Business & Tech Cruise Fined $112,500 by CPUC Over Pedestrian-Dragging Incident, But Avoids Independent Investigation Cruise was fined the maximum allowable fine of $112,500 for burying evidence in the incident where their car dragged a pedestrian 20 feet. But the self-driving car company got off easy, as state regulators rejected calls for an independent investigation into what actually happened.
SF News Waymo Gets State Approval for Los Angeles and SF Peninsula Expansion — and Freeway Driving The era of calling a robocar to the airport may be getting closer, after the California Public Utilities Commission just granted its permission for Waymo to expand into San Mateo County and down the Peninsula.
Business & Tech Cruise Is Offering $75K to Settle CPUC Investigation Into Crash In Which Woman Was Dragged General Motors-owned robotaxi outfit Cruise is offering $75,000 to "resolve" an investigation by California regulators into a gruesome October 2 crash incident involving one of its vehicles, which set off a cascade of negative impacts on the company's operations.
SF News Protesters Outside Public Utilities Commission Call for Ouster of Commissioner Who Worked for Cruise A rally outside the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) offices in San Francisco Thursday morning was calling for the prosecution of executives at self-driving taxi company Cruise, and for the ouster of the commissioner who helped approve Cruise's permits.
SF News Unlicensed Drivers Behind California Shutdown Of Ford-Owned Chariot, Which Resumes Service Today After jitney service Chariot abruptly shut down its San Francisco service last week, speculation ran rampant on the cause of the closure. But now we know the reason: Multiple drivers with the company
SF News Private Shuttle Service Chariot Temporarily Shuts Down Just days after the SFMTA passed some new regulations overseeing the city's emerging jitney scene, the one remaining private shuttle bus company has abruptly shut down operations. Ford-owned commuter shuttle Chariot announced the
SF News The 510 Area Code Is Running Out Of Numbers, So Officials Are Going To Create A New One Snapping up a fresh new number with a 510 area code will soon be a thing of the past, as the California Public Utilities Commission just announced that all available numbers with the
SF News PG&E Put Safety Literally Last On Its List Of Priorities, Documents Show Leading up to the deadly 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion that killed eight people, injured dozens more, and destroyed 38 homes, Pacific Gas & Electric kept a list of priorities. The very literal
SF News PG&E Fined $24.3 Million For Poor Record Keeping Relating To Carmel Explosion A judge with the California Public Utilities Commission yesterday issued a $24.3 million dollar fine against PG&E for keeping faulty or inaccurate records regarding natural gas lines in more than
SF News Judge Recommends $7M Fine, Suspension For Uber Over Skirting California Regulations In a ruling by an administrative law judge over claims by the California Public Utilities Commission that Uber had refused to provide necessary information to regulators, Uber is being fined $7.3 million
SF News Mayor Lee's Sharing Economy Working Group Is Hardly Working As mayor during a particularly tumultuous time in the city's growth, Ed Lee has been a leader in calling for task forces and working groups to integrate our local government with the ever-changing
SF News Uber Driver Sued For Divisadero Fire Hydrant Incident The Uber driver involved in a bang-up accident that ended with another car crashing through a fire hydrant at Divisadero and Hayes Streets is now being blamed for injuries to a female pedestrian
SF News PUC Ready To Legalize Ridesharing In California After mulling over how to regulate semi-legal ridesharing services like Lyft, SideCar and Uber, the California Public Utilities has handed down a proposed ruling that would create a new set of regulations for
SF News Ridesharing Gets A Reprieve: PUC Agrees Uber & Lyft Are Both Legal For Now [Update] Good news on the ridesharing front today, as at least two of the big three ridesharing/sedan hailing apps have been granted a pass by the California Public Utilities Commission to continue operating
SF News No More Pink Mustaches? PUC Orders Cease-And-Desist For Ridesharing Apps Ridesharing apps like Lyft and SideCar have been surging in popularity over the past few months in San Francisco's taxi desert. In fact, we'd be willing to bet more than a few frustrated
