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Your next Lyft in Las Vegas might be a driverless EV
Motional’s driverless Ioniq 5 is entering service earlier than expected.
Lyft is shutting down its in-house car rental program
But it will continue working with big car rental companies.
Big tech's abortion travel policies do nothing for its contractor workforce
Tech companies cannot promise to build the future while vast numbers of their workforces are trapped in 1972.
You can pay for your Lyft ride with cash now
Lyft now has the option of paying for rides using cash they deposit at stores.
Lyft will pay $25 million to settle claims it hid safety issues before its IPO
Those issues include reported sexual assaults by its drivers.
Massachusetts court rejects proposed gig worker ballot measure
A Massachusetts court has tossed a ballot measure that would have treated gig workers as contractors, protecting the Uber and Lyft business models.
Lyft says its future lies in a hybrid network of autonomous and driver rides
Only 5 percent of the rides will be driverless at first.
Lyft joins Uber in cutting back on new hiring
After Uber announced that it was cutting back on hiring and other expenses due to the economic slowdown, rival Lyft is doing the same.
Lyft brings shared rides back to more cities, including San Francisco
Riders in San Jose, Denver, Las Vegas and Atlanta can also once again split the cost of trips with strangers.
Uber is bouncing back from the pandemic faster than Lyft
Lyft will need to spend more to lure back drivers.
Lyft and Uber will cover legal fees of drivers sued under Oklahoma abortion law
Much like they did in Texas, Lyft and Uber have pledged to cover drivers sued under Oklahoma’s forthcoming SB 1503 law.
The Pentagon's new AI chief is a former Lyft executive
The Pentagon has hired a Lyft executive as its new AI chief, and both are exploring new territory.
Dozens of gig workers have been the victims of homicide
Gig Workers Rising found that death benefits are sometimes nonexistent.
Washington is first state to guarantee pay and benefits for Uber and Lyft drivers
Washington State's governor has signed a pay guarantee for Uber and Lyft drivers into law.
Lyft brings Spin scooter rentals to its app
The option's available in Nashville today and will hit 60 US markets in the coming months.
Delivery apps are stepping in to help drivers hit by high gas prices
High fuel prices brought on by Russia's war have gig workers feeling the financial strain. Now delivery and ridesharing apps are stepping up to help ease the pinch at the pumps.
Lyft follows Uber in adding temporary fuel surcharge
Riders will soon have to pay a bit more to offset the cost of soaring gas prices.
Gig worker bill backed by Uber and Lyft passes in Washington State House
It gives drivers access to benefits while still classifying them as gig workers.
NYC to raise minimum pay for Uber and Lyft drivers
Mayor Eric Adams announced that the city would increase its minimum driver pay rate. Both ride hail apps will have to pay their NYC drivers a minimum of $1.161 per mile and $0.529 per minute, which amounts to roughly a 5.3 percent raise.
Lyft is spending millions to stop Massachusetts drivers from becoming employees
Two years after kneecapping efforts to classify drivers in California as employees rather than contractors, Lyft is returning to the same, expensive playbook on the East Coast.
