New California Data on Ride Services Reveal Rise in Collisions and Incidents

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Ride services accounted for 612.6 million miles driven in California between September 2013 and September 2015. Photo by Ericka Cruz Guevarra/KQED

By Bryan Goebel, KQED News Fix
State regulators have analyzed and released a tiny glimpse of data submitted by Uber, Lyft and other companies — information the firms have carefully guarded because they claim it would reveal trade secrets.

A report on some of the data was presented at a Nov. 5 meeting of the California Public Utilities Commission. While the analysis does not size up how transportation network companies are complying with state regulations overall, it does provide a snapshot of the volume of trips and growth of ride services over the past two years.

Read the complete story at KQED News Fix. 
 

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