Uber, Lyft cleared to launch in Alaska

A screenshot of the Uber app on an iPhone taken in 2014.Thursday, Gov. Bill Walker signed House Bill 132 into law, opening up business in Alaska for Transportation Network Companies, including popular services like Uber and Lyft. The companies already laid the groundwork to start operations before ink from the governor’s pen was even dry.
For its part, Lyft has spent the last month recruiting new drivers in Alaska.
“Specifically in Anchorage, Juneau and Fairbanks,” Scott Coriel