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LeBron James introduces the LyftUp program at an event in Harlem. Photo: Lyft

The LyftUp free bike-share program for low-income teens is great, but Lyft is not

By Courtney Cobbs | Jan 31, 2020 | No Comments

The LeBron James-endorsed LyftUp program to give free bike-share memberships to low-income teens is terrific. The impact of Lyft ride-hail on cities, no so much.

A courier on Michigan Avenue in the mid-Nineties. Photo: Dean La Prairie

At a bike courier photo show, a discussion of why the gig economy is unfair to workers

By John Greenfield | Jan 23, 2020 | No Comments

During Dean La Prairie's opening for "Messenger," featuring photos of Nineties Chicago couriers, PhD candidate Ashley Baber discussed how flexible work functioned -- or didn't -- then and now.

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Once again Chicago leads the way, passing a tax to help get Uber and Lyft under control

By John Greenfield | Nov 26, 2019 | No Comments

Meanwhile a new Reuters report shows that although Uber claimed it opposed the tax for equity reasons, it quietly raised price on UberPool in Chicago this year, which is disproportionately used by lower-income residents.

Jacky Grimshaw, Oboi Reed, Julio Rodriguez, and Leslé Honoré.

What do transportation advocates of color think of Lightfoot’s ride-hail tax plan?

By John Greenfield | Nov 22, 2019 | No Comments

CNT's Jacky Grimshaw, Oboi Reed from Equiticity, Julio Rodriguez from the Northwest Side Housing Center, and Leslé Honoré from K.L.E.O. weigh in on the mayor's plan.

A former Lyft driver shares his perspective on Lightfoot’s proposed ride-hail tax

By Charlie Short | Nov 21, 2019 | No Comments

Former Lyft driver Charlie Short says he's doubtful that the new fees will convince many customers to switch back to the CTA, since they believe ride-hail is safer, faster, and more reliable.

Get on the bus: Discussing the fair ride-hail tax with Mayor Lightfoot on the ride to work

By John Greenfield | Nov 20, 2019 | No Comments

During a morning commute on the #20 Madison, the mayor talked about how the new ride-hail fee structure will fight congestion and improve transit service.

No, Sun-Times columnist Laura Washington, Lori shouldn’t play nice with Uber

By John Greenfield | Nov 16, 2019 | No Comments

In her second column promoting Uber's bogus message that Chicago's proposed ride-hail tax would hurt poor people, Washington says the mayor should compromise with Uber. Here's why that's wrong.

Rendering of a short stretch of bus lanes planned near the 79th Street Red Line station as part of the Bus Priority Zones program.

Lori’s fair ride-hail tax plan needs bolder action to improve CTA bus service

By Courtney Cobbs | Nov 13, 2019 | No Comments

Lowering the tax on shared trips, the kind most South and West siders take, is a good idea. But more of the revenue should be used for CTA upgrades, including more robust bus lanes.

That misleading Crain’s op-ed by Uber proxies against the fair ride-hail tax plan, annotated

By John Greenfield | Nov 11, 2019 | No Comments

Claiming that all Uber and Lyft passengers would see a 300% tax increase was just one of the many false or misleading statements in the piece.

How Lori’s Uber and Lyft tax plan will help lower-income and working-class Chicagoans

By John Greenfield | Nov 10, 2019 | No Comments

The ride-hail companies are trying to convince Chicagoans that the new fee structure would hurt poor people, but actually the opposite is true.

Sun-Times op-ed against ride-hail tax reflects Uber and Lyft’s astroturfing campaign

By John Greenfield | Nov 6, 2019 | No Comments

When claims that the proposal is inequitable are coming from someone whose financial relationship to a ride-hail company is unclear, take them with a grain of salt.

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