RideShare photos on Flickr

CTR/RideshareOnline promo - Bike 6 by Washington State Dept of Transportation

cruisin' in the galaxie while readin' country woman and being filmed. by Eric C Snowdeal III

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of course, there's a perfectly reasonable reason as to why i found myself in such a predicament.

we were filming a little video encouraging folks to use the the rideshare van at work. in this scene i'm "playing" the part of the "lonely guy" riding in his gigantic car all by himself trying to catch up on his reading. so happy that i can finally scratch that off my bucket list.

i took a few more pictures of some of the rest of the scenes being filmed. i'm sure you'll see them sooner or later.

bonus points if you can guess the soundtrack during this scene.

more: narration scenes from “The Joys of Ridesharing”. snowdeal.org/?p=4187

Veterans Transportation Service 8 by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

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On September 17, 2010, Veterans Transportation Service (VTS) offered its first official ride to a Veteran. VTS, located organizationally within the Chief Business Office, is a sub-initiative of the Transformational Initiative Enhancing Veteran Experience and Access to Healthcare. The first ride occurred in Central Texas Veterans Health Care System at the Temple Texas site, which is one of four initial pilot sites for the program. The other three sites are Ann Arbor, MI; Muskogee, OK; and Salt Lake City, UT.

VTS seeks to overcome barriers to VHA access, especially for Veterans who are visually impaired, elderly, or immobilized due to disease or disability, and those living in rural and highly rural areas. VTS will not only increase transportation resources and options for all Veterans, but also focus on improving efficiency of existing transportation resources through use of 21st Century technology, including ridesharing software and GPS units.

VTS will improve the quality of life for Veterans by improving their health through supporting early identification and treatment of health problems, as well as ongoing treatment of existing problems. Additionally, VTS will provide Veterans opportunities to interact with other Veterans and VHA staff to which the Veteran might not otherwise be connected.

City Hall from the corner of Los Angeles and 1st Street by Umberto Brayj

On the way to the CalTrans Rideshare Fair I snapped this photo.

01a.BusStop1267.BaltimoreMD.25May2018 by Elvert Barnes

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Waiting at Bus Stop 1267 on Pratt at Light Street in Baltimore MD on Friday afternoon, 25 May 2018 by Elvert Barnes Photography

LYFT Ridesharing Sticker in Car Rear Passenger Side Window

www.facebook.com/baltimorelyft/

Downtown Baltimore / Inner Harbor

Street Photography: Waiting At The Bus Stop Series

En route to Safeway @ Canton

Elvert Barnes MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND 2018 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/MDW2018.html

Published at ggwash.org/view/74856/national-links-a-problem-with-lithi...

Matchbox - '09 Toyota Prius (Taxi) by Colin's Diecast Cars

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Brand: Matchbox

Series: 2020 MBX City

Livery: MATCHBOX, RIDESHARE

Scale: 1/62

Collector/casting number: MB1025

Country of manufacture: Thailand

Place/date of purchase: Wal-Mart, 2020

Condition: Minty fresh 10/10

Remarks/comments:

Beauty Pill - Chad Clark, Jean Cook, Drew Doucette, Basla Andolsun & Devin Ocampo by Peter Hutchins

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Beauty Pill @ Artisphere, Arlington, Va on Thursday April, 30, 2015.

Beauty Pill Describes Things As They Are Spring Tour Setlist:

Jury In The World ‘Gon Convict You, Baby

Lifeguard in Wintertime

Drapetomania!

Ann the Word

The Cigarette Girl from the Future

Afrikaner Barista

Rideshare

Steven and Tiwonge

The Western Prayer

Hidden Track

For Pretend

Near Miss Stories

Exit Without Saving

Won't You Be Mine

Tight Frame/Loose Frame (Smart Went Crazy Cover)

The Idiot Heart

Bone White Crown Victoria

June 8, 2025. Los Angeles Anti-ICE protests by Maks Ksenjak

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Mellow day in the beginning. A break off work, a chance to join fellow parents and celebrate my son and his friends finish their school year.

After all was set and done, plan was to hop on the train to go visit my friends' photo lab to drop off film to develop. Lab's in Downtown.

Heard of the protest developing down there too - not unexpected, City Hall's there after all, courthouses, Federal Building.

Was packing my camera anyways already, figured could document as well.

By the time train got to Union Station, I learned that the southbound subway line (to Little Tokyo and into the Downtown proper) was stopped. No big deal - can walk.

Exited the station and started hoofing it down Alameda southbound. Got to the freeway overpass - some folks leaving north, towards Union Station; others hanging out on the overpass, looking on the freeway below. Heard sound of stun grenades coming from the south side of the freeway, at Aliso Street. Some smoke there. Heavy husk of federal Blackhawk helicopter whopping air with it's blades, circling above.

Camera out. People, signs. Cops blocking off Alameda south of Aliso. Walking along Federal Building. Tagged up KTLA5 News van. More people, more signs. Cops on freeway below, blocking southbound lanes, shooting occasional stun grenades up towards Aliso from down there. Arresting folks who came out on the freeway earlier.

Turn down to Los Angeles, walking south, along same Federal Building (familiar spot. Place brings back memories). Building's all tagged up, police skirmish line blocks Los Angeles at Temple. Few folks protesting on Los Angeles at the time are mostly mellow. One guy walking, yelling at cops, but he's an exception. There is more action happening toward the bridge over Temple, by City Hall. Fireworks go off, then stun grenades. Cavalry rides there with sticks - mounted police. A cop comes up to the middle of the intersection dropping off a box of those 40mm foam baton "non-lethal" rounds.

In skirmish line some cops look uncomfortable, overwhelmed - drafted desk jockeys perhaps? Got maybe some basic riot control training a while back. Twitching now. Not ready.

Person sits down to the right of me - legs crossed, on the ground. Lifts their sign up. Suddenly, heard a flute behind me. Turn around - a protester walking toward me, beatboxing on the flute. Now, I had seen it all. Focus, take the shot.

Almost immediately hear a 40mm launcher go off, yelp. Turn around - person sitting next to me got hit by a "non-lethal" in the hand. Pinkie finger looks gnarly. Sign down on the sidewalk, blood dripping. Folks rushing in to help. Look towards the police line - fairly certain I see the shooter: new round loaded up, launcher towards myself and folks helping wounded person. Protesters yell and curse at him. I lock in focus and hit shutter.

Yeah, twitching. Not ready. His superior shows up with some backup in tow, and a guy with a whole bundle more of fresh foam batons. Pulls that cowboy back. Don't see him anymore.

Suddenly, cops' attention is focused by something way behind me. Turn around - clouds of dark smoke are rising from the old Pueblo side to the north of the freeway. Get my last shots of the Temple St skirmish line, move north.

Waymo robot taxis are burning. Four of them. Smoke is thick, suffocating and feels toxic. Somehow "heavier" than what I had smelled in Altadena with Eaton Canyon fire. Mask up. Trying to move in a way where wind won't blanket me with that filth. Electric cars burn so hot and fast, practically melting down completely. Feels much different as opposed to "usual" gas cars during Eaton Fire.

Spent rest of the time moving back and forth between different sides of the freeway. More signs, more people. North side of the freeway peaceful. Some families with kids. South side is a bit rougher. Tear gas and stun grenades are met with fireworks and those silly rideshare scooters. A sudden memory from the Soviet-era school curriculum flashes in my mind, about "a boulder being a weapon of proletariat" - made me wonder if those scooters are stand-ins for boulders in 21st century. But only briefly - boulders make an appearance too. Turns out that those decorative "cemented boulders" by the freeway ramps, a product of some hostile architecture genius, are an arsenal within themselves.

More photos. Stun grenade hits the tree branches above, goes off. I get showered with a bunch of leaves, small branches and lost hearing in my right ear for probably solid half an hour. Try to be more careful. Move around some more. Different sides of the freeway.

Cops decide to get more active on clearing up south side of the freeway. Cavalry moves out once again. I get kettled up between two skirmish lines, along with some reporters, an older homeless guy with his treasure throve of cardboard boxes, a confused older couple, some random working folks. They all were given confusing directions, trying to make their way out. Couple of hours of milling about, older couple asking me for information and directions, trying to make their way to a hotel - tourists. Young lady asked if I knew whether Alameda was open (she wanted to make her way to Arts District). Told her that Alameda most likely would be closed (it was).

Eventually, authorities lost interest in our ragtag group milling around their area figured it was a good time to get us out of there in a prompt fashion.

Car 2 Go by So Cal Metro

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These Smart cars for the Car 2 Go ridesharing service (owned by Daimler) have popped up all over San Diego. These two are parked in Mission Valley.

05.Lyft.UnionStation.WDC.19January2017 by Elvert Barnes

LYFT Driver dropping off passenger at Union Station Rear Parking Garage on H Street, NE Washington DC on Thursday afternoon, 19 January 2017 by Elvert Barnes Photography

LYFT Washington DC at www.lyft.com/cities/washington-dc

Thursday, 19 January 2017 Pre-Inauguration Day Docu-Project: Washington DC Street Photography Series

Elvert Barnes 58th Presidential Inauguration 2017 Project

elvertbarnes.com/2017Inauguration

Seattle to Portland: Craigslist Rideshare in a School Bus! by Eli Duke

CTR/RideshareOnline promo - Bike 8 by Washington State Dept of Transportation

Carpool&Midday2PH by 511 Contra Costa

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Brick-Wall Background by M.V. Jantzen

Tim Carney, Andrew Moylan, and Max Brown at a panel discussion on "Ridesharing In The District: How The Nation’s Capital Is Regulating Drivers-For-Hire," hosted by the R Street Institute. The Loft, 600 F St NW, Washington, DC.

after the fire at organic valley headquarters. I. by Eric C Snowdeal III

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sadly, there was a fire at organic valley headquarters yesterday that damaged the west portion of the building pretty badly. luckily, kris and i were not in the building when it was evacuated around 4:10pm. i left at 4:05 in the rideshare van back to viroqua with my computer and phone to get prepared to leave town for a few days for a department retreat. so i'm lucky to have a computer an an internet connection and can keep calm and carry on from home while we figure out the next steps.

looking at the damage from the fire today, i'm so very thankful that everyone got out of the building and that nobody was hurt. while certainly sad to see the damage, property is - of course - replaceable and rebuildable and i have no doubt that the cleanup and rebuild will happen quickly. fortunately, our distribution center and other facilities are fully operational and we have contingency plans in progress so we are able to continue to deliver all the wonderful products you love :-)

it's been awesome to hear all the expressions of support from the community, around the state and around the country. i know it really does mean a lot to me and all the other employees.