Recent Streetsblog USA posts about ride-sharing

10 Cities That Are Getting “Wired Transportation” Right

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 4, 2015 | 30 Comments

Which cities are making it easy to catch the next bus without a long wait, hail a ride with an app, or hop on bike-share? According to a new ranking from the Frontier Group and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, Austin is leading the pack when it comes to embracing technological innovation that helps people get […]

How to Make Shared-Vehicle Services Accessible to People of All Incomes

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 8, 2014 | 2 Comments

Washington’s Capital Bikeshare is one of the biggest and most well-established bike-share systems in the nation. Its annual fee of just $75 buys you unlimited free half-hour trips. The system now has 2,500 bicycles at 300 stations in the District and the nearby suburbs. It’s an incredible money-saver, especially for the 50 percent of users […]

Talking Headways Podcast: Zoned Out

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 13, 2014 | 7 Comments

Welcome to the dog days of summer! Before skipping town, Congress passed a transportation funding patch so they wouldn’t have to deal with the real problem of the unsustainable way our nation builds and pays for infrastructure. I give the briefest possible rundown of where we are now before Jeff and I launch into discussions about the issues of the […]

Uber and Lyft Take a Step Toward Real Ride-Sharing

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 8, 2014 | 7 Comments

Uber and Lyft have set out to upend the taxi industry in American cities. But are they the traffic-busting “ride-sharing” services they’re often portrayed to be? Not really: Using an app to hail a driver and take you where you’re going isn’t fundamentally different than any traditional for-hire vehicle service. But both Uber and Lyft are […]

We Need a New Term to Describe Uber and Lyft

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 18, 2014 | No Comments

Companies like Uber and Lyft make any car owner a potential paid chauffeur, and their services are increasingly widespread in American cities. So what should we call these new companies? Abigail Zenner at Greater Greater Washington says the current nomenclature is a bit muddled: Companies like Uber and Lyft have been dubbing their services “ridesharing.” […]

Talking Headways Podcast: From the Free Market to the Flea Market

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 18, 2014 | No Comments

You think the conflict between Uber and regular taxi drivers — and cities like Seattle — is bad? Check out how new taxi apps in China are upending the transportation system and central economic planning. Meanwhile, in Houston, a flea market has brought revitalization without gentrification to a depressed area near the airport, and now […]

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