle
  •  Uber is building out dedicated pickup zones…