Rideshare Hubs Open in Orlando this Spring: One Central Location for Uber, Lyft and Taxis
• There will be two new rideshare hubs opening in Orlando this spring.
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• There will be two new rideshare hubs opening in Orlando this spring.
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• A team of researchers from the University of Central Florida is holding its own in a national competition aimed at making driving safer, and the university is the only one going up against industry giants like Ford and Uber.
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• Uber has partnered with former competitor Mears Transportation Group, the first agreement of its kind in the United States between the ride-sharing company and a taxi service. Under the agreement announced today, Mears will provide its fleet of luxury vehicles to support the Central Florida launch of Uber’s premium service, UberBLACK.
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• Three percent of registered voters who didn’t participate in the 2016 election said it was because they didn’t have transportation to the polls.
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• The first public private partnership in the country between Uber and five cities launched Monday in central Florida. Altamonte Springs, Lake Mary, Longwood, Maitland, and Sanford are offering subsidized rides within the five-city jurisdiction.
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• Three hours before his shift starts at a hotel near Disney Springs, Daniel Paredes hops on the Lynx bus 56 headed to Magic Kingdom, earphones already in and a book in hand. To be on time for his shift in the laundry room of the Radisson Hotel at 3 p.m., Paredes is out on the Columbia Avenue bus stop in Kissimmee by noon. After getting to Magic Kingdom, he takes another bus that leaves him near a Burger King on State Road 535, where he walks a quarter-mile to his job. In total, his trip to work takes about two hours. When his shift ends at 11 p.m., the buses aren’t running anymore so Paredes pays an Uber driver about …
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• House and Senate Republicans say this is the year Florida joins 37 other states in adopting regulations for so-called transportation network companies, like Uber and Lyft.
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• Advocates for the blind are reminding rideshare drivers that they must pick up people with service dogs. An Uber driver was arrested for refusing to serve a group of people who are blind with service dogs.
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• Altamonte Springs commuters can now get help from the city to pay for part of their Uber rides. While Tampa launched a similar program to help commuters get to bus stops, Altamonte’s program is designed to boost SunRail ridership.
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• The City of Orlando is responding to Uber’s claims that it is “impossible” for its drivers to comply with some of the city’s new ride-sharing regulations.
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