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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police say a Kentucky Uber driver who got into a fight with a passenger has died. Louisville police spokesman Dwight ... View the full article

Vanity Fair Uber Gets Kneecapped in New York City Vanity Fair In 2015, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio backed down relatively quickly after a weeks-long fight with for-hire vehicle companies in New York City, including Uber and Lyft. De Blasio had proposed an almost-year-long cap on ride-sharing companies, ... New York City's year-long ban on new Uber and Lyft vehicles divides the cityPopular Science Riders Wonder: With Uber as New York's Plan B, Is There a Plan C?New York Times For Uber and Airbnb, New York City Turns FoeWall Street Journal New York Post -SBS -NPR -NPR all 485 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

New York City's local council has pressed pause on granting new licences to ride-hailing firms for one year, blaming companies such as Uber and Lyft ... View the full article

Recode Recode Daily: The real problem with Uber's new-car freeze in NYC Recode Uber was slapped with a major setback in its largest American market after the New York City Council voted to freeze new-vehicle licenses for Uber, Lyft and other ride-hail services in the city. The new rules will make New York the first major U.S ... https://www.google.com/news

A man punched by a driver whose car window he knocked on, mistakenly thinking the vehicle was his Uber, has died in the hospital from his injuries. View the full article

Ola, India's version of Uber, is set to enter the UK taxi market, initially in South Wales and Manchester. Ola already operates in 110 cities in India and ... View the full article

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Taxify, an Estonian ride-hailing company aiming to take on Uber [UBER.UL] in emerging markets, will invest millions of euros in ... View the full article

An online private hire firm has announced it is bringing its operation to Manchester. Indian based Ola has announced it is planning to take on Uber in ... View the full article

The Guardian New York City moves to curtail Uber and other ride-hailing services The Guardian New York City has moved to regulate the huge growth of Uber and similar firms with a temporary cap on new licences for ride-hailing services. The city council approved a package of bills that included a one-year moratorium on new licences for vehicles ... New York votes to cap Uber and Lyft servicesBBC News Uber and Lyft will survive NYC's new ride-hail cap — but the precedent is the real problemRecode New York's year-long licence cap to hit Uber and LyftFinancial Times CNNMoney -Vox -WIRED all 1,144 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Signs held by taxi drivers in front of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) protesting against Uber and Lyft claimed 42 per cent of ... View the full article

India's ride-hailing giant, Ola, has this week announced that they ready to make their UK debut. Expected to go head-to-head with Uber, we have seen ... View the full article

The UK launch is the first serious challenge to market leading Uber, which was founded two years earlier than Ola, has three million drivers and ... View the full article

What it means: New York is set to become the first major US city to set a minimum wage for drivers. and put a cap on the number of ride-hail vehicle ... View the full article

The New York City Council on Wednesday agreed to cap the number of licenses for ride-hailing services such as Uber Technologies Inc for one year, ... View the full article

New York City has moved to regulate the explosive growth of Uber and other app-based ride services with a temporary cap on new licences for ... View the full article

NY plans to cap ride-hailing services including Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc., becoming the first US city to take such a step. Another source on ... View the full article

(Reuters) - The New York City Council on Wednesday agreed to cap the number of licenses for ride-hailing services such as Uber for one year, ... View the full article

The New York City Council just voted 36-6 to require ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft to pay their drivers minimum wage, and will prohibit them ... View the full article

Tech companies like Uber, Tesla and Google have joined traditional motor manufacturers to usher in the revolution. Google autonomous vehicles ... View the full article

CNBC New York City just voted to cap Uber and Lyft vehicles, and that could make rides more expensive CNBC New York City Council passed regulations on ride-hail companies such as Uber and Lyft on Wednesday, capping the number of vehicles on the road for one year and requiring that drivers be paid a minimum wage. The year-long cap on new licenses for ... In major defeat for Uber and Lyft, New York City votes to limit ride-sharing carsThe Verge New York Approves First US Cap on Uber, App-Based Cab DriversBloomberg Uber said raising driver pay couldn't be done. That's about to changeQuartz USA TODAY -Futurism -Curbed NY -Squarespace all 510 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

The Verge Uber Eats is changing its flat fees to delivery fees based on distance The Verge Uber Eats is getting rid of its $4.99 flat rate delivery fee in favor of a varying fee based on distance, according to CNET. Fees will be cheaper the closer the customer is to the restaurant, and more expensive the farther away they are. Uber's ... https://www.google.com/news

Business Insider Emails show how the $2 billion electric-scooter startup Bird is copying Uber's playbook to conquer new markets Business Insider US scooter startups such as Bird wouldn't exist if Uber hadn't pioneered its ride-sharing model around the world. That's because Uber paved the way in taking on entrenched transport rules and winning, if not always through legitimate means. Uber came ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is poised to become the first major U.S. city to impose a cap on Uber and other app-based ride-hailing services. View the full article

Uber has revolutionized the taxi industry with its easy-to-use service, but its current features lack options for transgender drivers to identify themselves ...View the full article

CNBC Some transgender drivers are being kicked off Uber's app CNBC Uber has revolutionized the taxi industry with its easy-to-use service, but its current features lack options for transgender drivers to identify themselves correctly, which get some of them kicked off the app. Transgender drivers across the country ... and more » https://www.google.com/news