Rideshare News
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My Post-Driving Life [Dmitry Samarov]
I didn't learn to drive until I was 22. A year later I was behind the wheel of a cab. …
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Uber Disabled Volvo SUV's Safety System Before Fatality [Bloomberg]
Are they getting desperate? It's a total deflection tactic. Trying to shift the blame away from their technology but the …
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Uber to require a 6-hour break for every 12 hours of driving in the U.S.
This is good, right? Combatting sleepy and overworked drivers. "Uber has added a feature that will force a six-hour offline …
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Lyft employee: “Hell yes. I definitely looked at my friends’ rider history and looked at what drivers said about them. I never got in trouble.”
Lyft employees have been spying on riders. Looks like Uber's evilness is catching on. https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/25/lyft-god-view/
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First Pedestrain death at the "hands" of a self driving Uber Vehicle
Self-Driving Uber Car Kills Arizona Pedestrian via the NYTimes. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/technology/uber-driverless-fatality.html
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NYC Ride Volume - Uber "officially" destroys Taxis going into 2018
Is it official? More Uber trips being taken more than taxis now. Number of medallions control the # of cars …
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Should it be legal to own your own self-driving car?
ZipCar, Uber, and other rideshare companies want to make it illegal to own your own self-driving car in the city. …
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Uber self-driving car that killed pedestrian "decided" not to stop for her
Great, now we have cars deciding whether pedestrians are expendible or not... https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/7/17327682/uber-self-driving-car-decision-kill-swerve
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London Uber ignoring all rules and breaking laws again.
How is this legal? Oh, it isn't? What's new. What is the current situation with Uber in London? Taxi app …
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Priceline is investing $500 million in Didi Chuxing, China's largest ride-hailing company. [TechCrunch]
This seems like a pretty significant news on how the travel websites are starting to invest in rideshare companies... and …
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WOW! Video Shows Driver In Autonomous Uber Was Looking Down Moments Before Fatal Crash
OMG, have you guys seen this video? I am slightly traumitized right now from wathcing it. The driver was not …
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Uber drivers made 600 million in tips this year.
According to CNET "the longer tipping is available in the app, the more passengers hand over gratuities. For instance, in …
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New York approves Uber and Lyft surcharges
$2.75 for rideshares $2.50 for taxis $0.75 for pooled services (incl. Uber POOL and the like) https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/02/new-york-surcharge-uber-lyft-manhattan/
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Female Uber drivers are paid less than Male drivers
Male Uber drivers get paid 7 percent more than their female counterparts in the U.S., according to a new study …
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What about peer-to-peer car rentals?
Uber and Lyft get most of the attention when it comes to new tech in the transportation space, but there's …
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RideGuru Rideshare Survey Results 2018; Forget Tinder and LinkedIn. Ridesharing is the new social centre.
Thank you to everyone who completed our rideshare survey! We are excited to share the top ten takeaways with you. …
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Uber Eats is not a profitable business. Here's the math. ...and how Uber has the cake and eats it too. (Forbes)
I am glad someone is doing the math. It's too bad it isn't the drivers. I assume this applies to …
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Taxi driver literally kills an Uber driver [Fox10]
If you ask me, I think this article title is doing itself a disservice. (mine is much cooler) Arrest made …
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Lyft now has 35% of Market Share in the US ride-sharing market [CNBC]
So this may explain the recent panic mode that Uber has been operating under. Lyft says it has 35 percent …
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When will it be safe to undelete Uber? [Slate]
https://slate.com/business/2018/07/can-uber-ceo-dara-khosrowshahi-fix-a-toxic-culture.html ...At most companies, this kind of volatility at the top of the org chart would be of interest mainly …