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Ride-hail & cars
Uber surges further ahead of rival Lyft in ride-share race. Lyft drops 30% on plans to lower ride prices. Uber Signs Cloud Deals with Google and Oracle. Uber, Lyft Lean In More on Loyalty Subscription Programs. Colorado bill aims to increase transparency for Uber, Lyft driver pay. New Zealand Uber drivers to begin collective bargaining after landmark court ruling. Uber Super Bowl ad featuring Diddy gets mixed reviews. L.A.’s Uber-For-Buses Comes Right To Your Door. Uber willing to compensate family of platform worker killed in Brussels. American Cars Are Getting Too Big For Parking Spaces. EV Spac Canoo to sell 50 million discounted shares in last-ditch funding effort. Car-sharing platform Getaround gets delisting warning from NYSE, cuts 10% of staff. Why Gen Z doesn’t want to drive.
Micromobility
Lyft Rolls Out New AI Electric Scooters on DC Streets. Lyft shifting to docked e-scooters. Voi pressures Rishi Sunak to set date for e-scooter legislation. Berlin-based e-scooter firm Emmy acquires German business of rival Felyx. Inside Dott’s North London e-bike and e-scooter warehouse. University of California sponsors bill to let universities regulate e-scooter use. Denver’s latest round of e-bike rebates were gone in 20 minutes. Oregon e-bike rebate bill coasts through first legislative session. Charleston’s bike-share program sees significant growth since launch. A child’s death prompts questions about brake safety on e-bikes. People hacking Lime e-bikes to ride them without power.
Delivery!
Jokr raises $50 million led by G Squared at $1.6 billion valuation. Instant delivery startup Glovo cuts 6% of staff. Irish retail chain Dunnes Stores to acquire instant delivery startup Buymie. Instacart answering fewer questions than ever about puzzling drop in Canadian shoppers’ pay. Washington High Court Narrows Instacart’s Covid Pay Law Dispute. Instacart debuts scan and pay tech in New York. Just Eat Takeaway still committed to testing dark stores model for rapid delivery. It’s Time to Rethink One-Hour Deliveries. French cities call for better EU regulation of dark stores and unprofitable startups. Marty the robot’s great grocery escape.
Urban adventures & policy
DIY LA Crosswalk Turns Permanent As Activist Group Continues To Take Requests. Louisville launches asphalt art pilot for safer streets. New York City rolls out 80 new curbside parking spaces for carshare program. Trash Containerization Keeps New York City Sidewalk Clear, But More Boxes Needed. Boston touts early success of composting program. Latest Data Shows (Again!) That London’s Congestion Pricing is Working. Congestion pricing back on the table in Boston. UK unveils new £200 million fund for active travel. Milwaukee County to implement fare caps on bus rides. Wreckless spending: The Accelerating Cost of Car Crash Settlements in New York City. California could start charging drivers more for owning heavy trucks and SUVs. The IRS Is Trying to Figure Out What an SUV Is. California bill would require human safety driver in autonomous trucks operating on public roads. YIMBYs praise SF housing plan. Could AI companies revive downtown SF? Economists aren’t so sure. America’s most equitably walkable city is… Cleveland?
Other other stuff
Crunch time for WeWork as hedge fund snaps up debt. Adam Neumann talks renters plunging their own toilets. Marc Andreessen claims remote work is hurting young professionals. Saudi Arabia Opens Up to Airbnb-Like Rentals. The Neighborhood™ seeks to “combine the serendipity of a college campus, the co-creation of Burning Man, the agency of Silicon Valley, the vigor of a Midwestern high school track coach, and the culture of New York City.” Tech Bros and Finance Jerks Provide Ideal Fodder for West End Show. Paying More to Drive Less. The Car Rental Sales Tax Swap Scam. The mystery of the disappearing (American) vacation day. Fighting climate change, once costly, becomes profitable. Take your date to the grocery store. Did Sam Bankman-Fried Just End the Era of the Boy Genius? How boygenius Became the World’s Most Exciting Supergroup. The Enduring Romance of Mixtapes.
Good link list but HEY I live in Cleveland! Nice backhand swipe! I will explain the secret of our equitably (?) walkable city: when everyone moves out of a city, the remaining Proud and Few have plenty of sidewalk space! In 1970 we had 750,000 people, by 2020 375,000. (To be fair, the metro Cleveland region is doing fine, it's just the city proper that emptied out.)