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
LIVING HISTORY: OBAMA TO ANNOUNCE IRAN DEAL at 7 a.m. – WHY GOP LOVES UBER — HANDY DANDY: at-a-glance amounts raised by campaigns and super PACs
By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; [email protected]) and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; [email protected]) BULLETIN – “U.S., world powers reach historic deal with Iran: The accord follows 18 days of marathon diplomacy ... and heralds a summer of political blowback at home,” by Michael Crowley and Nahal Toosi: “The United States and five other world powers have reached a deal with Iran that would place strict limits on Tehran’s nuclear program in return for ending sanctions on its economy ... The historic accord ... now faces review from a hostile Republican-led Congress, opposition from every GOP presidential candidate, from Israel’s government and from Sunni Arab monarchs. ... Story Continued Below “If it succeeds, the agreement could upgrade ... Obama’s checkered foreign policy legacy, [and] provide a crowning achievement for Kerry’s 30-year political career. Analysts call it one of the ... most important arms control agreements, … [Read more...] about LIVING HISTORY: OBAMA TO ANNOUNCE IRAN DEAL at 7 a.m. – WHY GOP LOVES UBER — HANDY DANDY: at-a-glance amounts raised by campaigns and super PACs
TRUMP’S NEW REALITY: Democrats have power — GOP reboots with tax reform: a tax CUT or a tax overhaul — KUSHNER to lead ‘SWAT team’ — B’DAY: Susan Molinari
Driving the Day Good Monday morning. Listen to Playbook in 90 Seconds http://bit.ly/2ns4J0o ... Subscribe on iTunes http://apple.co/2eX6Eay ... Visit the online home of Playbook http://politi.co/2f51JnfStory Continued Below THE REALITY OF TRUMP’S NEW REALITY -- PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’s administration and top Republicans on Capitol Hill spent the weekend grappling with a new reality: They are likely to need to work with Democrats on Capitol Hill to govern and move their legislative priorities. The White House -- and the leadership in the House -- has, for the moment, written off the House Freedom Caucus, the roughly 30 House Republicans who helped scuttle Trump and Speaker Paul Ryan’s health-care bill. Without them, the GOP has a majority of roughly 200 in the House, which would mean 18 Democrats would have to support any measure to bring it across the finish line if every other Republican votes yes. That’s a major shift in the legislative dynamics in … [Read more...] about TRUMP’S NEW REALITY: Democrats have power — GOP reboots with tax reform: a tax CUT or a tax overhaul — KUSHNER to lead ‘SWAT team’ — B’DAY: Susan Molinari
LEAKED DOC: GOP’s 2017 deadlines — EXEC ORDER WATCH: Dodd-Frank rollback — THIEL looking for an asst. — 1ST IN PLAYBOOK: LOPACH to Subject Matter, UELAND back to budget
Driving the Day Listen to Playbook in 90 Seconds http://bit.ly/2koyvQz … Subscribe on iTunes http://apple.co/2eX6Eay … Visit the online home of Playbook http://politi.co/2f51Jnf BULLETIN -- BREAKING EARLY THIS MORNING -- AP/PARIS: “French soldier shoots man who attacked them outside Louvre”: “A French soldier shot and seriously wounded a man in a shopping mall beneath the Louvre Museum on Friday after he tried to attack them and shouted ‘Allahu akbar,’ officials said. The man was carrying two backpacks, and he had two machetes, and when soldiers and police officers on patrol told the man that he could not come in with his bags, he attacked, said Yves Lefebvre, a police union official. ‘That's when he got the knife out and that’s when he tried to stab the soldier,’ he said. A soldier opened fire and the man was struck five times, once in the stomach, Paris police chief Michel Cadot said. The backpacks didn’t contain any … [Read more...] about LEAKED DOC: GOP’s 2017 deadlines — EXEC ORDER WATCH: Dodd-Frank rollback — THIEL looking for an asst. — 1ST IN PLAYBOOK: LOPACH to Subject Matter, UELAND back to budget