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Watch: Local Smart Transit Company CEO Says the Solution to Gridlock is Carpooling, Not More Highway Lanes

“Public transit is the core and needs to remain in public hands—no turning this over or privatizing it to a rideshare company.”

This Man, For One, Welcomes Our Electronic Scooter Overlords

“If liking fun, inexpensive, short-distance transportation is wrong, I don’t want to be right.”

Get Ready for a Swarm of Rental Scooters—the Next Thing You’ll Hate About New Portland

The Portland Bureau of Transportation has invited five companies to pilot e-scooters in the city.

Portland Uber and Lyft Drivers Plan Rally At City Hall To Demand Better Working Conditions

The coalition wants a new board dedicated to protecting ride-hailing company drivers.

Moovel CEO: The Solution to Portland’s Traffic Problem Isn’t More Highway Lanes, It’s Carpooling Via Smartphone

Last week, Daimler and BMW made an announcement with potentially big implications for Portland. The auto companies will be merging car2go and ReachNow car share services.

11 Reasons Your Uber Driver Hates You

As a ride share partner–a driver–I can tell you that Uber-ing and Lyft-ing has its downsides and one of them is dealing with you jerks.

11 Reasons Your Uber Driver Hates You

As a ride share partner–a driver–I can tell you that Uber-ing and Lyft-ing has its downsides and one of them is dealing with you jerks.

Amanda Fritz Lambastes Portland City Council for Giving Uber and Lyft the Green Light

Fritz, whose husband died in a car crash last year, offered a lengthy explanation for her no vote, taking aim at the ride-sharing companies and her colleagues’ “capitulation” to powerful, out-of-state corporations.

Amanda Fritz Lambastes Portland City Council for Giving Uber and Lyft the Green Light

Fritz, whose husband died in a car crash last year, offered a lengthy explanation for her no vote, taking aim at the ride-sharing companies and her colleagues’ “capitulation” to powerful, out-of-state corporations.

City Could Charge 50 Cents on Every Uber or Taxi Ride

The city of Portland may start collecting 40 to 50 cents for every ride provided by Uber, Lyft and taxi cabs. City Commissioner Steve Novick suggested the fee in proposed rules released today. The City Council is expected to vote on those rules in November. The new fare surcharges would be used to pay for … Continue reading City Could Charge 50 Cents on Every Uber or Taxi Ride

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