/tags/ride-sharing Ride-Sharing en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 12:21:45 GMT /business/2022-09-01/new-lawsuits-say-lyft-failed-to-protect-its-users-from-physical-and-sexual-assault The San Francisco-based ridesharing company is facing 17 new lawsuits brought by users of its service from around the country, who claim the company failed to protect passengers and drivers. Thu, 01 Sep 2022 12:21:45 GMT /business/2022-09-01/new-lawsuits-say-lyft-failed-to-protect-its-users-from-physical-and-sexual-assault Josh Peck /transportation/2021-12-29/here-are-six-ride-hailing-companies-in-austin-that-arent-uber-or-lyft By offering rides exclusively in electric vehicles to transportation for kids to nonemergency trips to the doctor, each of these companies is trying to carve out a niche alongside two multibillion-dollar behemoths. Wed, 29 Dec 2021 17:17:00 GMT /transportation/2021-12-29/here-are-six-ride-hailing-companies-in-austin-that-arent-uber-or-lyft Nathan Bernier /health/2021-09-08/ride-sharing-companies-are-responding-to-texas-near-total-abortion-banlink-copied Under Texas's new abortion law anyone can be sued if they aid a person who is trying to get an abortion in violation of the law. That means ride-share drivers for companies like Uber and Lyft could be at risk if they drive anyone to abortion services. Wed, 08 Sep 2021 14:01:50 GMT /health/2021-09-08/ride-sharing-companies-are-responding-to-texas-near-total-abortion-banlink-copied Nell Clark | NPR /austin/2017-03-14/texas-senators-hear-testimony-on-bills-that-could-bring-uber-and-lyft-back-to-austin Members of the public testified for the first time Tuesday on three bills that would create statewide regulations for ride-hailing companies in Texas. The� Wed, 15 Mar 2017 03:35:24 GMT /austin/2017-03-14/texas-senators-hear-testimony-on-bills-that-could-bring-uber-and-lyft-back-to-austin Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2017-03-14/how-austin-ride-hailing-apps-stumbled-onto-the-sxsw-stage Mel Roe was eating dinner Saturday night at Manuel’s Mexican Restaurant in downtown Austin when she nearly threw her phone at the wall. She said the app� Tue, 14 Mar 2017 14:03:26 GMT /austin/2017-03-14/how-austin-ride-hailing-apps-stumbled-onto-the-sxsw-stage Audrey McGlinchy /transportation/2016-12-28/researchers-want-to-know-about-your-life-before-and-after-uber-and-lyft Researchers from the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute want to know� Wed, 28 Dec 2016 20:58:02 GMT /transportation/2016-12-28/researchers-want-to-know-about-your-life-before-and-after-uber-and-lyft Matt Largey /austin/2016-05-23/local-tech-creators-unveil-nonprofit-ride-hailing-app Standing atop the same stage where men and women perform bawdy pranks as part of adult entertainment-themed Bingo every Tuesday at the Alamo Drafthouse’s� Mon, 23 May 2016 22:01:10 GMT /austin/2016-05-23/local-tech-creators-unveil-nonprofit-ride-hailing-app Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2016-04-29/uber-lyft-pac-spent-more-than-5-million-to-campaign-for-prop-1-last-month The political action committee that put Proposition 1 on the ballot and is campaigning for it received about $6 million from ride-sharing companies Uber� Fri, 29 Apr 2016 22:51:28 GMT /austin/2016-04-29/uber-lyft-pac-spent-more-than-5-million-to-campaign-for-prop-1-last-month Matt Largey /austin/2016-04-29/lyfts-giving-voters-free-rides-to-polling-places-is-that-legal When she’s not driving for ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft, Sara Kaminsky works as a personal trainer. In fact, I exited her Toyota Corolla with a� Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:00:00 GMT /austin/2016-04-29/lyfts-giving-voters-free-rides-to-polling-places-is-that-legal Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2016-04-27/houston-rebuffs-uber-threat-to-leave-if-city-keeps-existing-rules UPDATE: In a news conference this afternoon, City of Houston officials made clear they did not plan to concede to Uber's demands to repeal the city's� Wed, 27 Apr 2016 18:27:03 GMT /austin/2016-04-27/houston-rebuffs-uber-threat-to-leave-if-city-keeps-existing-rules Madlin Mekelburg