by State House News Service | May 28, 2021
The Senate revived its push to increase fees on ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft in its fiscal year 2022 budget bill, and with roadway congestion starting to return in force, transportation reform activists are hopeful the House will join their colleagues from across the hall.
by State House News Service | Jun 25, 2020
The growth of rideshare trips taken in Massachusetts decelerated in 2019, but the roughly 91.1 million trips taken with services like Lyft and Uber generated more than $18.2 million in assessment fees for the state and local governments.
by Banker & Tradesman | Apr 19, 2020
Massachusetts is entering one of the toughest stretches of the coronavirus pandemic, but already some are laying the groundwork for what our new, post-virus “normal will look like.” It’s critical they don’t repeat the mistakes of the past.
by State House News Service | Jan 24, 2020
Gov. Charlie Baker won praise from Democratic lawmakers for targeting ride-hailing companies as a source for new MBTA funding, but the idea riled the services themselves.
by State House News Service | Jan 22, 2020
A day after blaming ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft for clogging roads and operating with “little oversight,” Gov. Charlie Baker is proposing to hike the per-ride fees on such services by 80 cents and to use much of the new funding to help the MBTA.
by Banker & Tradesman | Jan 13, 2020
Boston is expanding a program that forces drivers for ride-hailing apps to pick up and drop off fares in specific spots instead of double-parking and clogging traffic after initial results showed success.
by State House News Service | Oct 4, 2019
The city of Boston used money it received from assessments on the roughly 35 million ride-for-hire trips that originated in the city in 2017 to rebuild miles of sidewalk, restore lane markings, redesign key intersections and add bike share stations.
by Rick Dimino | Aug 4, 2019
While TNCs are now an established part of our transportation ecosystem, we need to focus on influencing their role in being ultimately a contributor to enhanced shared mobility, congestion relief and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
by State House News Service | Jul 29, 2019
The MBTA went without $23 million last year in potential fare revenue from riders who decamped from the ailing public transit network for ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft, according to a new report that also put a big estimate on the net carbon footprint of the companies.
by The Associated Press | May 8, 2019
Drivers for ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft in Boston and cities around the world are turning off their apps to protest what they say are declining wages at a time when both companies are raking in billions of dollars from investors.
by Rick Dimino | Mar 31, 2019
Elected officials, the business community and the transportation stakeholder community all are in agreement that Massachusetts needs to act soon – and in a comprehensive manner – to address our current needs and secure our future economic prosperity.
by State House News Service | Mar 28, 2019
As Beacon Hill looks to tackle some of the transportation issues often blamed for congestion, traffic and unreliable service, House Speaker Robert DeLeo is pushing employers and business groups to “articulate the policies that it can unite behind.”
by State House News Service | Mar 22, 2019
Massachusetts Port Authority officials are weighing a plan they say will reduce congestion in East Boston and at Logan Airport and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
by State House News Service | Feb 20, 2019
Residents, lawmakers and transit officials agree: thanks to several compounding factors, the congestion in East Boston has reached a critical mass.
by The Associated Press | Jan 21, 2019
In response to a proposal from lawmakers to increase local fees on ride-hailing companies, Uber said the fees would place an unfair burden on Massachusetts residents who rely on its service.
by Rick Dimino | Jan 6, 2019
The report’s call for a new finance plan to support transit needs is an encouraging step forward and should build momentum for action on legislation in 2019.
by State House News Service | Sep 27, 2018
Attorney General Maura Healey announced a $148 million national settlement with Uber Wednesday over the company’s failure to promptly report a 2016 data breach that compromised the names, email addresses and cell phone numbers of 57 million users and the driver’s licenses of 600,000 drivers.
by Banker & Tradesman | Aug 5, 2018
The saying goes that if you want fewer cars and traffic jams on the roads, all you need is a recession.
by Peter Paul Payack | Jun 24, 2018
Uber wins again.
by Bram Berkowitz | Aug 31, 2017
Hundreds of Massachusetts Uber drivers are being reimbursed after being overcharged by Uber’s subsidiary car-leasing company for “duplicative and erroneous tolls and related fees.”