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Who conducted the study? San Francisco County Transportation Authority
What urban area was studied? average speeds
What did the study reveal:
California’s SB 1014 (CA | 2018) would credit Ride Share use of Electric Vehicles, including the use of bikes and scooters through ride share apps.
Ride share comapnies would be encouraged to invest in and encourage bike share and scooter share programs.
Here’s California PUC’s white paper on increasing EV use.
Voyeurism meets various state and national laws on recording passengers in ride share.
In Canada, express consent is required before ride share passengers can be recorded.
In St. Louis, Lyft & Uber cut ties with a driver who recorded passengers, and streamed the rides. In Missouri, consent is not required to record interactions unless one person is naked.
AP | Uber, Lyft suspend driver who recorded St. Louis passengers | Washington Post
California Legislature is considering AB1184 (2018 | CA).
AB 1184 is touted as the Transportation Assistance Funding Act and intended to increase rebates for EVs and hybrids but was amended to:
California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 2989 (2018 | CA) exempting helmet use from riding electric scooters on city streets.
Sacramento Bee | Brown exempts adults from wearing helmets on scooters
Where: South Carolina
What: State Representative Wendell Gilliard, D-Charleston is calling for all business to be treated fairly
Why: All transportation service companies, including taxis, should have the same rules to play by, sich as:
Why now? Now we have the data about ride share
Statehouse Report | NEWS: Lawmaker wants Uber, Lyft regulations to be reviewed for fairness
How will Uber raise rates? By imposing a clean air fee
How much does Uber intend to raise? $260 million
How will the $260 million be used? to help all of its drivers in the city trade their gasoline-or diesel-powered vehicle in for an EV
Where is this happening? London, England
Future Car | Uber to Raise Prices in London to Help Drivers Switch to EVs
The researchers:
The numbers:
The method:
Business Insider | The meteoric rise of Uber and Lyft may have…
Congestion pricing initiatives in local governments saw Uber announce $10 Million in spending.
Is this a reaction to anything? Yes studies that say ride share increase congestion in cities
Voters in San Francisco in November 2019 can vote wehter to approve a 3,25% tax onn ride share. Thanks to AB 1184 ( 2018 | CA) .
The Heartland Institute offers reasons to oppose a ride sahre tax:
Heartland Institute | SAN FRANCISCO VOTERS TO CONSIDER TAXING UBER