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Rental bikes expand footprint into Golden Gate Park
More than 3,000 Bay Wheels rental bicycles are now available across San Francisco.Read More
Transit agency gives SF taxi drivers chance to compete with Uber, Lyft
Taxi drivers in San Francisco will soon get a chance to edge in on Uber and Lyft business by fulfilling ride-hailing app requests with cabs.Read More
Transit agencies expand service for busy Outside Lands, Halloween weekend
It’s shaping up to be a busy weekend in San Francisco with Halloween falling on a Sunday and the three-day Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival making its return...Read More
San Francisco taxis look to compete with upfront ride cost
San Francisco’s taxi industry is taking a big step in the effort to compete with Uber and Lyft. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s Board of Directors, which regulates...Read More
California voters reject rent control and employee rights for gig workers, but close Prop 13 loopholes and restore parolee...
With things like affirmative action, abolishment of cash bail, rent control and a referendum on Proposition 13 on the table, measures on California’s ballot had potential to be nearly...Read More
California ride-share, delivery drivers to remain independent contractors
Drivers for app-based companies like Uber, Lyft and DoorDash will likely remain independent contractors in California.Read More
DA takes aim at DoorDash after Uber, Lyft ordered to classify workers as employees
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced Wednesday that he has asked San Francisco Superior Court to order food delivery app DoorDash to immediately classify its workers as employees...Read More
Transit agency expands shared Lyft trip discounts to, from SMART stations
The Transportation Authority of Marin is expanding a program that provides up to a $5 discount for people who share Lyft rides to and from all Sonoma-Marin Area Rail...Read More
Updated SF proposition results show potential for shift on two measures
San Francisco voters were asked to consider six propositions Tuesday. How ballots were cast have a direct impact on The City’s affordable housing, services for disabled and aging residents,...Read More
Outcome of SF ride-hailing tax rests in uncounted mail-in ballots
Just five more votes in favor of Proposition D would have pushed the election night total over the two-thirds threshold.Read More
Governor signs ‘landmark’ bill to reclassify independent contractors as employees
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed Assembly Bill 5 into law to reclassify workers for ride-hailing services and other companies as employees instead of independent contractors starting in 2020....Read More
Lawsuit says Lyft is liable for alleged rape, sexual assault of 14 women
Fourteen women from eight states who say they were raped or assaulted by Lyft drivers in 2018 and 2019 sued the ride-booking company in San Francisco Superior Court Wednesday....Read More
Buttigieg joins rideshare driver rally for workers’ rights
“I’m here because where I come from, gig is another word for job. It means if you’re working a gig, that makes you worker and you ought to be...Read More
Police arrest Lyft driver suspected of raping intoxicated rider
San Bruno police arrested a 46-year-old male Lyft driver on suspicion of raping a 25-year-old female passenger on Saturday morning. The victim reported that she scheduled the ride while...Read More
Businesses, organizations form ‘All In’ coalition to help city’s homeless
Sixty-five San Francisco businesses and organizations have joined forces to create the All In campaign, a coalition that seeks to provide solutions for the city’s homeless. The coalition, which...Read More
Supes table homeless commission, move rideshare surcharge to ballot
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors failed to move a charter amendment to the November ballot that would have established a Homelessness Oversight Commission. Supervisor Matt Haney introduced the...Read More
Rideshare drivers deliver demand letter, protest at Uber office
Uber and Lyft drivers chanted and cheered outside the Uber headquarters building in San Francisco Friday as they delivered a letter demanding negotiations for better working conditions. A coalition...Read More
Hit-and-run crash kills Lyft driver, passenger
Two people who died in a hit-and-run collision in San Francisco’s Bayview District early Sunday morning have been identified as a Lyft driver and passenger, and the suspect remained...Read More
As drivers strike and IPO looms, SF steps toward taxing Uber stock windfall
Drivers of ride-hail companies switched off their apps Wednesday in San Francisco and across the nation.Read More
Ford GoBike yanks electric bikes after reports of brake issues
Ford GoBike, which operates an electric bicycle share system, announced Sunday it's pulling thousands of electric bikes from Bay Area streets.Read More