# In an in-depth video segment, Prof Arun Sundararajan reacts to a recent California appeals court ruling impacting Uber and Lyft and explains why on-demand ride hail is crucial at a time when there are health safety concerns about using mass transit

1 Faculty News August 21, 2020 ![Yahoo Finance logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/yahoofinance.jpg?itok=iQnyXkp_)>

Excerpt from [Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/video/uber-lyft-stay-california-now-201707918.html) -- "Professor at NYU Stern School of Business and Author of ‘The Sharing Economy' [Arun Sundararajan](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan) joins Yahoo Finance’s Akiko Fujita to discuss the future of Uber and Lyft in California."

[Watch the Video](https://finance.yahoo.com/video/uber-lyft-stay-california-now-201707918.html)