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Daily Transportation News
June 16, 2026
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Lyft joined Uber Technologies in suing New York City to block a new law they said would force them to keep bad drivers who threaten public and passenger safety on their platforms.
The Lyft lawsuit was filed late Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, 24 hours after Uber sued.
Both companies are challenging Local Law 52, of 2026, which generally prevents large ride-sharing companies from swiftly dismissing drivers absent a "bona fide economic reason" or "just cause."
The companies said the law targeting "wrongful deactivations" violated their due process and free speech rights under the U.S. Constitution.
They also said the law threatened irreparable harm by undermining their reputation and goodwill while keeping unsafe drivers, including those accused of sexual misconduct, on the road.
Lyft called the law "hazardous" and Uber called it "reckless." The law would take effect on July 28, after the City Council in January overwhelmingly overrode former Mayor Eric Adams' veto.
Source: Reuters
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In its efforts to secure European approval of its “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) system, Tesla has presented self-published safety statistics to regulators in Sweden and the Netherlands that independent traffic-safety researchers have said amount to misleading marketing.
A Reuters examination published last month found that Tesla CEO Elon Musk and other leaders over the past year have increasingly cited statistics they say prove its FSD driver-assistance feature is up to 10 times safer than human drivers. But the news agency’s review found several invalid data comparisons underlying Tesla’s statistics, that exaggerated its safety claims.
Tesla has presented the inflated safety data to some European regulators, according to correspondence obtained by Reuters through public records requests, as the EV maker seeks wider approval of FSD in a region where it is trying to regain market share. Tesla approached RDW, the Dutch road regulator, in late 2024 to begin the FSD approval process.
Source: Reuters
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FIFA Sells Out Shuttle Bus Tickets to France Vs. Senegal World Cup Match
All 12,000 tickets for the official shuttle buses serving New York New Jersey Stadium have sold out, according to the FIFA World Cup New York New Jersey Host Committee, leaving many fans to travel by NJ Transit rail service or rideshare options such as Uber and Lyft.
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Trump Transit Secretary Rescinds Key Civil Rights Law Once Used to Challenge BART Project
Title VI prohibits transportation agencies that receive federal funding from implementing programs or activities that unintentionally and disproportionately impact people who are protected by the nation’s civil rights laws.
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Oregon’s New EV Road Fee Exempts the Biggest Commercial Fleets
A new transportation funding law will charge many electric vehicle owners for road use, but large corporate fleets — including delivery vehicles — are largely left out.
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Montreal Transit System REM to Sell up to $2 Billion Bonds
REM, owned indirectly by Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, is considering selling bonds maturing in five, seven, 10 and 30 years, according to people with knowledge of the sale, asking not to be identified as they aren’t authorized to speak publicly. The portion maturing in 30 years priced at 0.95 percentage point more than government bonds to yield 4.791 per cent, they said, highlighting that the 30-year tranche drew orders more than five times its size.
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Metrolinx Steps Up GO Service on Lakeshore Lines for FIFA World Cup Travellers
As of June 10, 2026, GO train service on Lakeshore West and Lakeshore East were increased to provide frequent 15-minute service throughout most of the day. Across the network, this will mean nearly 3,000 weekly GO trips available during the tournament.
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BC Transit Makes Greater Victoria Route Changes for Summer
Due to planned construction on West Saanich Road, Route 85 will be detoured around the area, which is expected to remain in place until the fall and includes the closure of six bus stops. There will be signage posted advising customers where to find the nearest open stop.
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Taxi Drivers Arrested on Crete for Cheating Customers
Tesla presented self-published and inflated “Full Self-Driving” safety statistics directly to government regulators in Sweden and the Netherlands as it lobbied for European approval, according to correspondence obtained by Reuters through public records requests.
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Worcester Taxi Fares Set to Increaser Despite Industry Fears
Worcester City Council has agreed to increase the maximum charges for Hackney carriage journeys, subject to a statutory consultation process. The increases comes at the request of Worcester Taxi Association, which says it represents more than 200 drivers.
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Tripy E-Bikes Roll Out Across Türkiye’s Major Tourism Hub: Bodrum
The move marks the company’s entry into a market that sees significant seasonal fluctuations in mobility demand. While Bodrum has a permanent population of around 207,000, the city attracts between 1.5 and 2 million visitors during the summer months, placing considerable pressure on local transport infrastructure.
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Baidu Apollo Go Wins Level 4 Robotaxi Approval in Switzerland As Amigo
Baidu’s Apollo Go has received a Level 4 autonomous driving permit in Switzerland for AmiGo, a robotaxi service it is running with Swiss Post’s PostBus, putting the Chinese tech giant ahead of Waymo and Tesla in deploying driverless vehicles into European public transport.
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AI-Powered Ride-Share Data Collection Begins in Osaka for Self-Driving Taxis
Taxi operator newmo has opened a data collection hub for autonomous driving in Osaka's Joto Ward, launching what the company says is Japan's first initiative to use ride-share services to gather road data for AI training.
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Autoflight Secures Indonesia Validation for eVTOL Cargo Aircraft
AutoFlight, which develops electric aircraft for cargo, passenger and specialist missions, said the approval clears the two-tonne unmanned V2000CG CarryAll cargo aircraft for commercial operations in the Indonesian market. The certificate was formally issued by Indonesia’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), following the aircraft’s original type certification in China.
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| | City Taxi Drivers Shook by Upcoming World Cup Roadblocks | |
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As New York City cabbies contend with a spike in gas prices and a resulting drop in business, the arrival of the World Cup could become another big bump in the road for those behind the wheel.
When Morocco and Brazil face off Saturday just across the Hudson River in the first of eight local matches in the soccer tournament that runs through July 19, yellow taxi drivers will have to work around FIFA’s projected influx of more than 1 million visitors to the city and roadblocks accompanying the global sports spectacle.
Those include the length of 42nd Street being largely restricted to buses and World Cup shuttles on match days, other road closures in Midtown, a series of gridlock-alert days and passengers who may opt to take other modes of transportation.
“I worry that business is going to be shut down, actually,” cabbie Joy Biswas, 37, told The City Reporter while taking a break at a relief stand on West 28th Street. “If someone inside the cab sees the traffic, they’ll get out and I’ll be stuck in it.”
The start of the action at the temporarily renamed NYNJ Stadium in the Meadowlands coincides with a nearly 20% drop in the number of monthly yellow trips from a year ago and a 40% spike in gas prices.
Source: The City Reporter
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