Rideshare News
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Is help for future NYC Medallion Owners on its way?
The Council on Thursday will vote on a bill to establish a new “Office of Financial Stability” within the TLC …
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San Francisco grants bike and scooter permits to only two companies - Scoot and Skip (One year Pilot)
San Francisco announced that only two scooter companies — Scoot and Skip — will get the coveted permits to participate …
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Confessions of an Uber driver: How I lost and found my soul
Wow, what a well written, insightful article detailing the life of a San Francisco Uber Driver. "Just as I had …
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Uber Strike?
Was sent this on twitter today. Anyone else? When will drivers learn that these strikes will never work?
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Toyota Investing $500 Million in Uber in Driverless-Car Pact [The Wall Street Journal]
Is this the first sign that Uber is listening to its investors and looking to hand off the autonomous vehicles …
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Why can't or won't Uber & Lyft fix the underage rider problem?
How hard is it to fix this in the app UBER & LYFT?Data from within the last 90 days …
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Jay Cutler lost a commercial with Uber for opposing their views on masks
"Former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler, who has spoken out against COVID-19 mitigation measures in schools, said Friday that he’d lost …
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Hackers Are Using The Uber App to SCAM Drivers!
I don't get it either.A new and insidious scam has popped up recently for drivers: scammers are using the …
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Uber lost in NYC. What city will try heavy-handed regulation next?
"Uber and Lyft took on New York City once again, and this time they lost. The New York City Council …
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You Can Now Get Uber Eats Delivered by Batmobile!!!
CALLING ALL LONDON RIDERS!! This is super cool!"Uber Eats announced last week that it was offering special deliveries made …
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Uber Driver Shortage is impacting the UK too
Complaints of long wait times, high surge prices, and no cars available are prevalent in the UK now for both …
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CNBC clown Jim Cramer says Uber CEO is one of the best executives ever!
The joker on CNBC says DK is a great executive. He got paid 43 million last year, probably more this …
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Uber lost an eye-popping $5 billion in a single quarter
Wall Street isn’t happy.Uber lost more money this spring than it did in any previous quarter, revealing on Thursday …
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Uber sues Chicago. Sounds like Lyft is paying off some politicians, Uber pissed!
https://chicago-suntimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/chicago.suntimes.com/platform/amp/2019/8/2/20752230/uber-lyft-lawsuit-chicago-bike-share?amp_js_v=a2&_gsa=1#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fchicago.suntimes.com%2F2019%2F8%2F2%2F20752230%2Fuber-lyft-lawsuit-chicago-bike-share
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A 12-Year-Old Died After Taking An Uber Alone. Drivers Say They Can’t Afford To Reject Kids. [BuzzFeed]
It's difficult enough to be asking the awkward question of asking for IDs and potentially saying no (and sometimes getting …
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Building a Search Engine for Food Delivery [The Rideshare Guy]
Do you think this will work? or be successful?There are a lot of food delivery apps out there – …
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Uber fined $750,000 for letting drivers work after customers complained of drunk driving
Is this a fair fine on Uber?"The California Public Utilities Commission fined Uber $750,000 for failing to follow a …
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Scooter-sharing companies tried to barge into San Francisco and got kicked out. [Decode]
Seriously, did we learn from the mistakes we made with Uber? For allowing them to do whatever they wanted? This …
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Use an Uber/Lyft light in your window? You could get pulled over in some states!
Just read this article that those lights are actually illegal in Kansas. I has no idea! I see plenty of …
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Remember that Uber driver who went on a shooting spree murdering 6 people? He just plead guilty.
Still no motive behind this terrible tragedy but at least he is owning up to what he did. The trials …