SF News Lyft Expands To The East Bay, Sheds That 'Donation' Business Good news for Oaklanders: Lyft is expanding your way, all the way from Oakland down to Castro Valley. And good news for Lyft: They don't have to pretend they're taking "donations" in California
Arts & Entertainment Video: Watch Conan, Ice Cube and Kevin Hart Try Out Lyft Bay Area ride sharing service Lyft has apparently hit the mainstream, attracting the notice of late night's Conan O'Brien, who enlisted pint-sized comedian Kevin Hart and the multi-talented Ice Cube to assemble on
SF News California Becomes First State To Regulate Lyft, SideCar And Uber Today marks a big win for car-sharing companies in California, including Lyft, Sidecar and Uber: state regulators voted unanimously to create rules for companies that use smartphones in lieu of a hail sign
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 SFO Cracking Down On Rideshare Drivers With Citizen Arrests Travelers looking to get home from San Francisco International Airport using ridesharing services like Lyft, Sidecar or Uber, might have a harder time finding rides starting right about now. As CBS5 reports, SFO
Arts & Entertainment When Your Lyft Driver Stalks You: A Cautionary Tale [Update] Much ink has been spilled over the pros and cons of the ride-sharing services that have quickly become a fixture of city life. But not so much has been said about what happens
SF News Lyft Gets $60M Investment For More Pink Mustaches The brigade of ridesharing services looks to drive on unabated as Lyft, of neon-pink mustache fame, received a $60 million cash infusion from venture firms led by Andreessen Horowitz LLC (yes, you read
SF News Behold, A Ghostbusters-Themed Lyft Car; Also, A Hello Kitty One As Lyft enters its second year of pink-moustachio'd gypsy cabbing, it stands to reason that some of the drivers are looking to distinguish themselves. Also, this is San Francisco, and we love a
SF News Letter To The Editor: Lyft Responds To Ride-Sharing Criticism On Thursday, SFist published a letter from Trevor Johnson -- a licensed cabbie who drove and dispatched full time for over three years -- criticizing successful ride-sharing services (like Lyft and Sidecar) popular
SF News Letter To The Editor: A Solid Argument Against Ride Sharing [Update] We here at SFist are noted fans of newfangled ride sharing services -- prompted by one too many cabbie no-shows and refusals to go drive to Glen Park or the Avenues -- but
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
Arts & Entertainment Your Guide To Taking Ride Sharing Services On New Year's Eve It's New Year's Eve, and tonight after all the clocks flip over to 12:01 a.m. every taxi in San Francisco will turn into a pumpkin. A pumpkin that does not want
Arts & Entertainment Tell The PUC To Stop Its Ban On Ride-Sharing Services The political protection nonsense on part of the California Public Utilities Commission is chilling and disgusting. If you recall, the CPUC issued creepy cease-and-desist orders to both Lyft and SideCar, making inane claims
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
SF News More On Those Pink Mustache Cars, And Why They're Good Just a few days ago some friends were remarking on the uptick of cars around town with pink mustaches on them. Was this some sort of baseball reference they did not understand? A
SF News Hail! City To Issue 150-200 More Taxi Permits In a move that will brighten the soul of anyone who's ever spent half an hour in search of a cab, the MTA Board of Directors voted 6-0 last night to issue between
