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The Verge Lyft users love Uber, but it's not a two-way street The Verge Uber and Lyft are locked in a high-stakes battle for market share. But new data suggests that Lyft still has an uphill climb in its quest to compete on a level playing field with its larger, richer rival. About three-fourths of Lyft users also hail ... Uber Is Eating Up All the Rides Yellow Cabs are Losing, Study SaysDNAinfo Uber, Lyft reignite plans to expand into upstate NYNEWS10 ABC California bill advances to regulate prices for Uber, LyftSacramento Bee San Francisco Chronicle -Los Angeles Times all 48 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Forbes Mexico City Residents Learn The Hard Way About Uber's Unregulated Surge Pricing Forbes For the first time in many years, Mexico City ordered 40% of its vehicles off the road last week citing poor air quality. This may be bad news for commuters, businesses, and basically anyone trying to get anywhere with the unfortunate luck of having ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Ars Technica Appeals court halts class action on whether Uber drivers are employees Ars Technica A federal class action essentially asking whether Uber drivers should be classified as employees instead of contractors was dealt a major blow when a federal appeals court put the brakes on the closely watched lawsuit. The Tuesday move (PDF) by the 9th ... Uber Finds Sympathetic Ear As Ninth Circuit Hears Appeal Of Driver Class CertificationForbes all 2 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

NOLA.com How to Uber during French Quarter Fest in New Orleans NOLA.com Fest-goers using Uber should request a pickup in an area easily accessible to cars. Attendees leaving from the big stage area are advised to head toward Poydras Street before they request a ride. Uber advises people near the Old U.S. Mint to walk ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Forbes Uber Granted Patent For Surge Pricing Verification Forbes On Tuesday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued Uber three new patents, including one for “enabling a user to verify a price change for an on-demand system.” In other words, the ride-hailing startup successfully patented its method of prompting ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Press & Sun-Bulletin Uber Driver Napped as His Passenger Led Highway Chase, Police Say New York Times A passenger who got behind the steering wheel of an Uber car so that the driver could nap led the police on a highway chase in central New York, the State Police said. The passenger, Juan R. Carlos, 20, of the Bronx, hired the car to travel nearly 300 ... As Uber driver naps, passenger leads high-speed chasePress & Sun-Bulletin Sleepy Uber driver turns keys over to passenger, who then gets involved in police chase, authorities sayWashington Post Uber passenger takes sleeping driver on high-speed chase: copsNew York Post New York Daily News -12news.com -New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV all 26 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Harvard Business Review The Truth About How Uber's App Manages Drivers Harvard Business Review Since Uber was founded, in 2009, its workforce has continued to grow exponentially: 400,000 drivers are considered “active” on the Uber platform today, and 1.1 million drivers are active on the platform globally. The company manages a large ... 'Anti-Uber' ride-sharing service 'Juno' launches this month -- here's why it'll failThe Next Web Juno, a more driver-friendly alternative to Uber, will soft-launch in NYC this monthThe Verge Can This Ride-sharing Start-up Kill Uber with Kindness?Vanity Fair Washington Post -Wall Street Journal -Engadget all 14 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Fortune Why Uber Is Letting Some Riders Pay With Cash Fortune Now Uber's starting to change that system. The company's going old-school with a brand-new feature for some of its riders in Singapore: the option to pay with cash. How retro. On Wednesday Uber announced the so-called “experiment” with cash payments in ... Uber's simple payments upgrade in Singapore makes a lot of senseThe Next Web Uber wants to try letting more people in developed countries pay by cashMashable Uber launches cash payments in SingaporeTech in Asia The Straits Times -The Drum -AsiaOne all 15 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

WHIO Uber, United Way partnering in children's book drive WHIO Uber users in Dayton can donate to the ReadOn! Dayton Region Book Drive today as part of a partnership with United Way of the Greater Dayton Area. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., residents wishing to support the cause will have the option to request the ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Uber Drivers In Nairobi Discover Not All Taxi Drivers Welcome Competition NPR After steady complaints by taxi drivers in Kenya that the ride-sharing service Uber is stealing their business, six men were arrested last week and charged with attempted murder of an Uber driver. Facebook; Twitter. Google+. Email ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

The Next Web Uber's simple payments upgrade in Singapore makes a lot of sense The Next Web In what might look like a backward step, Uber has announced that it's trialling cash payments in its first developed market. A large portion of new and existing users in Singapore will now have the option to pay using cash, according to an interview ... Uber wants to try letting more people in developed countries pay by cashMashable Uber launches cash payments in SingaporeTech in Asia Uber gives cash payment a test driveThe Straits Times The Drum -AsiaOne -TODAYonline all 14 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

KOLO Uber launches Spanish feature to meet need in Nevada KOLO Uber is making it easy and convenient to connect passengers with Spanish speaking drivers. "Whether you're looking to practice your Spanish or are feeling more comfortable with a Spanish speaker, you're welcome to do so within the app," said Eric Wimer ... Uber Español launches in NevadaKRNV My News 4 all 2 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

OCRegister Dubuque taxi companies: Uber a 'taxi-killing machine' Dubuque Telegraph Herald However, the ordinance does not address transportation network companies such as Uber or Lyft, Assistant City Attorney Crenna Brumwell said. City staffers are drafting rules for such companies. “We're pulling proposed and enacted legislation from ... Fare fallout: Uber, Lyft and rising costs force Santa Ana taxi firm to closeOCRegister Uber Brings Out The Best In My CityHuffington Post Canada Plans to legalize Uber raise accessibility concernsCBC.ca Am980 London News -CTV News -MetroNews Canada all 38 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Los Angeles Times Court lets Uber appeal a class-action lawsuit filed by its drivers Los Angeles Times Uber has caught a break in a class-action lawsuit that could force the San Francisco company to treat many drivers as employees, not contractors. In a small victory for the on-demand transportation company, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Daily Mail 911 Caller Describes 'Crazy' Ride With Accused Kalamazoo Uber Shooter ABC News The release of 911 calls reporting a "super crazy" Uber driver traveling dangerously, nearly an hour before the start of a spate of shootings that left six people dead and others severely injured in Kalamazoo, Michigan, raised some concerns today after ... 911 dispatchers 'delayed warning about Uber driver Jason Dalton before Kalamazoo shooting'Daily Mail all 6 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Press & Sun-Bulletin As Uber driver naps, passenger leads high-speed chase Press & Sun-Bulletin Carlos hired Uber driver Corey Robinson, 43, of Philadelphia, to take him from Philadelphia to a college in Herkimer, police said. That approximately 275-mile trip typically takes just under five hours. Saturday, during the trip, Robinson grew tired ... Uber passenger takes sleeping driver on high-speed chase: copsNew York Post Bronx man arrested after leading cops on chase in Uber driver's carNew York Daily News Uber driver naps as rider leads cops on chase12news.com New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV -The Inquisitr -ABC News all 22 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

The Next Web 'Anti-Uber' ride-sharing service 'Juno' launches this month -- here's why it'll fail The Next Web Juno plans to soft launch in New York City later this month, and bills itself as the “anti-Uber” — that is to say, it plans to hire only the cream-of-the-crop drivers (mostly poached from Uber) and pay them fairly for their service. The compensation ... Juno, a more driver-friendly alternative to Uber, will soft-launch in NYC this monthThe Verge Can This Ride-sharing Start-up Kill Uber with Kindness?Vanity Fair Juno to soft launch this month as the anti-Uber serviceWashington Post Sacramento Bee -Wall Street Journal -San Francisco Chronicle all 46 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

MyPalmBeachPost Palm Beach County tentatively OKs Uber rules after yet another debate MyPalmBeachPost Major points of the latest package: Both Uber-style outfits and taxis would be responsible to either conduct their own background checks or hire the county to do the more comprehensive and costly fingerprint-based “Level II” checks for them. “If we ... Palm Beach County OKs Uber rules without fingerprint-background checksSun Sentinel Commissioners will vote to bring Uber to Palm Beach CountyWPBF West Palm Beach all 115 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Ars Technica Judge unlikely to let Uber out of driver rape lawsuit Ars Technica "The job being performed has nothing to do with the act," Uber attorney Josh Cohen said, according to a report in Courthouse News. Cohen tried to walk a fine line, saying that Uber is merely a "facilitator of transportation" and not a transportation ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

CBC.ca Plans to legalize Uber raise accessibility concerns CBC.ca The City of Ottawa's plan to legalize Uber could park the local fleet of accessible taxis as traditional companies are driven out of business, a representative from the Council for Canadians with Disabilities told CBC News. "The taxi industry will ... In rush to catch up with Uber, city shouldn't leave public behindMetroNews Canada all 2 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

WCVB Boston Pedestrian suffers life-threatening injuries after being hit by Uber vehicle in Boston WCVB Boston IT IS VERY EARLY ON IN THE INVESTIGATION, BUT THERE WAS THE UBER DRIVER THAT HIT THAT MAN, PASSENGER, AND THERE WERE SEVERAL WITNESSES. AS TO WHAT HAPPENED, BOTH OF THOSE WITNESSES BEING QUESTIONED BY ... Pedestrian struck by Uber driver near Boston's Fenway ParkWashington Times Pedestrian hit by Uber driver near Fenway ParkWHDH-TV all 9 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

ActionNewsJax.com St. Augustine Uber rider: driver tried to grope friend, came over uninvited after ride ActionNewsJax.com A St. Augustine woman said she'll never use Uber again after a driver came to her house the day after he gave her a ride, and allegedly groped her friend. Donna Reed said an Uber driver named Brian picked up her and her friend so they could bar hop in St. Local Uber driver being investigated for stalking and groping customersWOKV all 2 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Detroit Free Press Listen: Kalamazoo Uber rider was bounced around by 911 before killings Detroit Free Press Uber driver Jason Dalton, 45, was arrested early Feb. 21 and charged with six counts of murder and 10 other felonies in connection with the killings. Authorities said he's confessed, and investigative documents indicate he said the Uber ride-sharing ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

MetroNews Canada Taxis not Uber's main competition, says Canadian legal head MetroNews Canada Although Uber is pleased with Edmonton's bylaw, the service is not operating in the provincial capital for now. It put operations on hold after the Alberta government announced it wouldn't be able to make insurance available to drivers until the summer. Cheaper cabs in Calgary? Company lowers fares as Uber-inspired regulations take effectGlobalnews.ca How black cabbies plan to fight back against UberManagement Today London black taxis vs Uber: This is cabbies' big plan to save the industry - and they want the new Mayor of London ...City A.M. News Talk 770 Calgary all 10 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

WTSP.com Update: Uber says arrested woman is not their driver WTSP.com Tampa, Florida -- A Tampa International Airport spokesperson said on Friday that Themi Hoffman claimed she was an Uber driver when she was arrested in the airport's cell phone waiting lot. Police say Hoffman was passed out in her car. Hoffman didn't ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber