Lyft restarts bike rental program in the New York City
San Francisco-based ridesharing company Lyft has restarted its electric bike rental program in New York City after a 10-month long hiatus, due to user complaints about injuries caused by widespread braking failures. Electric and non-electric bikes will be available at any of 900 Citi-Bike stations, with electric bikes costing 15 cents per minute, 10 for annual subscribers, and non-electric bikes costing a flat rate of 3 USD per 30-minute trip.
electric united-states lyft san-francisco subscriber ridesharing new-york-city nyc bike rental citi-bike station braking annual
ReutersRelated Articles
New York subway and homeless people
New York subway and homeless people
The homelessness groups and charities said the move of subway closure will have “counterproductive and harmful” impacts for those who seek safety and shelter in subway trains and stations – forcing them on to the streets or into the city’s shelters, where more than 700 people have tested positive for coronavirus in recent weeks. NYC deliberately shutting down the entire subway system for the first time.
system shelter impact photograph nyc shelters subway
Theguardian
3M CEO tells Trump mask demand too great
Mike Roman, the CEO of US-based mask and worker safety equipment manufacturing company 3M, has stated amid US President Donald Trump's invocation of the Defense Production Act that his company cannot meet the demand for masks in the country. Roman revealed that the industry only has the capacity to make 50 million N95 masks each month, while healthcare workers need 300 million to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
ceo donald-trump healthcare president safety equipment united-states manufacturing coronavirus pandemic covid-19 defense-production-act mike-roman 3m n95
Marketwatch
Dow Jones plunges again
Dow Jones plunges again
Stocks in US markets today continued to plunge due to the coronavirus crisis coupled with the Saudi-Russian oil price war, with the Dow Jones industrial average dipped below the 22,000 level after suffering its worst first quarter in the institution's entire 135-year history. Major financial institutions like Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan predict an unprecedented first-quarter contraction in the US economy of between 25 to 34 percent.
goldman-sachs saudi-arabia oil russia markets crisis stocks price war history united-states coronavirus dow-jones contraction industrial-average jp-morgan
BusinessInsider
Starbucks closes most locations due to coronavirus pandemic
The largest coffeehouse chain in the world, Starbucks has announced that it is closing down most of its locations in the United States and Canada for a two-week period due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the exceptions being its franchises in or near hospitals that serve healthcare personnel and emergency responders. Most locations will also still offer drive-through and delivery services.
delivery canada healthcare hospital united-states largest coronavirus pandemic covid-19 shutdown starbucks coffeehouse drive-through responders
CNN