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Forbes Uber and Lyft are making streets more congested: Report Fast Company The Associated Press reports that new studies indicate riders are ditching fussy public transit for more direct Uber and Lyft rides. Yet, people aren't even using ride hailing to augment public transit, which may dismay city officials hoping to support ... Uber Drivers Are Less Satisfied Than Lyft Drivers, Survey SaysForbes Your Uber and Lyft rides are making traffic worse, studies findThe Boston Globe Uber and Lyft are adding to gridlock, a range of studies suggestUSA TODAY Chicago Sun-Times all 63 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

CNBC SoftBank backs Uber's pledge to go public in 2019 CNBC Uber has significant growth opportunities in the future, even in more developed markets, the CEO of the SoftBank Vision Fund, the ride-hailing app's biggest investor, told CNBC Monday, backing its plan for an initial public offering (IPO) by 2019 ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

Entrepreneur Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is in India and He says Ola to Competition Entrepreneur For Uber, it has been a tumultuous year with accusations of bad company culture that even led to the exit of founder and CEO Travis Kalanick. Amidst all of the wrong moves, the board at Uber brought in Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi as the new CEO ... Narendra Modi is my favourite entrepreneur: Uber CEOMoneycontrol.com Uber CEO: Trump is ruining America's most valuable brandCNNMoney India will remain important for Uber: Dara KhosrowshahiEconomic Times VCCircle -Hindustan Times all 23 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Quartz Are Uber's drive-at-home dads the new "piecework" new button-sewing moms? Quartz At 5:33 am on a Saturday, the sun slowly illuminated a Dulles Airport access road as a father's words carried to the backseat. The “drive-at-home dad” described tiptoeing out of the house before dawn most mornings to work for Uber, then heading home to ... https://www.google.com/news

Polygon YouTubers are now just Uber drivers who might get rich Polygon If you're a smaller creator, you need to stop looking at ridiculously popular YouTubers for tips on what to do when starting out — instead, start looking at Uber drivers. That's where you are in the ecosystem, and that's how replaceable you are to ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

CNNMoney Uber CEO: Trump is ruining America's most valuable brand CNNMoney Asked about US government moves this week to further curb the popular H-1B visa program -- which brings thousands of Indian engineers to Silicon Valley -- the Uber CEO hailed India's "unbelievable" tech workers as one of the main factors behind the ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

WIRED This Week in the Future of Cars: There's Gold in Them Thar Data WIRED Uber launched Express Pool, a new service that asks riders to walk a block or so before meeting drivers. Based on pilots in two cities, Uber thinks it can get people, and especially commuters, to use their app more regularly thanks to this slightly ... https://www.google.com/news

Fortune Uber Is Racing for Self-Driving Taxi Supremacy. But The Rest of the Auto World Isn't Giving Up Easy Fortune Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, touring Asia this week, tweeted a picture on Thursday that showed him and Toyota president Akio Toyoda having “great discussions about growing our #autonomous partnership” while holding baseball bats. They'll need the bats ... Toyota, Uber in cosy relationsIndependent Online Breakfast Briefing: VC Problems, Uber-Toyota Partnership & BAE's WoesThe Market Mogul all 3 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Fox 2 Detroit To get a ride, Uber says take a walk Fox 2 Detroit DETROIT (AP) - The latest variation of an Uber ride will require a short walk. In eight U.S. cities, the ride-hailing company is rolling out a service called "Express Pool," which links riders in the same area who want to travel to similar destinations ... Uber launches new 'Express Pool' service to compete against busesKTRK-TV Uber Express is like a minibus with cheaper ridesFOX Carolina Uber Introduces Cheaper 'Express Pool'WLTZ 38 NBC Next City all 16 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

NDTV Nissan is taking on Uber with its own self-driving taxi service CNBC Uber has tried to roll out its own self-driving taxi in the U.S. The company struck a deal to buy up to 24,000 autonomous cars from Volvo in November last year. According to research, driverless "robotaxis" such as Uber's could slash fares by as much ... Nissan's new step toward being Uber competitorFox Business With Easy Ride trial, Nissan takes new step towards being Uber competitorReuters With Easy Ride Trial, Nissan Takes New Step Towards Being Uber's CompetitorNDTV all 30 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

TechCrunch Is Uber selling its Southeast Asia business to Grab? | TechCrunch TechCrunch If you read the tech press, you might have seen reports that Uber is pursuing a sale in Southeast Asia that would see Grab, its Singapore-headquartered rival valued at $6 billion, acquire Uber's business in the region. Rumors of such a tie-in have been ... Uber plans to get aggressive in Southeast AsiaFast Company Uber will aggressively invest in Southeast Asia, won't let SoftBank rule it: CEOCNBC Uber CEO's whirlwind trip to India shows not all is wellQuartz Economic Times -CNET -Nikkei Asian Review all 138 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Forbes Uber And Lyft Pound Taxis, Rental Cars In Business Travel Market Forbes Car-sharing companies Uber and Lyft are rapidly becoming the 800-pound gorillas of U.S. ground transportation for business travelers. And like any good pair of 800-pound gorillas, they continue to pound the opposition. In this case, it's rental car ... Judge says ads can run in Uber, Lyft vehicles operating in New York CityUSA TODAY New study asks about your pre and post-Uber/Lyft travel habitsKXAN.com all 17 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

CityLab A Powerful Map Promises to Help Cities Keep Streets Free CityLab But there's no standard format for that data. Where are the intersections? How long are the curbs? Where's the median? It varies from city to city, and map to map. That's a problem as more private transportation services flood the roads. If a city ... https://www.google.com/news

Recode Uber's new 'Express Pool' is all about getting more riders to share ... Recode The new UberPool option requires riders to walk a little before and/or after their ride. Uber Just Launched a New Option With Its Cheapest Fares YetFortune Uber Express Pool offers the cheapest fares yet in exchange for a little walkingThe Verge Uber officially launches 'Uber Express Pool' in select cities - EngadgetEngadget CNBC -TechCrunch -Daily Mail -Recode all 129 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Fortune Uber Just Launched a New Option With Its Cheapest Fares Yet Fortune Uber rides are about to get super cheap — even cheaper than UberPool — if you're willing to do a little walking. Not that much movement will be required — only within two blocks of your location — for Uber's first new service in more than three ... Uber Express Pool offers the cheapest fares yet in exchange for a little walkingThe Verge Uber officially launches Uber Express POOL, a new twist on shared ridesTechCrunch Uber's new ride-sharing option offers big discounts for a short walkCNBC Engadget -Recode -Daily Mail -Recode all 129 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Telegraph.co.uk Transport app Citymapper challenges Uber with London ride-sharing service Telegraph.co.uk The urban transport app Citymapper has launched an on-demand minibus service in London, a cross between Uber and a traditional bus network that marks the latest attempt by a tech company to crash the capital's transport market. Starting from Wednesday ... Citymapper drops bus plans, to take on Uber as taxi operatorFinancial Times Bad Bus (Part 2/3) – Citymapper – MediumMedium all 38 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

The Verge Uber Express Pool offers the cheapest fares yet in exchange for a little walking The Verge UberPool has long occupied a weird place in the ride-hailing company's lineup of services. Riders love it because its so cheap, but drivers hate it because of the stress of ferrying multiple passengers to a variety of destinations. And the company's ... Uber officially launches 'Uber Express Pool' in select citiesEngadget Uber Launches 'Express Pool' to Conquer the CommuteWIRED Uber officially launches Uber Express POOL, a new twist on shared ridesTechCrunch CNNMoney -Condé Nast Traveler -Los Angeles Times all 19 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

The Week Magazine Uber and municipal government: Super friends? The Week Magazine American cities have an Uber dilemma. And a new study provides a few possible insights into solving it. The research was a joint project under an umbrella of different groups, including the National Cooperative Highway Research Program, the National ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

Bloomberg Uber Seeks Help From a London Plumber Bloomberg Back in April 2012, a British employment tribunal ruled that Pimlico was in fact employing its plumbers. That case arrived on Tuesday at the U.K. Supreme Court, where it's being appealed. Such is Uber's common interest that it asked to join the Supreme ... Uber looks for a London plumber to help plug its leaksLivemint all 6 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

BGR Uber CEO believes flying taxis are just 5-10 years away BGR In October of 2016, Uber published a lengthy white paper outlining its plan to further revolutionize the transportation industry. Over the course of 100 pages, Uber detailed new initiative dubbed Uber Elevate, a fledgling program that aims to develop a ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

Financial Times Citymapper drops bus plans, looks to take on Uber Financial Times Citymapper has dropped plans to become a bus company and will instead attempt to take on Uber as a private hire taxi operator in London, after the popular mapping start-up was granted a licence from the city's transport authority on Tuesday. Founded in ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

Business Insider Uber is slowly quitting developing markets in Asia — here's why India is probably next Business Insider "Where we are now as of Q4 is the developed markets, the contribution from the developed markets, essentially pays for the overhead of the business, alright ... [The] amount that we are investing in developing markets, that's a significant negative but ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

Fortune Here's When Uber's Flying Taxis Might Actually Take Flight Fortune Speaking on Tuesday at an investor forum in Tokyo, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi predicted that his company's Uber Air flying taxis will be commercialized and used widely within the next five to ten years. According to Reuters, which earlier reported on ... Sony to launch a ride-hailing service in Japan as Uber CEO signals further expansion in the countryCNBC Sony takes on ride-hailing in Japan as Uber looks for partners - The ...The Verge Uber CEO's Asia trip underscores its persistent global ambitionsThe Star Online Daily Mail -Economic Times -The Japan Times -Nikkei Asian Review all 86 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

TechCrunch Uber parks its service in Morocco | TechCrunch TechCrunch Uber is pulling the brakes on its service in Morocco, which will cease on February 23, as it waits (and hopes) for local regulators to accommodate app-based.. Uber is temporarily pulling out of MoroccoQuartz Uber pulls out of Morocco amid tensionsABC News all 12 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Fortune An Uber Eats Driver Accused of Fatally Shooting a Customer Has Turned Himself In Fortune An Uber Technologies Inc. (uber, +0.00%) driver turned himself in after allegedly shooting and killing a customer over the weekend. Robert Bivines, 36, made an Uber Eats delivery late Saturday before witnesses said he exchanged words with and then shot ... UberEats driver suspected of fatally shooting customer in AtlantaThe Guardian Uber Eats driver suspected in shooting death of customer turns himself inCNN Uber Eats Driver Allegedly Shoots And Kills Customer In AtlantaNPR CBS News -Washington Post -Gizmodo -WXIA-TV all 135 news articles » https://www.google.com/news