Category Archives: ride share

Business TREND. Insurance Policies for Ride Share Riders.

Business: Startup Sure Inc. and underwriter Chubb

The insurance policy: 

  • “RideSafe” policies for ride share passengers
  • accidental medical, death and dismemberment insurance coverage for the ride

Doesn’t ride share cover liaility insurance that covers passengers? Yes, but this policy will:

  • cover some of those gaps in coverage
  • cover medical copayments
  • cover times when the ride share libaility poliocy is not in effect
  • cost is $2.40 for 24 hours of coverage on any number of rides

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New National Academies Study. Public Transit not murdered by Ride Share

The Study:   Who’s Riding TNCs and What Does It Mean for Public Agencies?, by  Shared-Use Mobility Center, an imprint of the Transit Cooperative Research Program at the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine in partnership with an unnamed ride share company

Key to be informed: peak ridership of TNCs occurred when public transit scales back- nights & weekend

Gov Tech | Think Uber and Lyft Are Killing Transit? Think Again

 

 

Local Ride Share Trend. Capping Prices.

City: Honolulu

What was the response from the taxi industry?  Supporters of the surge pricing cap held signs that read “equal rights for taxi drivers,”

Does the local ordinance set a cap or delegate that authority? Honolulu’s director of customer services will set the surge pricing cap

Government Technology | Honolulu Passes Bill to Cap Uber, Lyft Surge Prices

+1 State Taxing Ride Share by Cutting Other Taxes. 6 Talking Points.

Iowa Legislature passed the largest tax cut in state history and adds sales taxes on ride share and online or app purchases.

Iowa’s Governor said the following 6 points about the tax cut:

  • immediate and significant tax relief
  •  It’s simple
  • It’s transparent
  • It’s fair for Main Street
  • Most importantly, it’s sustainable for our state budget
  • fiscally responsible for the long-term … ensuring that we can fund our key priorities like education, health care and public safety,” she said.

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Legal Trend. Ride Share and Open Records. State Supreme Court Opens Records

State: Washington

The State Court: Washington State Supreme Court

The standard for releasing open records: records can withheld “only if disclosure would clearly not be in the public interest and would substantially and irreparably damage a person or a vital government interest.”

What’s the big deal?

  • Researchers across the country, including in Texas, want the data
  • The data from taxi fares has been available for 40 years

Seattle Times | Uber and Lyft may have to disclose Seattle data they…

Anatomy of the Mile High Cities Response to Electric Scooters

Denver has responded to electric scooter proliferation by:

  • removing scooters that are blocking sidewalks and other public spaces
  • developing new rules to regulate electric scooters
  • public safety is the paramount concern
  • coordination with its bike share program

Government Tech | Denver Scrambles to Respond to Sudden Appearance of Electric Scooter-Share Fleet 

Lege TREND. Ride Share Vehicle Standards.

California Senate Bill 1014 (2018 | CA)  requires ride share vehicles to:

  • 20% must be Zero Emmission by 2023
  • 50% must be Zero Emission by 2026
  • 100% must be zero emission by 2030
  • Rule making by the regulatory agency for quarterly targets of ride share zero emission vehicles

Forbes | California May Push Uber And Lyft To Go Electric, With Far-Reaching Consequences

3 Reasons why a Ride Share Cap is Bad

Where is this happening? NYC

What is happening? A locla official has proposed a cap on ride share rides to alleviate congestion in the central business district

What group is behind these 3 points of opposition to the cap?The Urban League

Why would a cap on ride share would be bad?

  • It would eliminate a transportation option for the outer boroughs and minorities
  • these areas are currently underserved by traditional transportation options like taxis and public transportation
  • the most…

4 Reasons to Allow Cities to tax Ride Share in the Lone Star State

Background: HB 100 (TX | 2017) establishing ride share laws does not permit local taxation of ride share

4 Supporting arguments for local taxation of ride share:

  • Texas cities are losing out on millions in tax revenue occuring within their boundaries
  • Other cities are doing it
  • Cities are utilizing the revenue to improve transportation and safety
  • Other states have allowed cities to tax ride share to cover the cost of street maintenance, vehicle traffic, and registering drivers

 

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