Uber does not have hard feelings about Prop 1. In a forum hosted by the Austin Monitor, Glasshouse Policy and KUT on the patio of the Ginger Man bar downtown, a representative of the ride-hailing giant expressed regret about the tenor of the multimillion-dollar campaign waged by the company earlier this year. The campaign attempted […]
Ridesharing
This term is generally employed to refer to the activities of such companies as Lyft and Uber.
Posted inMonitor News & Media, Radio, Transportation
Austin Monitor Radio, show 25: TNCs
Monitor reporter Tyler Whitson joins publisher Mike Kanin to talk TNCs with the City of Austin’s Gordon Derr and Carlton Thomas as well as UT Professor Kara Kockelman to talk transportation networking companies. The show is posted below: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/178038192″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
Posted inTransportation
Riley resolution to offer Uber/Lyft regulations
Austin City Council Member Chris Riley plans to introduce a resolution at Council’s Sept. 25 meeting that would attempt to establish regulations to allow Transportation Network Companies such as Uber and Lyft to operate legally in the City of Austin. Though Riley was not yet ready to talk about all of the operational details of […]
Posted inTransportation
Rideshare supporters meet to discuss ways to legalize services
Supporters of a potential pilot program for commercial rideshare companies to be legally implemented in Austin gathered Wednesday at the Chicago House. The event featured short lectures from two keynote speakers about how Austin could accommodate these companies, followed by a question and answer session with attendees. It was sponsored by the Americans for Prosperity […]
Posted inTransportation
Working group starts process of how to regulate rideshare companies
The mood swayed between optimism and frustration last Wednesday evening at the preliminary meeting of the Transportation Network Companies Working Group, where about 30 people from various transportation constituencies met to discuss ground rules for a conversation about how to regulate rideshare companies like Lyft and Uber. “What we do know is there are […]
Posted inTransportation
Lyft bypasses city program, to begin rideshare operations today
In a surprise move, the rideshare company Lyft has announced it will launch Austin operations today. The company is apparently leapfrogging the Austin City Council’s May 15 decision to develop a pilot program for Lyft and other rideshare companies, also known as transportation network companies, over a six-month timeframe. (See Austin Monitor, May 16) […]
Posted inLocal Politics, Transportation
Council sets up study process for ridesharing, taxi service issues
Taxicab drivers and safer-streets activists were among those with a heavy stake in two transportation-related items at Thursday’s City Council meeting. But in the end, all they got was a stakeholder process that will not be over until mid-November, making it unlikely that the current Council will be enacting new rules. One item calls […]