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Austin Ridesharing News
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May 7, 2019
Uber, Lyft drivers use strike day to promote Ride Austin
In lieu of formal action, some suggest riders use local nonprofit ride-hailing app
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June 14, 2018
City postpones vote on new taxi regulations
New ordinance meant to level the playing ground with Uber, Lyft, and other ridehailing companies
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May 10, 2018
Lyft will test its new subscription plan in Austin
Ride-hailing company model offers discounts on 30 trips per month
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July 28, 2017
Uber and Lyft’s Austin return doesn’t faze Fasten
Smaller company continues to compete with ridehailing giants, launches rider rewards program
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May 26, 2017
Uber and Lyft should be back in Austin for Memorial Day
Gov. Greg Abbott set to sign state ride-hailing law that overrules city regulations that prompted companies’ departures
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May 2, 2017
Uber, Lyft disrupt Texas Legislature
In a not entirely surprising turn of events, the Texas House of Representatives voted to approve statewide regulation of ride-hailing companies. Take that, Austin!
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January 10, 2017
Uber, Lyft departures followed by a decrease in DWI arrests
Despite claims made on The Blaze, (uber-)conservative Glenn Beck’s website, drunken driving arrests did not increase in Austin after Uber and Lyft left the city last spring.
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December 29, 2016
Uber and Lyft, before and after: thoughts?
Researchers want to know about Austinites’ ride-hailing habits before and after the two mammoth companies left town in May.
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December 1, 2016
Local ride-hailing company comes to halt
Georgetown ridehailing company ScoopMe will ride no more. The small local business ceased operations Nov. 30.
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November 18, 2016
Uber rep says tone of anti-Prop. 1 campaign ‘probably’ led to defeat
An Austin Monitor/KUT/Glasshouse Policy forum reveals that Uber might have made mistakes in its campaign and that it wants to return to the city.
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November 16, 2016
State bills could strip cities of ride-hailing regulation rights
Texas cities’ ability to regulate ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft could be nullified during the upcoming session of the Texas Legislature.
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August 15, 2016
Uber, Lyft fight likely to continue in Texas Legislature
That calm that quickly took the place of initial panic after Uber and Lyft left Austin last spring will probably be shattered when several state lawmakers plan to take up the ridesharing issue during the upcoming legislative session.
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June 9, 2016
Uber and Lyft return to Austin to push Texas Legislature for state rules
Representatives from Uber and Lyft spoke at a meeting of the Texas House of Representatives Business and Industry Committee to advocate for legislative action that would likely override Austin’s controversial ordinance that sent them packing.
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June 2, 2016
New Austin Ridesharing Group Arcade City Might Be Able to Avoid Regulations Entirely
While more traditional startup ridesharing apps such as GetMe and Fare have already jumped into the Austin fray, a new, decentralized peer-to-peer model is emerging from the void left when Uber and Lyft departed.
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May 27, 2016
After Uber and Lyft, Another New Ridesharing Service Steps Up
In the wake of Uber's and Lyft's departures from Austin, alternatives both native and national are moving in fast. The latest company to join in is Fasten, a ridesharing app that touts that it "puts the driver first."
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May 23, 2016
Austin Tech Leaders Move on From Uber, Lyft With New Ridesharing Company
RideAustin, a new, nonprofit transportation network company created by tech leaders Joe Liemandt of Trilogy and Andy Tryba of Crossover Markets, is the latest to jump into the void left by the departure of Uber and Lyft from Austin.
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May 18, 2016
City, Startups Fumble on First Effort to Fill Gap Left by Uber and Lyft
A "driver fair" held by the city on Tuesday in an effort to get more transportation network company drivers back on the road after Uber and Lyft left Austin last week revealed some details in the process yet to be ironed out.
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May 13, 2016
10 Tweets and Instagram Photos That Tell You All You Need to Know About Uber, Lyft, and Austin's Vote
Sure, we could tell you about the city's hotline for former Uber and Lyft drivers, or ride-hailing alternatives, or deregulating Austin's taxi industry, or what the Texas Lege might do. But it's Friday, and these social media messages do just fine at all of that.
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May 11, 2016
Austin Lawyer Throws Another Gauntlet in Ride-Hailing Vote
Attorney Martin Harry has filed a lawsuit contesting the results of Proposition 1, a proposal to change Austin rules to better favor ridesharing companies—one that was rejected by voters last week—the Austin American-Statesman reported Tuesday afternoon.
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May 10, 2016
Uber, Lyft Might Turn to Texas Legislature to Overrule Austin Ridesharing Vote
Following Saturday's defeat of a proposal that would have lessened regulations on ride-hailing companies and the subsequent departure of Uber and Lyft from the city, a state senator made plans to override the local election, tech leaders worried about the message the vote sends to industry leaders, and the mayor and local state senator called for calm, open discussion.
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May 9, 2016
Newer Ride-Hailing Companies Step Up as Uber and Lyft Vanish
Austin's two biggest ride-hailing companies, Lyft and Uber, left the city after it voted down proposed regulation changes. Meanwhile, GetMe and Wingz apps remain in operation—as do taxis, of course—and are rolling out promotional campaigns.
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May 9, 2016
Uber and Lyft Lose Austin Vote Resoundingly, Despite Spending $8.6M on Campaign
After the convincing defeat of a ballot proposal that would have changed regulation of the industry in Austin, ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft have suspended service in the city. Many see the election as a test case with nationwide implications.
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April 29, 2016
Are the Free Rides Lyft Is Giving to Polls During Prop 1 Voting Legal?
In an article produced in conjunction with the Austin Monitor, KUT today published a story by Audrey McGlinchy investigating the issue of whether or not the ride-hailing service is violating election laws.
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April 25, 2016
Uber/Lyft-Sponsored Proposal Takes a Hit as Mayor Registers Opposition
Public debate heated up today with the start of early voting on a local proposition—the petition-driven Proposition 1—that would change regulations for transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft.
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April 20, 2016
Neighborhoods Council Fights Ride-Hailing Companies on Ballot
Uber, Lyft, and the ridesharing lobby got pushback on its regulation rollback proposal last week from the Austin Neighborhoods Council, which cited safety concerns and the use "corporate power and money" to attempt to override city-elected bodies.