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The Drivers Cooperative or Co-Op Ride is an American ridesharing company and mobile app that is a workers cooperative, owned collectively by the drivers. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The cooperative launched in May 2020 in New York City , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] with the first 2,500 drivers issued their ownership certificates in a media event.
A Lyft vehicle in Santa Monica, California, with the original grill-stache branding, since retired. Lyft was launched in the summer of 2012 by computer programmers Logan Green and John Zimmer as a service of Zimride, a long-distance intercity carpooling company focused on college transport that they founded in 2007 after Green shared rides from the University of California, Santa Barbara ...
To request a ride, the user specifies the starting point and destination address of the ride, the price they are willing to pay and if they have any comments for the driver. Drivers can make a counter-offer to the price offered by the passenger. Other options include adding additional destinations, indicating the need for a child seat, etc.
Instead of filling the 14 Dial-A-Ride driver positions currently open, the transit agency plans to close out those jobs. A Ben Franklin Transit Dial-A-Ride sits in the parking lot near the Toyota ...
BlaBlaCar is an online marketplace for carpooling headquartered in Paris. Its website and mobile apps connect drivers and passengers willing to travel together between cities and share the cost of the journey, in exchange for a commission of between 18% and 21%.
The Tri-Cities-based transit agency says the move will improve service and save money by cutting jobs.
[119] [120] In future versions of the MYmta app, the MTA planned to integrate the eTix functionality, as well as make it easier for Access-A-Ride customers to view when their vehicle will arrive at a certain point. [121] In October 2020, the MTA unveiled a new digital map providing real-time arrival estimates and service updates.
A Texas man kidnapped a ride-share driver at gunpoint and forced the motorist to travel more than 1,000 miles to South Florida, federal authorities said.