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Christmas is a busy two days for everyone. For the drivers who decide to work on Christmas, it can be a very lucrative work day. When Christmas falls during the week, Uber drivers should plan on being extra busy on December 24; many people still have to go to work that day on top of the other holiday festivities. 

Drivers who want to make a little extra money or who don’t have any holiday plans, driving over Christmas could be the perfect way to spend the time. Christmas Day is not the busiest day during the holiday week; however, Christmas …

Yesterday, Uber released, for the first time in history, a complete safety report. The report covered all rides in the US for the full 2018 calendar year and partial 2017 calendar year. Surprisingly, or perhaps, not so surprisingly, the report disclosed that during this time period there were 3,045 sexual assaults, 9 murders, and 58 deaths due to auto-related accidents. Of the 3,045 sexual assault cases, 235 were classified as rapes. Also, interesting, is that both drivers and riders reported assaults as roughly the same rates.

What is even scarier, is that it is very likely that these numbers …

Yesterday, Lyft announced its newest membership plan, Lyft Pink. According to Lyft, Lyft Pink is “just one step in the shift from personal car ownership to having a society that views transportation as a service”.

Lyft Pink is aimed at riders who are currently using Lyft more than 2-3 times per week. Priced at $19.99 per month, Lyft Pink subscribers will save 15% on all car rides, priority airport pickups, surprise offers, relaxed cancellations, and more. Here is the complete information on each of these perks:

15% off unlimited car rides

Save on every car ride you take — anytime, …

As you have probably heard by now, Uber is facing a serious dilemma in London, UK as the major ridesharing company is on the brink of being banned entirely from the city. London is one of Uber’s biggest markets, with 45,000 drivers and 3.5 million passengers, and as such they are fighting tooth and nail to keep their London business. Still, despite this, Uber’s competitors made no delay in trying to steal London riders and drivers from them.

According to the ridesharing app Kapten (based in France), “London needs ride-hailing, but we don’t need Uber”. And Bolt (another ridesharing application) …

Recently, Gett, the mega ridesharing company backed by Volkswagon, announced that they will be ending their NYC Juno rideshare services. Juno launched its ridesharing service in 2016 as a more driver friendly alternative to Uber and Lyft. With Juno, drivers were able to join as stockholders and were paid higher percentages of each ride. In 2017, Gett acquired Juno for $200 million and to many drivers’ dismay, substantially lowered the original perks of being a Juno driver with many drivers complaining that their stocks were now “invalid”.

The news of Gett closing down Juno’s operations comes alongside the news …