-
Lyft expands safety feature that pairs women and nonbinary drivers and riders
Ride share giant Lyft is expanding its feature that pairs women and nonbinary riders with other women and nonbinary drivers to over 240 markets in the U.S.
-
Woman says she can't see father with cancer after Lyft driver took off with her luggage
A Massachusetts woman says her Lyft driver took off with all of her luggage, and now she is desperate to get it back. Shreya Verma of Cambridge says the driver abruptly canceled the ride after her belongings were inside of his car. Verma was heading to Logan International Airport in Boston for a flight to see her family in India….
-
Lyft CEO touts success of airport ‘on-time pickup promise' for riders
Lyft CEO David Risher told CNBC’s Jim Cramer about the success of his company’s new “on-time pickup promise” launched ahead of the holiday travel season.
-
Lyft's new feature lets women and nonbinary riders request drivers of the same gender
The ride-hailing app’s new feature aims to let women and nonbinary people feel more in control of their experience.
-
Lyft's new feature connects women and nonbinary riders and drivers
The company said it launched the feature to give riders “peace of mind.”
-
Attacks on Delivery Drivers Add Fears Among Gig Workers
Ride-hailing and food delivery companies say extreme violence is rare among the millions of trips completed each week by gig workers. But three attacks in Florida last month sent ripples of fear among some app-based drivers.
-
Lyft's New CEO Begins Tenure With Layoffs, Reportedly Cutting 1,200 Jobs
A week after assuming the role of CEO at Lyft, David Risher said on Friday that “we will significantly reduce the size of the team.”
-
NBC10 Boston Responds Helps Woman Wrongly Charged for Not Returning Bluebike
Bluebikes are all over Boston — public transportation via 4,000 bicycles, with 400 stations in 11 municipalities. Melissa Pesta relies on them to get to work from Somerville to Boston. “I use Bluebikes every day to get to and from work,” said Pesta. “Unless it’s raining, then I’ll try to take the bus, but pretty much every day, I’m biking…