Category Archives: sharing economy

LOCAL TREND | 5 Points of NYC's Ride Share Cap

Caps the number of vehicles by prohibiting new ride share licenses
The cap is for 1 year
Also required is minimum wage, at a minimum for drivers
During the year, the Taxi and Limousine Commission will study the impact of ride share
Does not apply to disabled or disadvantaged areas

CNBC | New York City just voted to cap Uber and Lyft vehicles, and that could make rides more expensive

NYTimes | Uber Hit With Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown

Posted byadminAugust 8, 2018Posted inlocal, local government, ride share, sharing economy

Local Trend. Business Trend. 4 Examples of 1st/Last Mile to Public Transportation.

Entering into partnerships with Waymo, Uber and Lyft, or creating their own programs, cities address last mile transportation options for pulic transit riders such as:

Waymo driverless vans taking riders to transit stops
- A pilot program in Phoenix will start with local government employees and expand to seniors and the disabled
Cities are partnering with ride share companies for first/last mile connections to boost public transit use
Cities are creating their own first/last mile…

Posted byadminAugust 1, 2018Posted in2019 issue, business trend, EV electric vehicles, legislative trend, local government, motor vehicles, public transit, ride share, self driving cars, sharing economy

Campaign TREND. Propose Ride Share Fees to Fund Transportation. Who.What.Where.How.

Who: State Senate candidate Ryan O’Donnell

Where: New Hampshire (inspired by a 67 cent fee on ride share in Chicago)

What: A 30-50 cent fee on all ride share rides

How: The ride share fee would fund regional transit authorities for public transportation

Daily Hampshire Gazette | O’Donnell: Help public transportation with fee on ride-hailing companies

Posted byadminJuly 31, 2018Posted in2019 issue, activism, campaign trend, funding, legislative trend, local government, public transit, ride share, sharing economy

By the numbers. Economic Boost of 1 Ride Share Company in the Sunshine State & in Texas

Study Authors: Economic Development Research Group

Study subject: Uber’s economic impact in Florida after statewide ride share law

The numbers:

$1 billion of Florida’s gross domestic product from Uber
$134 million positive impact on the economy
$870 million in payouts to FL Uber partners

The numbers from Texas:

$540 million in gross revenue for rdrivers in 2017
$746 million in gross state product

Florida Politics | Uber provides billion dollar boost to Florida’s economy, study says

Uber…

Posted byadminJuly 27, 2018Posted in2017 legislation, legislative trend, ride share, sharing economy

Lege TREND. Cameras in Ride Share. Recording Ride Share Passengers

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

CBC | In Canada, Uber and Lyft drivers can’t live…

Posted byadminJuly 23, 2018Posted in2019 issue, data security, legislative trend, ride share, sharing economy

Local TREND. Anatomy of LA's dockless bike regulations

Los Angeles regulation of dockless bikes/scooters follows this path:

cap that limits the number of vehicles companies can deploy in the city to 3,000
if companies move into disadvantaged areas, then they can add 2500 more
provide ridership data to the city
companies have responsibility related to parking of the dockless bikes

Curbed | LA moves forward with regulations for dockless bikes and scooters

Posted byadminJuly 19, 2018Posted in2019 issue, bicycle, EV electric vehicles, legislative trend, local government, ride share, sharing economy

Local TREND. Regulating dockless Bikes in the Sunshine State

Miami- Dade wants to take a shot at regulating dockless bikes with these standards:

$100 fines for obstructing right of ways AKA no blocking sidewalks
removal by the Department of Transportation and Public Works
studies including:
- whether to regulate the dockless bike industry
- whether to create designated parking areas,

This comes 1 month after Miami City Attorney issued cease and desist letters for the dockless bikes.

Miami New Times | Miami-Dade Wants to Crack Down on Shared Bikes…

Posted byadminJuly 16, 2018Posted in2019 issue, bicycle, EV electric vehicles, legislative trend, local government, sharing economy

Local TREND. Dockless Bike Ordinance in ATL

Atlanta is working on its dockless bike ordinance and council members call for rules that allow dockless electric bikes to be used in an “obstruction free” fashion.

What will the ordinance likely include: