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President Donald Trump is expected to nominate Lyft General Manager Derek Kan<\/a> as under secretary of transportation for policy,\u00a0Reuters reports<\/a>. Kan also serves on the board of directors at Amtrak and previously worked\u00a0as policy adviser to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who just so happens to be married to Transportation Secretary Elaine Cho.<\/p>\n \u201cDerek is a valued member of our team and we wish him luck in whatever path he chooses,\u201d Lyft spokesperson Adrian Durbin said in an emailed statement to TechCrunch.<\/p>\n As under secretary, Kan would be responsible for providing policy guidance as it relates to cars, airplanes, railroads and all other forms of transportation.<\/p>\n Kan\u2019s expected nomination comes shortly after Lyft President John Zimmer referred to the company as \u201cwoke<\/a>\u201d in comparison to Uber. In case you missed it, Uber has been under heavy scrutiny for its CEO Travis Kalanick\u2019s involvement with Trump during the earlier days of Trump\u2019s presidency. Uber is also currently embattled in a lawsuit with Google\u2019s Waymo<\/a> and is still trying to recover (though, it probably never will) from the sexual harassment allegations<\/a> from earlier this year.<\/p>\n \u201cLyft claims to be the \u201cwoke\u201d<\/a> alternative but then why are their executives off working for Trump while they cut driver pay in a race to the bottom with Uber?\u201d Independent Drivers Guild Executive Director Ryan Price said in a statement. \u201cLyft has refused driver council meetings that have led to favorable changes to dispatch procedures for Uber drivers and they still don\u2019t have a process for drivers to appeal if they are kicked off the app. While their tipping policy is great, Lyft engages in the same kind of manipulation<\/a> as Uber and still has a lot of work to do with drivers<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n TechCrunch has reached out to the Trump administration.\u00a0We will update this story if we hear back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/lyft-amp-05.jpg?w=680\")
President Donald Trump is expected to nominate Lyft General Manager Derek Kan as under secretary of transportation for policy,\u00a0Reuters reports. Kan also serves on the board of directors at Amtrak and previously worked\u00a0as policy adviser to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who just so happens to be married to Transportation Secretary Elaine Cho. “Derek is a valued member of our… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/img><\/a>
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