Uber and Lyft Strike NYC Deal to Scale Back Driver Lockouts

  • NYC regulator agrees not to impose new rules on the companies
  • Drivers have protested the lockouts, which are limiting wages
Shares of Uber and Lyft both jumped Wednesday on the news that the commission would not be imposing new pay rules.Photographer: John Taggart/Bloomberg

New York City officials backed off a threat to slap Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. with new minimum-pay regulations after the companies agreed to rein in driver lockouts, a recent practice that has caused a sharp decline in some drivers’ take-home pay.

The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission confirmed the arrangement on Wednesday in a statement from the mayor’s office.