Blake DowlingOctober 15, 2022
9min0
Our society is too dependent on them for them to go away so prepare for price increases.
Tag: ride sharing
Blake DowlingOctober 15, 2022
Scott PowersApril 26, 2021
5min1114
Bill seeks to make peer-to-peer car sharing work like traditional car rentals.
Associated PressJanuary 7, 2020
6min322
All riders in the U.S. will be able to use pin codes by the end of the week.
Phil AmmannJanuary 25, 2019
4min576
Uber offers a few ground rules to take some of the hassle out of the ride-sharing experience.
Scott PowersOctober 29, 2018
14min1082
Yet again, a 21st-century business model is clashing with how business always has been done — creating a running battle at Orlando International Airport and other airports where authorities are trying to stop emerging car-sharing operations from acting, in the airports’ views, as unpermitted, unregulated rental-car companies. Specifically, the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority and Turo, […]
Peter SchorschApril 2, 2018
2min655
Uber’s Senior Public Policy Associate in Florida, Cesar Fernandez, is leaving the Florida team join its Latin American one. “It’s been an honor and a privilege to work with public stakeholders all over Florida on embracing ridesharing,” said Fernandez. “I’m excited to shift my focus to advocating for safe and reliable mobility solutions in Central […]
Ana CeballosNovember 28, 2017
3min314
As Uber faces regulatory scrutiny over a massive data breach that impacted the information of 57 million people worldwide, it maintains one of the largest lobbying footprints in Florida. Along with its two in-house lobbyists, Stephanie Smith and Cesar Fernandez, the company retains six firms and spent up to $392,993 in the first two quarters of this […]
Peter SchorschAugust 21, 2017
3min248
A handful of Central Florida cities announced Monday that they will team up with ride-sharing company Uber to offer discounted intercity travel. Altamonte Springs, Lake Mary, Longwood, Maitland and Sanford created an organization called the “Municipal Mobility Working Group” which will participate in an Uber pilot program testing travel between cities. “By providing people with […]
Phil AmmannMay 17, 2017
6min252
Now that the 2017 Legislative Session is in the history books (for the most part), Florida lawmakers are beginning to take stock. And Palm Harbor Republican Chris Sprowls is no different. Sprowls offers his own post-Session review, in an email to supporters highlighting some of his major legislative actions in the House over the past […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterOctober 14, 2016
4min363
Senate Majority Leader Bill Galvano will push for ridesharing legislation, saying this week the state needs a “single, unified approach” to the new transportation sector. In a guest editorial in The Bradenton Herald, Galvano said if Florida wants to continue to attract the next generation of innovators, the state “must solidify, through legislation and strategic […]