meetings
Request ID: FOI-2049-1718
Date published: 23 November 2017
You asked
Please may I have the following information: How many meetings have been had between Transport for London staff and representatives from the companies Lyft, Didi Chuxing, Grab (GrabTaxi), Curb and Ola since June 2015? Where available, please give details of these meetings including date and time, location, length of meeting and who was attending. Please may I have full minutes from these meetings, or where this is not available, a summary of the matters discussed. Thank you.
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-2049-1718
Thank you for your email received by us on 27 October 2017 asking for information about meetings.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm we do hold the information you require.
Please see the information you have requested below:
Lyft
Date: 21/22 November 2016
Background: Michael Hurwitz (Director of Transport Innovation, Surface Transport) attended the ITF-OECD International Workshop on New Mobility and Public Transport in San Francisco. Emily Castor from Lyft was also in attendance at this meeting.
Date: 8 December 2016 – 1 Hour
Attendees: TfL – Michael Hurwitz / Helen Chapman (General Manager, Taxi & Private Hire) / Peter Blake (Director of Service Operations in Surface Transport) / Matthew Hudson (Head of Strategy, Technology & Data)
Lyft – Raj Kapoor, Mike Masserman
GLA – Three attendees from the GLA were also present
Details: No minutes or actions were recorded from this meeting in London. Lyft presented their business model that is in operation elsewhere in the world.
Date: 20 December 2016 – 30 minute Telephone conversation
Attendees: TfL – Michael Hurwitz
Lyft – Raj Kapoor / Mike Masserman
Details: No minutes or actions were recorded from this meeting. The conversation was around the development of the Mayor’s Transport Strategy (MTS).
Date: January - Telephone conversation
Attendees: TfL – Michael Hurwitz
Lyft - Michael Masserman
Details: Discussions to understand Demand Responsive Transport business models - as part of the process to develop the MTS. No minutes or actions were recorded from this meeting.
Date: 6 March 2017 –
Attendees: TfL – Michael Hurwitz
Lyft – Raj Kapoor / Mike Masserman
Details: This meeting took place during a business trip to New York. Lyft provided an update to TfL on their ongoing business strategy. No minutes or actions were recorded from this meeting.
Date: 8 August 2017 – Telephone Conversation
Attendees: TfL - Michael Hurwitz
Lyft – Mike Masserman
Details: Discussion on Lyft’s wider business strategy. No minutes of actions were recorded from this meeting.
Date: 6 October 2017 – Telephone conversation
Attendees: TfL – Leon Daniels
Lyft – Mike Masserman
Details: Discussions in relation to the Mayor’s Transport Strategy.
Ola
Date: 25 October 2017 – 1hour, London
Attendees: TfL – Michael Hurwitz
Ola – Arun Sarin, Bhavish Aggarwal
Finsbury – John Gray
Details: Discussion surrounding transport innovation, both in London and India
Grab (GrabTaxi)
Date: 23 February 2017 – 2 hours, Singapore
Attendees: TfL – Michael Hurwitz, Natalia de Estevan-Ubeda
Grab – Melvin Vu, Nicholas Foo, Dominic Ong, Annabella Ng
Details: Discussion to understand the Grab business model, Grab’s innovation approach, market expansion plans and how they operate in Singapore. This was also to discuss the work Grab do in relation to Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, the future of mobility services such as Mobility as a Service (MaaS).
No meetings have taken place between the TfL and Didi Chuxing, and Curb.
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Lee Hill
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Transport for London
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