This Week In Rideshare: 70%, Minimum Wage, and Driverless

Lyft guarantees pay, Minneapolis considers minimal wage and Waymo hits a bicyclist. LegalRideshare breaks it down.

Up and extra up… Lyft drivers get more cash and Minneapolis could give drivers minimal wage. It’s all right here in This Week in Rideshare!

Lyft drivers obtain 70% of funds

Lyft has a brand new promise for drivers. CBS Information reported:

The rideshare firm is pledging to pay its lower-earning drivers the distinction between their take-home pay (after insurance coverage and taxes) and 70% of their shoppers’ fares every week, Lyft mentioned Tuesday in an announcement.

On Tuesday, Lyft mentioned its drivers on common earn about 88% of rider funds, after taxes and different charges. But it surely famous that about 15 in 100 drivers earned lower than 70% of their riders’ funds, after charges, on a weekly foundation final 12 months.

Below Lyft’s new profit package deal, riders will have the ability to entry a breakdown of how they’re paid out for his or her accomplished rides, along with having the ability to earn more money for accepting scheduled pick-ups. The corporate can even supply an additional $100 for drivers who full 50 rides with an electrical automobile inside per week between February 12 and July 1.

Minimal wage for drivers

Minneapolis is contemplating a minimal wage for drivers. Axios reported:

If Minneapolis leaders enact a proposal being pushed by rideshare activists, Uber and Lyft drivers could be assured to make the equal of the minimal wage ($15.57/hour). That’s in keeping with a brand new report from town auditor.

Mayor Jacob Frey and members of town council majority coalition are exploring three completely different fashions for minimal pay.

In a presentation to the council on Tuesday, the auditor confirmed that each one three choices would assure drivers earn one thing like town’s minimal wage.

The mannequin drivers favor — which might pay them $1.40 per mile and 52 cents per minute — would probably ship the very best pay, audit staffer Andrew Hawkins advised the council.

Driverless automobile hits bicyclist

A Waymo automobile hit a bicyclist in San Francisco. The Verge reported:

A driverless Waymo automobile struck a bicycle owner in San Francisco, inflicting minor accidents. It was the most recent incident within the metropolis at a time when tensions round autonomous autos are notably excessive after a driverless Cruise automobile injured a pedestrian.

The incident, which was first reported by Reuters, occurred at 3:02PM on February sixth on the intersection of seventeenth and Mississippi streets within the Potrero Hill neighborhood of San Francisco. A Google Maps Avenue View of the intersectionshows a flat, well-lit space surrounded by warehouses with unprotected bike lanes on each streets.

Cops arriving on the scene discovered an autonomous automobile had struck a bicycle owner, who solely reported “non-life threatening accidents,” in keeping with Eve Laokwansathitaya, public data officer with SFPD.

Waymo spokesperson Julia Ilina had extra particulars to share. The Waymo automobile was stopped at a four-way cease, as an oncoming massive truck started to show into the intersection. The automobile waited till it was its flip after which additionally started to proceed via the intersection, failing to note the bicycle owner who was touring behind the truck.

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