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Bloomberg labels Uber’s initial public offering a “flop,” as the company’s stock price lost 9 percent off its already-low price of $45 per share. Meanwhile, more bad publicity for ride-hailing companies: According to USA Today, the back seats of ride-share cars have 35,000 more germs than a toilet seat, and 219 times more than the … Continued

By Blake Aued

12:01 AM EDT on May 14, 2019

Bloomberg labels Uber’s initial public offering a “flop,” as the company’s stock price lost 9 percent off its already-low price of $45 per share.
Meanwhile, more bad publicity for ride-hailing companies: According to USA Today, the back seats of ride-share cars have 35,000 more germs than a toilet seat, and 219 times more than the back of a taxi. MSNBC focused a recent segment on drivers’ struggles with low pay. A Seattle union found that drivers are taking home a smaller share of fares than they did three years ago (Post Bulletin). And a Pittsburgh Uber driver is accused of holding two female passengers against their will (Post-Gazette).
Lyft will keep the e-bikes it pulled from New York City, Washington, D.C. and San Fransisco in April because of brake problems off the streets until at least late September — a story broken by our colleagues at StreetsblogNYC.
The Midwest’s infrastructure needs go beyond roads and bridges, says a Michigan think-tank director, including rail upgrades, water and sewer repairs and broadband internet. (The Hill)
Maryland’s transportation secretary says critics of plans to widen the Beltway and I-270 are “hiding from the facts,” claiming that the state is relying on privately built toll lanes because it has no money for transit (WTOP). Here’s why he’s wrong (Streetsblog).
The Los Angeles subway project is looking at another delay, with the completion date now pushed to March, 2022. (L.A. Times)
Gwinnett County, Ga., is not planning on changing the transit plan that failed at the ballot box in March before a deadline to submit it to Atlanta’s regional transit authority. (AJC)
The Massachusetts DOT is adding protected bike lanes to a notoriously dangerous route between Boston and Cambridge. (Curbed)
Columbia, S.C. runners are joining others in pushing for a Complete Streets law at the state level. South Carolina is the sixth-most dangerous state for cyclists and pedestrians. (The State)
Dear Tampa residents: Please stop putting your trash cans in the bike lane. (WFTS)