Is Lyft For Sale?

The same Silicon Valley dealmaker that helped piece together Microsoft’s recent acquisition of LinkedIn for $26 billion reportedly has a new client: Lyft. The $5.5 billion ride-sharing company has hired Qatalyst Partners, the Wall Street Journal reports, raising the possibility that Lyft, too, is looking to sell.

Vanity Fair article here

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Renovated Motorcoach Lives Up To Name ‘Cozy’

Homes come in many shapes and sizes, and Scottsdale-based interior designer Anita Lang of IMI Design has used her talents to create a truly unique one on wheels.

Dubbed Cozy, this 1971 MCI motorcoach is more or less Lang’s “heart project,” one that’s very dear to her.

When she and her best friend decided to buy a bus to renovate for their adventures, the Ducati-riding designer was more than ready to take on the challenge, having already designed some high-budget, customized coaches for clients, including a Prevost and a Newel coach that each topped out somewhere in the $1.5 million range.

AZ Central article here

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One Year After Limo Crash: Where Is The Green Arrow?

NORTH FORK, N.Y. — July will mark one year since the greatest tragedy the North Fork has arguably ever seen, when four young women were killed in a horrific limo crash at the site.

Today, residents are outraged that despite the fact that Suffolk County installed a new traffic light at the intersection this year, no green turning arrow was included.

In the days after an ABC7 Eyewitness News report last month showed that limos are continuing to make U- turns at the site, residents are demanding answers — and action.

Patch.com article here

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Driverless Passenger Vs. Pedestrian(s): Who Lives, Who Dies?

A new study published in Science magazine asks how self-driving vehicles should act.

More than 75% of participants in one survey favor cars that would sacrifice one passenger rather than kill 10 pedestrians.

CBS News video here

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Limo, Taxi Leaders Make Last Stand On Uber Bill

Dozens of taxi drivers, cab owners and their advocates blanketed the State House yesterday in a last-ditch push for stronger rules for ride-hailing app services, while a senator acknowledged that former Attorney General Eric Holder influenced the pending bill with a letter calling for regulations without fingerprint background checks.

The Senate bill will be brought to the floor today, where senators will debate 54 amendments, including one requiring fingerprint checks — a measure that is not part of the bill as written. Other amendments would allow for cities to implement their own regulations, and remove a requirement that the companies offer a tipping option.

Boston Herald article here

Solombrino radio interview here

Related article: NELA Calls On Members To Fight Uber Bill

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NELA Calls On Members To Fight Mass. Uber Bill

BOSTON — The New England Livery Association (NELA) is urging members to call or email two state senators to support fingerprint background checks for all TNC, taxi and livery drivers that is not included in a proposed bill that is up for debate Wednesday, June 29. In addition to adding fingerprint background checks into the bill, the NELA also is lobbying to require TNC vehicles  to have identification markers/decals and commercial insurance.

The NELA asks operators to contact Senate President  Stan Rosenberg  at 617-722-1500 (stan.rosenberg@masenate.gov) and Senate Chair of Ways & Means, Karen Spilka at 617-722-1640 (Karen.spilka@masenate.gov.)

“It is very disappointing to learn that as multiple cities across the country have implemented strong public safety measures to regulate TNCs, here in Massachusetts the legislature has not responded and has left the people of the state vulnerable and unprotected,” said Scott Solombrino, CEO, Dav El/Boston Coach. “The Senate language falls woefully short on so many levels. They are jeopardizing jobs, taxes and the very livelihoods of an entire industry. To cast a blind eye to the taxi and livery industry and allow TNC’s to operate with impunity borders on neglect.”

Solombrino said the NELA intends to “fight this language on the Senate floor and amend it to better reflect what scores of police chiefs, district attorneys and countless citizens have called for – stronger public safety measures and a more fair system for transportation professionals to operate in.”

Related article: Limo, Taxi Leaders Make Last Stand On Uber Bill

 

 

 

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