Uber Archives - 48 hills

News + Politics

Scathing new city report repudiates Lee, Breed policies on Uber, Lyft

Tim Redmond - June 30, 2022

Planners say TNCs have caused terrible problems because the city didn't regulate them. Plus, on housing: It's capitalism, stupid.

Lit

Lessons from a fearful fido: Meredith May’s ‘Loving Edie’

Lou Fancher - June 14, 2022

It may be packaged as a dive into doggy world, but the Bay Area author's second book is all about accepting limits.

The Agenda

Can SF run its own bike-share program (and challenge the privatizers?)

Tim Redmond - February 13, 2022

Plus: The June 6 ballot shapes up—and will the Police Commission take civilian oversight seriously? That's The Agenda for Feb. 14-21

Transportation

Breed refuses to discuss the future of road closures with supervisors

Tim Redmond - January 11, 2022

Mayor has hostile response to fair questions from Chan on a topic that could really use some leadership.

Transportation

Gig workers seek support hubs where they can rest, charge, and pee

Garrett Leahy - December 19, 2021

Companies like Doordash and Uber Eats offer no help to the people who make their operations possible.

Business + Tech

Taxi drivers protest, demand relief from SF’s failed permit program

Garrett Leahy - December 7, 2021

Drivers decimated by Uber and Lyft say SF cheated them out of millions, and they want action, now.

News + Politics

Supes learn of the serious problems with e-scooters—and how the city regulates them

Tim Redmond - December 6, 2021

People die and get injured. Scooters wind up in the Bay. And the rules are constantly ignored.

News + Politics

SF destroyed the lives of cab drivers—and is now trying to duck responsibility

Tim Redmond - December 2, 2021

SF sold drivers expensive permits, then let Uber and Lyft undermine the industry. Now the permits are worthless—and the city is doing nothing.

Housing

In dramatic move, supes block huge luxury housing project in Soma

Tim Redmond - October 27, 2021

Debate shows city planners' utter failure to understand the role of market-rate housing in gentrification and displacement.

Art

With ‘Ticket to Ride,’ Optimist Williams channeled MUNI memories and Frisco legends

Alan Chazaro - October 22, 2021

The graffiti artist used transfers as a metaphor for a city gone sideways: "Ed Lee was like the pinnacle of destruction here."

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Scathing new city report repudiates Lee, Breed policies on Uber, Lyft

Lessons from a fearful fido: Meredith May’s ‘Loving Edie’

Can SF run its own bike-share program (and challenge the privatizers?)

Breed refuses to discuss the future of road closures with supervisors

Gig workers seek support hubs where they can rest, charge, and pee

Taxi drivers protest, demand relief from SF’s failed permit program

Supes learn of the serious problems with e-scooters—and how the city regulates them

SF destroyed the lives of cab drivers—and is now trying to duck responsibility

In dramatic move, supes block huge luxury housing project in Soma

With ‘Ticket to Ride,’ Optimist Williams channeled MUNI memories and Frisco legends

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