Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Uber

All Hail! Gov’t Workers Using Uber Way Too Much

By Aaron Short | Oct 27, 2019 | No Comments

Government workers are turning to Uber and Lyft on business trips, with a 922-percent increase in spending last year, newly released records from the General Services Administratiaon show. At the same time, workers are using less transit.

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House Transportation Comm. Chairman Rips Uber, Lyft

By Aaron Short | Oct 21, 2019 | No Comments

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio had invited representatives from Uber and Lyft to sit on a panel discussing the future of transportation network companies. On Monday, he learned ride hail officials declined to participate, so DeFazio used his opening remarks to lambast both companies for contributing to longer traffic delays and higher […]

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Uber & Lyft Spending Surges While Transit Stays Flat

By Aaron Short | Sep 27, 2019 | No Comments

Americans spent four times as much money on Uber and Lyft trips last year as they did in 2013. This is a crisis.

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Media Watch: Local Papers Love Drivers

By Vince DiMiceli | Sep 23, 2019 | No Comments

An editorial board in a Missouri town warns that “impatient teens” are going to get themselves killed — by drivers who apparently have the right of way — if something isn’t done to solve the drop-off and pick-up problem at a local high school. Another in Oregon questions whether city buses should be allowed to control […]

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Uber Slams Brakes on Bike Share Expansion, Pulls Out of Atlanta and San Diego

By Aaron Short | Sep 16, 2019 | No Comments

Uber is removing its fleet of electric bikes from Atlanta and San Diego this month as the company struggled with increased regulations on transportation devices in urban areas and staggering losses.

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New Labor Rules for Uber and Lyft Should Help Cities

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 13, 2019 | No Comments

A new California law making Uber and Lyft treat drivers as employees would have transportation benefits, too.

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