You may remember how Uber laid out its ambitions to become a multi-modal transportation company back in April with the announcement of Uber Rent, preceded by a $200 million acquisition of bike-share startup JUMP. Now, Uber is making it easier to access those modalities with the addition of Mode Switch, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced […]
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San Francisco and Santa Monica finally decide which e-scooter companies can roll through
Bring on the scooters.
After months of scooter-less streets in San Francisco, city transportation officials finally broke their silence Thursday to announce which electric scooter companies would be allowed to rent out the battery-powered vehicles.
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Santa Monica will allow Lime, Bird, Lyft and JUMP to operate e-scooters
The city of Santa Monica has officially awarded Bird, Lime, Lyft and JUMP Bikes, which Uber acquired in April, permits to operate both electric scooters and/or bikes in the city as part of its 16-month pilot program beginning September 17. The city will allow Bird and Lime to each manage 750 scooters. Lyft and JUMP were granted permission […]
View More Santa Monica will allow Lime, Bird, Lyft and JUMP to operate e-scootersLike Lyft, Uber CEO wants more riders on scooters, bikes
Uber is a ride-hailing app, but lately it’s become an app for riding an electric bike or scooter, renting a car, and even checking when the bus is coming.
In an interview released over the weekend in the Financial Times, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi em…
NYC gets its first e-bikes, with Jump bikes in the Bronx and Staten Island
Back in April, New York relinquished its unreasonable ban on electric-assist bicycles within the city. And now the first bike-share fleets featuring e-bikes have arrived.
Jump Bikes, which ironically started in New York City, finally arrived in the B…
Behind the scenes with the vans and, yes, tricycles that make bike-shares ride smoothly
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It’s all about the fleet behind the fleet.
Bike-share programs have swept into cities across the globe. They let people open an app and ride away on a bike, paying as they go. The problem? Those bikes require a lot of TLC.
So behind the scenes, companies send teams in trucks, vans, and even tricycles to repair, maintain, and “rebalance” bikes, an industry term for making sure bicycles aren’t all clumped together or placed too far away from potential riders. That’s where software tracking each bike’s location and user behavior comes in.
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View More Behind the scenes with the vans and, yes, tricycles that make bike-shares ride smoothlyUber appoints Rachel Holt as head of new modalities
Uber is racing ahead to become the go-to multi-modal transportation service. On the heels of a multimillion-dollar acquisition of JUMP bikes, the launch of UberRENT, its permit application to deploy electric scooters in San Francisco and a partnership with public transit company Masabi, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has tapped Rachel Holt to lead the company’s […]
View More Uber appoints Rachel Holt as head of new modalitiesUber is bringing Jump bike rentals to Berlin
European cities have been overrun with bike-sharing programs from companies like LimeBike, Mobike, and Deezer. Now, Uber is throwing its hat into this already crowded market.
Jump, bike-rental service that Uber acquired in April, is already out in se…
Lyft wants a piece of bike sharing, just like Uber
The company behind some major bike-share programs in cities like San Francisco, New York, and Chicago is reportedly close to an acquisition from ride-hailing app Lyft.
A report in The Information Friday says Lyft is closing in on a $250-million deal …
Electric Ford GoBikes are officially here
If you live in San Francisco, you have probably noticed the plethora of bikes and electric scooters. Now, Motivate is expanding the Ford GoBike program in San Francisco to include pedal-assist bikes. Motivate announced the upcoming launch back in January. Motivate will start with just 250 e-bikes in the initial launch period. Anyone who has […]
View More Electric Ford GoBikes are officially hereUber gets into car rentals and public transit
Uber is officially a multi-modal transportation platform. On the heels of its acquisition of bike-share startup JUMP, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi today announced Uber Bike‘s expansion into Washington D.C., along with two key partnerships in car rentals and public transit. The first is with instant car-booking service Getaround, which launched at TechCrunch Disrupt NY in […]
View More Uber gets into car rentals and public transitUber acquires bike-share startup JUMP
Uber has acquired bike-sharing startup JUMP for an undisclosed amount of money. This comes shortly after TechCrunch reported that JUMP was in talks with Uber as well as with investors regarding a potential fundraising round involving Sequoia Capital’s Mike Moritz. At the time, JUMP was contemplating a sale that exceeded $100 million. We’re now hearing that […]
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