Lyft to pay $272.5 million in California driver settlement
Thousands of drivers could receive payments under the agreement, which Lyft says resolves a dispute from before Proposition 22.
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Thousands of drivers could receive payments under the agreement, which Lyft says resolves a dispute from before Proposition 22.
A San Francisco judge sentenced a man to multiple life sentences after he was found guilty of violent sexual assaults and kidnappings while posing as a rideshare driver, prosecutors said.
Do you know who you're opening your door to? Lawmakers respond after a CBS California consumer investigation found food delivery drivers using rented or stolen app accounts to bypass background checks, exposing a loophole that could put customers at risk.
A man who police dubbed the "Rideshare Rapist" for posing as a ride-hailing driver outside San Francisco nightclubs and preying on women who mistook him for their driver was convicted of multiple rapes, the district attorney announced Friday.
California rideshare drivers will have the ability to form a union and negotiate a contract, while still being classified as independent contractors.
Waymo robotaxis, along with Lyft and Uber's premium ride-hailing services, began on San Francisco's Market Street on Tuesday, marking a return of private vehicles to the city's historic downtown artery.
Waymo robotaxis, along with select Lyft and Uber vehicles, began traveling on San Francisco's Market Street on Tuesday, a move that is pitting local merchants against advocates for road safety. Kenny Choi reports.
Select cars are returning to San Francisco's Market Street, with Waymo, Uber and Lyft cars picking up riders in designated zones. Veronica Macias reports.
Select cars are returning to San Francisco's Market Street, with Waymo, Uber and Lyft cars picking up riders in designated zones. Veronica Macias reports.
Lyft shares tumbled to their biggest loss in more than a year on Wednesday after the ride-hailing app reported gross bookings that spooked investors.
The state Supreme Court upheld Proposition 22 Thursday, allowing so-called gig economy workers to keep status as independent contractors. Anne Makovec reports. (7-25-24)
Dozens of ride-share and delivery drivers gathered on the steps of the California Supreme Court ahead of the oral arguments to possibly overturn Proposition 22.
Lyft shares jumped 62% after the bell Tuesday thanks in part to a typo in the ride-hailing company's earnings release that sent investors' auto-trading algorithms — also known as "bots" — into a buying frenzy.
Lyft said its drivers will earn at least 70% of their clients' fares after external fees such as insurance and taxes.
San Francisco-based rideshare company Lyft is being sued by a Florida woman who says she was sexually assaulted multiple times by one of its drivers.
Bay Wheels regional bikeshare program will add 2,000 next-generation e-bikes and 55 additional docking stations in San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, Berkeley and Emeryville.
Ride-hailing company Lyft is rolling out a new feature that will allow women drivers to choose female riders in a move to both improve safety and encourage more women to sign up as drivers.
Lyft began the year mired in the same ditch it ended in last year.
Ride-hailing and food delivery companies say extreme violence is rare among the millions of trips completed each week by gig workers, despite three recent high-profile incidents in Florida.
Lyft co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer are relinquishing their leadership roles to make way for a former Amazon executive as the ride-hailing service struggles to recover from the pandemic while long-time rival Uber has been regaining its momentum.
A jury in San Francisco convicted a man of first-degree murder in the 2021 killing of an Afghan refugee who was working as a driver for Uber and Lyft.
In just the past month there have been nearly 50,000 job cuts across the technology sector, many involving Silicon Valley firms.
The layoffs that had been announced last week were confirmed Thursday at local tech company Lyft, raising questions about what the loss of jobs will mean for the wider Bay Area economy.
Ryan Yamamoto reports on significant layoffs being announced or anticipated at several San Francisco tech giants (11-3-2022)
Rideshare company Lyft plans to announce layoffs for 13% of its workforce, or 700 employees, in a company meeting Thursday morning, stating the company was preparing for a recession and other challenges.
