Uber provides to its journey hub, a grim actuality for gig employees, and scooters return to Chicago. AuthorizedRideshare breaks it down.
Planes, trains, and… Uber? Times are altering. See what else is new in This Week in Rideshare.
MONDAY 4/4/22
Uber expands its EV fleet choice in London. Electrive.com explains:
Uber has introduced that its passengers can now request an EV from wherever in London, as its absolutely electrical ride-hail choice, Uber Green, has been expanded from Zone 1 to the entire of London.
Since its EV-only choice referred to as Uber Green first launched in 2021, the corporate has tripled the variety of EVs out there on the app with over 5,000 EVs now on Uber in London. By the top of 2022, the corporate is ready to have over 10,000 EVs in London and is on monitor to turn out to be an all-electric platform in the capital by 2025.
TUESDAY 4/5/22
Uber provides planes and trains to its app. Financial Times reported:
Uber plans so as to add long-distance journey bookings to its UK app this 12 months, together with intercity trains, coaches and flights, as chief government Dara Khosrowshahi reboots the “super app” technique he first outlined a number of years in the past. The plan is to increase Uber’s ride-booking app right into a one-stop store for journey that would finally embrace motels. This is aimed toward offering a “seamless door-to-door experience”, stated Jamie Heywood, Uber’s regional basic supervisor for UK, northern and japanese Europe.
WEDNESDAY 4/6/22
At least 50 gig employees have been killed on the job since 2017. The Hill reported:
“Rideshare companies talk a big game when it comes to safety,” stated his legal professional Bryant Greening, who works for the rideshare-focused agency AuthorizedRideshare. “Yet nearly every day we hear about Uber and Lyft drivers being victimized by their passengers.”
THURSDAY 4/7/22
You can now guide a taxi from the Uber app in San Francisco. PC Mag reported:
A deal inked Monday with Yellow Cab SF (operator of the YoTaxi app), CMT’s Arro, and Flywheel Technologies might imply Bay Area vacationers who request an Uber will get a trip from one of many metropolis’s 1,075 taxis, in keeping with the San Francisco Chronicle.
“San Francisco taxi drivers will have more access to demand and cities will get fewer empty miles driven, which is a win for drivers, riders, and the cities we serve,” Dennis Cinelli, Uber VP of mobility for the US and Canada, stated in a press release to PCMag.
FRIDAY 4/8/22
Scooters return to Chicago. Chicago Tribune reported:
Electric scooters are set to return to Chicago streets this spring, as town’s first fully-fledged scooter program will get underway.
About 4,000 scooters are anticipated to hit the streets in early May, operated by three firms and the Divvy bike-share program, metropolis officers stated Thursday.
To begin, solely Divvy scooters will function in the downtown space, a transfer supposed to handle the gadgets in a spot usually crowded with pedestrians, metropolis officers stated. To encourage docking scooters at stations, a payment will probably be charged for parking elsewhere, Hofer stated. The payment will probably be $1 for members and $2 for non-members.
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