Apps made tipping easier, but... Chris McGinnis Updated 11:09 am PDT, Sunday, July 29, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Chris McGinnis Image 1of/5 CaptionClose Image 1 of 5 New Uber tools help riders and drivers find each other. (Photo: Chris McGinnis) New Uber tools help riders and drivers find each other. (Photo: Chris McGinnis) Photo: Chris McGinnis Image 2 of 5 Lyft is catching up to Uber among business travelers. (Image: Lyft) Lyft is catching up to Uber among business travelers. (Image: Lyft) Photo: Lyft Image 3 of 5 Uber still dominates … [Read more...] about Surprising? Only 2% of business travelers tip Uber or Lyft drivers
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A new study says services like UberPool and Lyft Line are making traffic worse
By Washington Post | PUBLISHED: July 25, 2018 at 7:33 am | UPDATED: July 25, 2018 at 7:41 am By Faiz Siddiqui | The Washington Post The explosive growth of Uber and Lyft has created a new traffic problem for major U.S. cities and ride-sharing options such as UberPool and Lyft Line are exacerbating the issue by appealing directly to customers who would otherwise have taken transit, walked, biked or not used a ride-hail service at all, according to a new study. The report by Bruce Schaller, author of the influential study, “Unsustainable?”, which found ride-hail services were making traffic congestion in New York City worse, constructs a detailed profile of the typical ride-hail user and issues a stark warning to cities: make efforts to counter the growth of ride-hail services, or surrender city streets to fleets of private cars, creating a more hostile environment for pedestrians and cyclists and ultimately make urban cores less desirable places to live. Schaller … [Read more...] about A new study says services like UberPool and Lyft Line are making traffic worse
A new study says services like UberPool are making traffic worse
Faiz Siddiqui, The Washington Post Published 7:17 am PDT, Wednesday, July 25, 2018 Photo: Bloomberg Photo By Victor J. Blue. Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Vehicles sit in traffic while exiting the Williamsburg Bridge in New York on Dec. 20, 2017. Vehicles sit in traffic while exiting the Williamsburg Bridge in New York on Dec. 20, 2017. Photo: Bloomberg Photo By Victor J. Blue. A new study says services like UberPool are making traffic worse 1 / 1 Back to Gallery The explosive growth of Uber and Lyft has created a new traffic problem for major U.S. cities and ride-sharing options such as UberPool and Lyft Line are exacerbating the issue by appealing directly to customers who would otherwise have taken transit, walked, biked or not used a ride-hail service at all, according to a new study. The report … [Read more...] about A new study says services like UberPool are making traffic worse
Lester wins 5th straight, Cubs beat Dodgers 4-0
Sports By The Associated Press | Thursday, June 21, 2018, 12:05 a.m. Share this story Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras tags out Los Angeles Dodgers' Chris Taylor at home off a throw from right fielder Jason Heyward, to end the top half of the third inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 20, 2018, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) CHICAGO — Jon Lester won his fifth straight start, Javier Baez backed him with three hits and two runs, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0 on Wednesday. Lester (9-2) gave up five hits over seven innings. Baez had two doubles, a triple and a steal. He also made some solid plays at shortstop and second base. ADVERTISING Kyle Schwarber hit his 14th homer, and Kris Bryant added two hits and an RBI. And the Cubs handed Ross Stripling his first loss since April 30, taking two of three in a rematch of the past two NL Championship Series. Lester walked three and struck out one batter. … [Read more...] about Lester wins 5th straight, Cubs beat Dodgers 4-0
Elon Musk chosen to build, operate O’Hare express dubbed ‘Tesla-in-a-tunnel’
Would you pay up to $25 for a 12-minute ride from downtown’s Block 37 to O’Hare Airport aboard an electric vehicle seating 16 — dubbed “Tesla-in-a-tunnel” — racing underground at speeds well over 100 m.p.h.? Maybe, just maybe, you’ll get that chance. The Boring Company, owned by visionary billionaire Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX fame, has been chosen to build and operate an elusive high-speed rail line between downtown and an expanding O’Hare. “We have a person in Elon Musk who started an electric car company from nothing and started a space company from nothing and he has proven that he doesn’t like to fail,” said Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who shares that “failure-is-not-an-option” trait with Musk. “Here’s a guy in two different other transportation modes who has taken huge risks — not only economic, [but] reputational. We’re gonna bet on those two things and that track record in this next … [Read more...] about Elon Musk chosen to build, operate O’Hare express dubbed ‘Tesla-in-a-tunnel’