Category Archives: ride share

INTERIM. Sharing Economy. New Statewide Rules from the East.

Which state legislature passed new statewide ride share rules? Massachusettes

What fee does it levy? 20-cent per ride surcharge to fund state infrastructure improvements

What requirements are placed on ride-share companies?

insurance thresholds
two-step background check for drivers
no fingerprinting requirements
decals on ride share cars will be mandatory
cars will be required to pay commercial toll fees

What state agency will regulate ride share? Department of Public Utilities…

Posted byadminAugust 7, 2016Posted in2017 issue, legislative trend, ride share, sharing economy

Top 5 Legal issues Hitting Ride Share

Why are we concerned about legal issues related to ride share?

Within 4 years, 40% of all American workers will be independent contractors

The top legal issues related to ride-share:

Liability
- Before picking up a fare, is the driver working for the ride share company?
Insurance coverage- whose responsible for it?
Are drivers employees or indpendent contractors?
Does the sharing economy, using an app, trigger products liability?
How does ride share fit with driverless cars?

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Posted byadminJuly 17, 2016Posted in2017 issue, legal trend, legislative trend, ride share, self driving cars, sharing economy

TREND. Sharing Economy. Low Income Communities. 3 Points of Informed Intel.

Which communities are considering ride share for low income communities? low income communities in California

How does the program organize? California Air Resources Board (CARB) agreed to include bike-share in its Car Sharing and Mobility Options pilot program.

Why do advocates for bikes want into ride share? Electric bikes and non-car vehciles like golf carts are low emission vehicles that can solve transportation problems by offering neighborhood vehicles

Streetsblog California…

Posted byadminJuly 17, 2016Posted inlegislative trend, ride share, sharing economy

Trend. Ride Share Data Transparency. Legislative Action in the East.

Which easter state legislature is confronting transparency in ride share data? Massachusettes

Included in recently passed statewide ride share laws is sharing which information with regulators?

financial documents
reports of crashes and other incidents

Is the information that ride share companies provide public? No.

Salem News | Our view: Legislature needs to make ride share information public

Posted byadminJuly 10, 2016Posted in2017 issue, legislative trend, ride share, sharing economy

The Compromise Idea. A TX House Chairman is Open to Statewide Ride Share Rules

Chairman Pickett suggests this compromise to address finger print requirements for ride share companies:

“riders could specifically request drivers who had undergone fingerprint-based FBI background checks”

It’s extreme local control. Let the rider control.

El Paso Times | Pickett open to compromise on ridesharing rules

Posted byadminJune 19, 2016Posted in2017 issue, legislative trend, local government, ride share, sharing economy

INTERIM. TREND. Ride Share Leaves a City. What happens?

Small Ride Share companies step in to fill the void. Here’s what happened in Austin:

6 small ride share companies started operating
1 nonprofit ride share is emerging
Business trends emerge to distinguish small ride share from large ride share by:
- allowing preferred drivers to be selected
- allowing for pre scheduled rides
- company pledges to not surge price rides

Governing | When Uber Leaves, What Happens?

Posted byadminJune 17, 2016Posted in2017 issue, business trend, legislative trend, local government, ride share, sharing economy

INTERIM. Ride Share Bill Debate Gets Mean Fast in the West. 3 Pieces of Informed Intel.

California Assembly debate over a ride share bill that would allow companies to check criminal backgrounds of drivers in state criminal background check systems turned nasty.

The 5 reasons why debate took a mean turn:

Legislators say the author promised to provide liability immunity for companies that did not use the state criminal background check
The author said he never made a promise to limit liability for companies
The nasty debate, resulting in admonishments from leadership, caused…