Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Uber

Why Uber and Lyft Drivers Should Be Employees

By Courtney Cobbs | Jan 29, 2021 | No Comments

Like it or not, ride-hail companies are part of the transportation landscape in Chicagoland. We should classify them as employees to ensure they get fair wages, benefits, and protections.

Study: App Taxis Can More than Double VMTs

By Kea Wilson | Jan 23, 2021 | No Comments

The average Uber or Lyft customer is responsible for adding more than twice as many car miles to his city's roads as he was before he started using app-taxis to get around.

Study: E-Taxis Increase Car Ownership

By Kea Wilson | Jan 8, 2021 | No Comments

"Ride-hailing" apps once lauded for their potential to help end private car ownership are actually increasing it in many cities, a new study finds.

Was 2020 The Year Driverless Cars Became Inevitable?

By Kea Wilson | Dec 15, 2020 | No Comments

It may not immediately look like it, but 2020 may have been the year when autonomous vehicles became inevitable. An overview.

Are Uber and Lyft filling gaps in transit or just undermining it? A new study leans towards undermining.

Study: Uber and Lyft Aren’t Fixing Transit Deserts

By John Greenfield | Nov 24, 2020 | No Comments

Most Uber and Lyft trips aren't bolstering transportation options in transit deserts, but are being taken in majority White and more affluent neighborhoods, a new study out of Chicago reveals.

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Lyft Is Taking Prop 22 Nationwide — Starting in Ill.

By Steven Vance | Nov 13, 2020 | No Comments

After Lyft and other companies overturned California legislation that classified ride-hail drivers as employees, it's now setting its sights on the Prairie State with a $534K Super PAC.

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