https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/13/lyft-oakland-donald-uber-ride-hailing-tax

Donation will aid transportation in low-income neighborhoods, but tax could have generated far more money

Lyft’s announcement this week that the ride-hailing company is donating $700,000 to expand transportation options in Oakland’s low-income neighborhoods was hailed by Oakland’s mayor, Libby Schaaf, as a way of “undoing the wrongs of the past”.